Robinson was the first Black player to break major league baseball’s color barrier, playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers Montreal ...

Every MLB team has retired his No. 42 jersey, and on the anniversary of his first appearance for the Dodgers ... for rival Stanford called him “Lightning Jackie Robinson” and he was known ...

Dodgers great Jackie Robinson was a household name before he broke the Major League Baseball color barrier in 1947. In ...

other exciting giveaway nights include a Fernando Valenzuela jersey (April 1), a Dodgers hoodie (April 3), a Brooklyn Dodgers hat on Jackie Robinson Day (April 15), a Joe Kelly jersey (June 11), a ...

The Dodgers ... Robinson’s No. 42 for all of Monday’s major league games as they have done on each Jackie Robinson Day since 2009, with all teams using Dodger blue for their “42” jersey ...

"Jackie Robinson's impact ... That's what Robinson had to do when Dodgers president and general manager Branch Rickey selected him to become the first African-American to play in the majors ...

His first book, The 50 Greatest Dodgers Games of ... first baseman that year: Jackie Robinson, who played all his games as a rookie at first, partly to prevent him from getting spiked on slides ...

Robinson’s tremendous baseball skill, strength of character and insistence on equality made him the perfect choice for Branch Rickey, the manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, in his search for a ...

Jackie Robinson played in Louisville before he broke Major League Baseball's color barrier. He also came to Kentucky for the March on Frankfort.

Every April 15 in MLB is Jackie Robinson Day, where all players wear Robinson’s No. 42 to honor him. During the 2021 season, David Price picked up the save for the Dodgers on Jackie Robinson Day ...