A version of this story originally appeared on MiLB.com in 2010. We present it here once more as Minor League Baseball celebrates Black History Month with stories of Black baseball pioneers.
The New York Yankees and the Los Angeles Dodgers are two of the best teams in the world of baseball right now. The post ...
On the baseball diamond. Currently employed by the White Sox, Sopko was one of 50 candidates in the MLB Umpire Prospect Development Camp held in January at the Jackie Robinson Training ... there’s the ...
Robinson was the first Black player to break major league baseball’s color barrier, playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers Montreal ...
Jackie Robinson played in Louisville before he broke Major League Baseball's color barrier. He also came to Kentucky for the March on Frankfort.
On this day in 1919, baseball and civil rights icon Jackie Robinson was born in Cairo, Georgia. Best known for breaking Major League Baseball’s color barrier when he debuted with the Brooklyn Dodgers ...
Noted actor Mike Wiley brings his interactive one-man show, “Jackie Robinson: A Game Apart,” to the Thomasville Center for ...
Stephen Francis and Michael Best share how the JRBGC members continue to celebrate Robinson's legacy throughout the year.
ride on the Jackie Robinson and have an opportunity to reflect on his legacy, not just on the baseball field, but off the baseball field," said Robinson's granddaughter Sonya Pankey. The Jackie ...