Robinson was the first Black player to break major league baseball’s color barrier, playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers Montreal ...
A version of this story originally appeared on MiLB.com in 2006. We present it here once more as Minor League Baseball ...
Jackie Robinson played in Louisville before he broke Major League Baseball's color barrier. He also came to Kentucky for the March on Frankfort.
Robinson was a solid basketball player too, despite being shorter ... its softball field after him. In 1981, UCLA opened its new baseball park, Jackie Robinson Stadium, and a statue of him can ...
Before Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Jackie Robinson became the first Black player in Major League Baseball and embarked on a Hall-of-Fame MLB career, he was a four-sport star at UCLA ...
Jackie Robinson’s journey to the majors was anything but easy. As the first Black player in the modern era of Major League Baseball, he endured racial slurs, hate mail, death threats ...
Dodgers great Jackie Robinson was a household name before he broke the Major League Baseball color barrier ... they booed every time a Louisville player came out of the dugout.
The Boston Red Sox will pay tribute to Jackie Robinson on Friday, January 31, on what would have been the 106th birthday for the Hall of Famer. The club will visit 6th – 8th grade students at Joseph P ...