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• This Day in MLB History: February 21
Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images MLB History 1951 - The South Carolina House of Representatives introduces a resolution urging the reinstatement of Shoeless Joe Jackson. 1957 - Brooklyn Dodgers owner Walter O’Malley swaps minor league franchises with Cubs owner Phil Wrigley. Brooklyn takes over control of the Los Angeles Angels of the Pacific Coast League while the Cubs g...2023
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• Baseball history unpacked, February 20
Happy birthday, Bob Kennedy | Getty Images A thrice-weekly digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB factoids, gathered from reputable sources. The end of the College of Coaches and other feel-good stories. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, with plenty of the lore and various narrat...2023
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• This Day in Braves History: Atlanta sends Valentine’s Day cards to season ticket holders
Set Number: X20557 Braves Franchise History 1945 - Bob Quinn steps down as Braves GM and is replaced by his son John. Bob has worked in baseball since 1900 and has served as Braves president and general manager off and on since 1924. 1976 - The Atlanta Braves send Valentine’s Day cards to their season-ticket holders and the media. The card reads: “Rose is a Red Morgan’s one too. They fini...2023
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• This Day in Braves History: Bud Selig suspends John Rocker
Braves Franchise History 2000 - Bud Selig suspends Braves reliever John Rocker until May 1 after comments made in an interview with Sports Illustrated. Rocker also receives an undisclosed fine and is ordered to undergo sensitivity training. MLB History 1919 - Jackie Robinson is born in Cairo, Georgia. Robinson will become the first black player in major league history when he debuts for the Brook...2023
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• Baseball history unpacked, February 20
Happy birthday, Bob Kennedy | Getty Images A thrice-weekly digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB factoids, gathered from reputable sources. The end of the College of Coaches and other feel-good stories. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, with plenty of the lore and various narrat...2023
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• This Day in Braves History: Bud Selig suspends John Rocker
Braves Franchise History 2000 - Bud Selig suspends Braves reliever John Rocker until May 1 after comments made in an interview with Sports Illustrated. Rocker also receives an undisclosed fine and is ordered to undergo sensitivity training. MLB History 1919 - Jackie Robinson is born in Cairo, Georgia. Robinson will become the first black player in major league history when he debuts for the Brook...2023
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• Baseball history unpacked, December 2
Getty Images A thrice-weekly digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB factoids, gathered from reputable sources. RIP Ronnie. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, with plenty of the lore and various narratives to follow as they unfold over the course of time. Here’s a handy Cubs timeli...2022
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• Baseball history unpacked, November 7
Happy birthday, Glendon Rusch! | Photo by Rob Leiter/MLB via Getty Images A thrice-weekly digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB factoids, gathered from reputable sources. Glenn Beckert packs his bags for San Diego and other stories. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, with plenty ...2022
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• View from Above: It's a volatile mix, sports and politics
Do sports and politics mix? Perhaps the better question is, can sports and politics ever mix? Sure they can, if you're one who can enjoy or tolerate multi-car crashes, mile-long traffic jams through midtown, smashing your fingers with a hammer or having your teeth pulled without first having a shot of Novocain. Invariably, because sports and politics are both so polarizing to the populace at l...2017
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• First in War, Third in the AAFC: The Story of Pro Football's Yankees and Dodgers
2015

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• Jackie inspired Abdul-Jabbar, generations at UCLA
Jackie Robinson had no trouble grasping the stakes when he accepted Branch Rickey's challenge to crash through Major League Baseball's racial barriers in 1947 with the Brooklyn Dodgers. He had passed this way before....2015
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• Jackie inspired Abdul-Jabbar, generations at UCLA
Jackie Robinson had no trouble grasping the stakes when he accepted Branch Rickey's challenge to crash through Major League Baseball's racial barriers in 1947 with the Brooklyn Dodgers. He had passed this way before....2015
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• Wrigley Field historical sleuthing: Nat King Cole and Jackie Robinson
Philip Harrington This photo shows two Black icons at the North Side ballyard. But when? The photo above shows Brooklyn Dodgers great Jackie Robinson meeting with famed singer Nat King Cole at Wrigley Field. The information I found said this photo was taken in 1954. Further research showed that it was part of an article in Look Magazine by George B. Leonard titled “The Melancholy Monarch.”...2022
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2023
"Robinson will become the first black player in major league history when he debuts for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947."

2022
"Joe Pignatano, a former Brooklyn Dodgers catcher and the last living coach from the 1969 New York Mets, has died at age 92."

2021
"It was on this day in 1932 that the Reds made one of the best trades in franchise history, acquiring future Hall-of-Fame catcher Ernie Lombardi as part of a seven-player trade with the Brooklyn Dodgers."

2020
"Denzel Washington was Lee's choice to play the Brooklyn Dodgers legend"

2019
"The contract that Robinson signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947 and the one he signed with the Montreal Royals — then a Minor League affiliate of the Dodgers — are being auctioned together."

2018
"Cubs general manager Theo Epstein hopes Chicago is a consistent winner with a great group of mainstays, much like a team that is very special to his mother Ilene, the Brooklyn Dodgers of the 1950s."

2017
"The 18,500-square-foot space at 75 Varick Street will honor the late Hall of Famer, who broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball when he started for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947, and played an active, pioneering role in the civil rights movement."

2016
"UCLA Baseball shared a photo of the Brooklyn Dodgers-inspired unis on Twitter: Robinson changed the sport of baseball forever when he broke the color barrier, but he made an even bigger impact as one of the symbols of the civil rights movement."

2015
"" Robinson famously broke Major League Baseball's color barrier on April 15, 1947, and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962 following a historic 10-year career with the Brooklyn Dodgers."

2014
"The Brooklyn Dodgers teams of the late 1940s and '50s are well represented in the Hall."

• This Day in MLB History: February 21
Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images MLB History 1951 - The South Carolina House of Representatives introduces a resolution urging the reinstatement of Shoeless Joe Jackson. 1957 - Brooklyn Dodgers owner Walter O’Malley swaps minor league franchises with Cubs owner Phil Wrigley. Brooklyn takes over control of the Los Angeles Angels of the Pacific Coast League while the Cubs g...2023
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• Baseball history unpacked, February 20
Happy birthday, Bob Kennedy | Getty Images A thrice-weekly digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB factoids, gathered from reputable sources. The end of the College of Coaches and other feel-good stories. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, with plenty of the lore and various narrat...2023
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• This Day in Braves History: Atlanta sends Valentine’s Day cards to season ticket holders
Set Number: X20557 Braves Franchise History 1945 - Bob Quinn steps down as Braves GM and is replaced by his son John. Bob has worked in baseball since 1900 and has served as Braves president and general manager off and on since 1924. 1976 - The Atlanta Braves send Valentine’s Day cards to their season-ticket holders and the media. The card reads: “Rose is a Red Morgan’s one too. They fini...2023
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• This Day in Braves History: Bud Selig suspends John Rocker
Braves Franchise History 2000 - Bud Selig suspends Braves reliever John Rocker until May 1 after comments made in an interview with Sports Illustrated. Rocker also receives an undisclosed fine and is ordered to undergo sensitivity training. MLB History 1919 - Jackie Robinson is born in Cairo, Georgia. Robinson will become the first black player in major league history when he debuts for the Brook...2023
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• Baseball history unpacked, January 23
Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images A thrice-weekly digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB factoids, gathered from reputable sources. Hack Wilson finds another new team, and other stories. Happy birthday, Jeff Samardzija On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, with plenty of the lore ...2023
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• Baseball history unpacked, December 2
Getty Images A thrice-weekly digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB factoids, gathered from reputable sources. RIP Ronnie. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, with plenty of the lore and various narratives to follow as they unfold over the course of time. Here’s a handy Cubs timeli...2022
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• Baseball history unpacked, November 7
Happy birthday, Glendon Rusch! | Photo by Rob Leiter/MLB via Getty Images A thrice-weekly digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB factoids, gathered from reputable sources. Glenn Beckert packs his bags for San Diego and other stories. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, with plenty ...2022
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• Here are all the former Cubs in the 2022 postseason
Former Cubs Anthony Rizzo and DJ LeMahieu | Photo by Cole Burston/Getty Images The Cubs, obviously, won’t be there. But some old favorites will. Perhaps in 2023, the Chicago Cubs will return to the postseason for the first time since the abbreviated 2020 season. In the meantime, 12 other teams will begin vying for this year’s World Series championship later today, with four wild card seri...2022
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• Baseball history unpacked, August 26
Getty Images A thrice-weekly digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB factoids, gathered from reputable sources. 4 50-homer seasons. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, with plenty of the lore and various narratives to follow as they unfold over the course of time. Here’s a handy Cub...2022
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• Historic Jackie Robinson contracts — valued at $36 million — up for auction
Jackie Robinson broke MLB’s color barrier in 1947. The contracts that allowed the history making achievement to happen are now up for auction and expected to go for millions. The contract that Robinson signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947 and the one he signed with the Montreal Royals — then a Minor League affiliate of the Dodgers — are being auctioned together. The auction is being hosted by ...2019
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• This Day in MLB History: February 21
Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images MLB History 1951 - The South Carolina House of Representatives introduces a resolution urging the reinstatement of Shoeless Joe Jackson. 1957 - Brooklyn Dodgers owner Walter O’Malley swaps minor league franchises with Cubs owner Phil Wrigley. Brooklyn takes over control of the Los Angeles Angels of the Pacific Coast League while the Cubs g...2023
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• Baseball history unpacked, February 20
Happy birthday, Bob Kennedy | Getty Images A thrice-weekly digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB factoids, gathered from reputable sources. The end of the College of Coaches and other feel-good stories. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, with plenty of the lore and various narrat...2023
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• Today in White Sox History: December 20
The trade of Chris Young, on this day 17 years ago, almost immediately haunted the White Sox. | Ron Vesely/MLB via Getty Images Not a devastating trade, but a whoopsie for sure 1938 Catcher Luke Sewell was sold to the Brooklyn Dodgers. Twice finishing in the Top 12 in MVP voting while with Cleveland, Sewell never really panned as a veteran backstop on the South Side, tallying -0.2 WAR over...2022
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• Baseball history unpacked, October 28
Happy birthday, Justin Hancock! | Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images A thrice-weekly digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB factoids, gathered from reputable sources. The World Series returns to Wrigley, and other stories. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, with plenty of the lore ...2022
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• View from Above: It's a volatile mix, sports and politics
Do sports and politics mix? Perhaps the better question is, can sports and politics ever mix? Sure they can, if you're one who can enjoy or tolerate multi-car crashes, mile-long traffic jams through midtown, smashing your fingers with a hammer or having your teeth pulled without first having a shot of Novocain. Invariably, because sports and politics are both so polarizing to the populace at l...2017
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• First in War, Third in the AAFC: The Story of Pro Football's Yankees and Dodgers
2015

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• Today in White Sox History: December 20
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• Today in White Sox History: December 2
It was upstaged by a trade 34 years later, but the White Sox pulled off a blockbuster deal for Tigers star Gee Walker on this day, in 1937. | Transcendental Graphics/Getty Images Four swaps, including a franchise-saving pair in 1971 1937 It was a deal met with outrage from Detroit fans, as the Tigers sent outfielder Gee Walker, catcher Mike Tresh and third baseman Marv Owen to the White So...2022
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• Baseball history unpacked, October 28
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• Wrigley Field historical sleuthing: Nat King Cole and Jackie Robinson
2022

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• Jackie Robinson at UCLA: Four sport star, notable moments
Before he broke barriers and records with the Brooklyn Dodgers, Jackie Robinson was a four-sport phenom at UCLA, starring in football, basketball, track and field, and of course, baseball....2020
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• Epstein wants Cubs to be team everyone remembers
2018
• For Sale: the place Jackie Robinson grew up
It might not be the same house Jackie Robinson grew up in…but it is the closest thing you’re going to get finding the Hall of Famer’s childhood home.For a mere $649,000(!), the house on 123 Pepper Street in Pasadena can be yours. But don’t be fooled by the real estate listing, the thing isn’t really Robinson’s “former house”…it is merely just the location on where the Brooklyn Dodgers legend use t...2017
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• View from Above: It's a volatile mix, sports and politics
2017

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• Michael Jordan, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar & More Receive Presidential Medal of Freedom
2016

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• A statistical trip thru Vin Scully’s extraordinary career
In 1950, the Brooklyn Dodgers finished 2 games out of first place in the National League, behind a .400-OBP, 7-WAR season from Jackie Robinson, three players cracking 30 Home Runs (Roy Campanella, Gil Hodges, and Duke Snider), and plenty of pitching from workhorses Don Newcombe and Preacher Roe. Looking on from the broadcast booth was a 22-year-old who had been hired by Red Barber to supplement th...2016
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• Jackie Robinson Statue to Be Featured at Dodgers Stadium in 2016
2015

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• Vin Scully Will Miss Dodgers Playoffs After Undergoing Medical Procedure
2015

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• Jackie Robinson Day 2015: How Sports World Is Honoring MLB Icon
2015

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• Jackie Robinson Day 2016: How Sports World Is Honoring MLB Icon
2016

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• Ex-Brooklyn catcher, Mets coach Pignatano dies

2022

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• Ralph Branca, Who Gave Up ‘Shot Heard Round the World,’ Dies at 90
The Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher threw the ninth-inning pitch that Bobby Thomson drove into baseball legend with a pennant-clinching home run in 1951....2016
• Carl Erskine Helps Honor a Childhood Friend
Erskine, a Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher, wanted to see Johnny Wilson, a great athlete often met with rejection, properly honored in his hometown....2016
• Robinson Museum breaks ground in NYC
Commissioner Rob Manfred joined Rachel and Sharon Robinson at a groundbreaking ceremony on Thursday morning in lower Manhattan to mark the start of construction on the Jackie Robinson Museum. The 18,500-square-foot space at 75 Varick Street will honor the late Hall of Famer, who broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball when he started for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947, and played ...2017
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• Monte Irvin, MLB Hall of Fame OF, Dies at Age 96
2016

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• This Day in Braves History: Bud Selig suspends John Rocker
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• Royals taking on 2015 after World Series run
That old, familiar baseball refrain made famous by fans of the Brooklyn Dodgers took on an entirely different meaning for the Kansas City Royals this offseason....2015
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• Here are all the former Cubs in the 2022 postseason
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• Scully to receive Lifetime Achievement Award in LA
Dodgers Hall of Fame broadcaster Vin Scully, who is heading into his 67th season calling the team's games in a career that began in the days of the Brooklyn Dodgers, will be the first recipient of the Los Angeles Sports Council's Lifetime Achievement Award during the 11th annual L.A. Sports Awards on Feb. 25 at the Beverly Hills Hilton....2016
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• Baseball history unpacked, December 2
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• This Day in MLB History: February 21
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• This Day in Braves History: Bud Selig suspends John Rocker
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• Today in White Sox History: December 2
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• Cubs historical sleuthing: 1930s edition
Bettmann Archive Here’s an action shot from 90 years ago. I’m pleased to report to you that Getty Images has added literally thousands of Cubs (and other baseball) photos to its database since I last did a lot of photo sleuthing last offseason. So — there will be plenty more to sleuth between now and Spring Training! This photo came with the following information: Elwood English of the Chi...2022
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• Wrigley Field historical sleuthing: Nat King Cole and Jackie Robinson
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• Here are all the former Cubs in the 2022 postseason
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• Giants fielded first all-black OF in '51 Series
One day after Bobby Thomson hit his memorable ninth-inning home run to lift the New York Giants past the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1951 National League playoff finale, another historic baseball event unfolded -- albeit with a little less drama....2017
• Giants fielded first all-black OF in '51 Series
One day after Bobby Thomson hit his memorable ninth-inning home run to lift the New York Giants past the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1951 National League playoff finale, another historic baseball event unfolded -- albeit with a little less drama....2017
• The Latest: Scully recalls origins of Giants-Dodgers rivalry
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) The Latest on Vin Scully's final broadcast for the Los Angeles Dodgers (all times local): 12:35 p.m. Vin Scully is giving viewers some tidbits on the origin of the Giants-Dodgers rivalry. He says it started in 1933 when the Giants won the World Series and the Brooklyn Dodgers finished 26 + games back. The following year at spring training, Giants manager Bill Terry was aske...2016
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• More Machine Than Man, an Electric Umpire’s Call of the Future
In 1950, the Brooklyn Dodgers trotted out a forerunner to modern technology during spring training: a machine designed to call strikes....2016

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• On Jackie's Day, legend's impact to resonate
Saturday will mark the 70th anniversary of Jackie Robinson taking the field for the Brooklyn Dodgers and breaking Major League Baseball's color barrier, and special activities planned for this Jackie Robinson Day will include the unveiling of the Hall of Famer's statue at Dodger Stadium, the introduction of a "Trailblazer Series" for girls, the annual donning of No. 42 by all active players and a ...2017
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• First in War, Third in the AAFC: The Story of Pro Football's Yankees and Dodgers
2015

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