A little more than a century after Jackie Robinson was born in Cairo, Ga., Chipper Jones traveled to the rural southwest ...
Dodgers great Jackie Robinson was a household name before he broke the Major League Baseball color barrier in 1947. In Montreal, at least, where the fans accepted and revered him. That’s where ...
HONOLULU (AP) — Jim Becker, a world-traveling journalist who covered Jackie Robinson’s big-league baseball debut and the U.S. Army’s retaking of Seoul during the Korean War, died Friday.
HONOLULU – Jim Becker, a world-traveling journalist who covered Jackie Robinson’s big ... Becker, who was just 20 at the time, got quotes from Robinson in the clubhouse and ran them up to ...
He then reported for camp and competed for playing time at first base alongside the legendary Jackie Robinson. Suffice to say, Robinson won the competition and successfully integrated Major League ...
Ichiro Suzuki's No. 51 jersey will be among them, joining Mariners legends Ken Griffey Jr. (No. 24), Edgar Martinez (No. 11) along with Jackie Robinson (No. 42). After it was announced that Suzuki ...