A version of this story originally appeared on MiLB.com in 2009. We present it here as Major League Baseball commemorates the ...

Robinson broke baseball’s color barrier on April 15, 1947. He stepped into the batter’s box at Ebbets Field in the Flatbush ...

Jackie Robinson (1919-1972) was a professional baseball player who became the first African American to play in Major League ...

1946 — Jackie Robinson makes his minor league debut for the ... 1956 — The Brooklyn Dodgers beat the Philadelphia Phillies 5-4 in 10 innings at Jersey City’s Roosevelt Stadium, the first major league ...

1946 — Jackie Robinson makes his minor league ... beat the Philadelphia Phillies 5-4 in 10 innings at Jersey City’s Roosevelt Stadium, the first major league game held in New Jersey.

The Dodgers, who later moved to LA, were an integral part of Indian River County until new team ownership moved spring training to Arizona in 2009.

The Kansas City Royals are in town to play the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium. In my household, Jackie Robinson ... opened for us to be here. Jack Roosevelt Robinson had a dream and he ...

LOS ANGELES — It has become a Jackie Robinson Day tradition at Dodger Stadium. The Dodgers players ... with everyone wearing Robinson’s jersey No. 42. Guest speakers have become a part ...