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"I didn't follow him as closely on the field as I did off the field because what he did off the field is so much more than ...
Robinson broke baseball’s color barrier on April 15, 1947. He stepped into the batter’s box at Ebbets Field in the Flatbush ...
To say Jackie Robinson's legacy is bigger than the game of baseball has met a present-day realization—while the MLB joins the ...
From Cincinnati Reds manager Terry Francona's perspective, Jackie ... my life or how I'm going to continue to live my life." In some ways, and maybe the most important ways, Jackie Robinson ...
These life-long efforts are inspired and influenced by men like Jackie Robinson. Jackie was a devoted Christian, dedicated husband, served in WWII, an extraordinary athlete, business executive ...
“One of the things Jackie obviously nailed is he realized from an early time that life was going to ... manager Aaron Boone called Robinson “one of the most important figures in American ...
In my household, Jackie Robinson is like Black royalty. I’ve heard wonderful stories about this larger-than-life figure since I was 3 years old ... It was important that we knew our history.