Tommy Brown, the last surviving member of the 1947 Brooklyn Dodgers and the youngest player to homer in a Major League ...
A Brooklyn native who starred for the 'Boys of Summer'-era Dodgers before going on to play for the Cubs and Phillies has ...
"Jackie Robinson's impact was greater than just ... April 15, 1947, Robinson's first major-league game: "It was the most eagerly anticipated debut in the annals of the national pastime," wrote ...
The Guardians and Major League Baseball announced start times for contests during spring training and in the regular season.
Jackie Robinson is known as the first African American to play Major League Baseball in the United States in modern baseball ...
It was here at Jackie Robinson Ballpark in Daytona Beach where the legend broke the color barrier and played his first professional game in 1946. Today, the park still honors Robinson’s legacy ...
THROUGH THIS BILL, THEY’RE HOPING TO HONOR THE LOCATION WHERE JACKIE ROBINSON BROKE THE COLOR BARRIER AND PLAYED HIS FIRST PROFESSIONAL GAME. JACKIE ROBINSON PLAYED WITH WHITE TEAMMATES ...
It is here that in 1946 Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier when he played in the first integrated, professional baseball game. Today, the ballpark is home to the Daytona Tortugas minor league ...
Tommy Brown, the youngest player to hit a home run in a major league game and the last living member of the landmark 1947 Brooklyn Dodgers team that included rookie Jackie Robinson, has died ...
Tommy Brown, who was 16 years old when he made his debut for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1944, died in Florida on Wednesday at ...
The first contract Jackie Robinson signed along with Brooklyn Dodgers ... Freddie Freeman's World Series Game 1 walk-off grand slam ball, or any of the high-end stuff worn or swatted by Babe ...
manager Dave Roberts has made it a team-wide tradition to visit the statue every year on Jackie Robinson Day. Especially for Roberts, the first Black manager in Los Angeles’ franchise history ...