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Curtis Granderson: I'm here today because of Jackie Robinson
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Curtis Granderson can easily tick off the far-off locales he’s visited as an ambassador for Major League Baseball: Korea, South Africa, Japan, Switzerland, Taiwan, Italy.
And he can just as easily point out each country’s common reaction to the interlocking white “NY” logo on his cap.
“Parts of these places don’t really realize how big baseball is,” Granderson said. “But the first thing...
Read more »Curtis Granderson visits Abraham Lincoln High School
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Curtis Granderson spoke to students at Abraham Lincoln High School in Brooklyn on Monday morning, emphasing Jackie Robinson's importance to baseball and his enduring legacy in improving race relations in society.
Granderson spoke on Jackie Robinson Day and treated the students to a showing of the new Robinson biopic, "42."
Yankees GM Brian Cashman and catcher Francisco Cervelli...
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