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He was the core of the Brooklyn Dodgers.
If it wasn’t for my daughter, I would have never been here ... She wrote to the Marlins and said, ‘My dad was the ball boy for the 1947 Brooklyn Dodgers, and I don’t know if anyone from that team is [still alive].
Members of the Brooklyn Dodgers and their new coach pose in front of their dugout before an exhibition game with the New York Yankees. The team has a new manager and new Negro star player from Montreal, Jackie Robinson.More quotes »
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Curtis Granderson: I'm here today because of Jackie Robinson
beyond breaking the color barrier in baseball in 1947, becoming the first black player when he took the field for the Brooklyn Dodgers.He helped open up all the equality lines, fight to eliminate the color and discrimination all those different things, Granderson Read more »
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Jackie Robinson's Brooklyn: A guide to his homes and home field
the places in Brooklyn connected to the African-American athlete who integrated Major League Baseball when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947.In Coney Island , a statue portrays Robinson and Pee Wee Reese, the white Dodger who stood by him in the face Read more »
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'42' review: Jackie Robinson story a hit, but no home run
speeches start early in "42," a laudatory biography of Jackie Robinson , who broke baseball's color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947. In the movie's opening minutes, Dodgers general manager Branch Rickey , played by a jowly, avuncular Harrison Read more »
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Hallowed ground of Ebbets Field would have been 100 years old on Tuesday
Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Carl Erskine vividly remembers the massive crane and the wrecking ball attached to it that was painted white with red bands to resemble the seams on a baseball. He graciously posed for photographers beside the heavy equipment on Feb. Read more »
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This date in baseball
Cleveland Buckeyes against the American Giants in his debut with the Negro American League team. 1956 — Dale Long went hitless for the Pirates, ending his major league record streak of home runs in eight consecutive games. The Brooklyn Dodgers beat Pitts 12:18 AM from FindLaw: AP News Read more »
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Gotham: Weiner’s Campaign Dressed in Orange and Blue
(Yes, transistor radios; if I’m going to date myself, let’s be historically accurate). Much of this is owed to the Brooklyn Dodgers, and to the lineal and inchoate line between fans of Dem Bums and these Mets. (I came to my Mets fandom through my father, who from The New York Times Read more »
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Noah Wyle -- I Own a Piece of Jackie Robinson History
But when it came to the crown jewel of Wyle's collection -- it wasn't a card ... but it has something to do with the 1952 Brooklyn Dodgers, one of the most important squads in the history of baseball. And why, you ask? Just take a look at the roster -- Jackie from TMZ Read more »
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Trout aims high by looking low
five or more runs and stole at least one base. The two instances happened more than 80 years ago: Babe Herman for the 1931 Brooklyn Dodgers and Tony Lazzeri for the 1932 New York Yankees . This was the seventh time someone has hit for the cycle in Angels history, from ESPN Read more »
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Essay: Jackie Robinson and a Barrier Unbroken
have emerged from the film“42,” which deals with Jackie Robinson ’s breaking major league baseball’s color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers . One, it appears that many people who never set foot in Ebbets Field in the 1940s and ’50s have been flocking to see from The New York Times Read more »
