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In 1999, Little League Baseball launched its "Urban Initiative," which led to the launch of inner city Little League programs across the United States, including the Jackie Robinson West Little League. Jackie Robinson West (JRW) was the second Little League formed from the Urban Initiative to make it all the way to the Little League World Series.
Lobby card for The Jackie Robinson Story, 1950, with Minor Watson (left, playing Dodgers president Branch Rickey) and Robinson. In 1950, Robinson led the National League in double plays made by a second baseman with 133. [150] His salary that year was the highest any Dodger had been paid to that point: $35,000 ($443,237 in 2023 dollars).
Seoul Little League of Seoul, South Korea, defeated Jackie Robinson West Little League of Chicago, Illinois, 8–4, to win the championship. On February 11, 2015, Jackie Robinson West had all of its tournament wins forfeited after it was found that the team used ineligible players from outside the Chicago area.
A stolen and destroyed statue of Jackie Robinson in Wichita, Kansas, will be replaced by MLB and its 30 clubs. Bob Lutz, the founder of the League 42 baseball program that built the statue ...
The nonprofit baseball league unveiled the new Jackie Robinson statue on Monday. ‘A great day for healing:’ League 42 unveils new Jackie Robinson statue after theft Skip to main content
MLB was dangerously close to losing this year's Jackie Robinson Day due to extended lockout negotiations, but a well-timed agreement saved the league's 162-game season and one of the most ...
Jackie Robinson’s #42 has been retired by every team in MLB, due to him breaking the color barrier in baseball. Gil Hodges' #14 was retired by the Mets and Dodgers. Willie Mays' #24 was retired by the Giants and Mets. Excluding Jackie Robinson, only Frank Robinson and Nolan Ryan have had their number(s) retired by three teams.
The bronze Jackie Robinson cleats that were left behind when a statue of the first player to break Major League Baseball’s color barrier was stolen from a Kansas park are being donated to the ...