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Jackie Robinson comic book, issue No. 5, 1951. Despite Robinson's regular-season heroics, on October 3, 1951, the Dodgers lost the pennant on Bobby Thomson's famous home run, known as the Shot Heard 'Round the World. Overcoming his dejection, Robinson dutifully observed Thomson's feet to ensure he touched all the bases.
Reginald Martinez "Reggie" Jackson was born on May 18, 1946, in the Wyncote neighborhood of Cheltenham Township, Pennsylvania, just north of Philadelphia.His father, Martinez Jackson, who was half Puerto Rican, [5] worked as a tailor and was a former second baseman with the Newark Eagles of Negro league baseball. [6]
The Jackie Robinson Foundation is a national, 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, which gives scholarships to minority youths for higher education, as well as preserving the legacy of Baseball Hall of Fame member, Jackie Robinson. It was founded in 1973 by Rachel Robinson and is located in New York, New York, United States. [citation needed]
Major League Baseball marked the 77th anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking the sport’s color barrier on Monday. Robinson started at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947 ...
Jackie Robinson's son David delivered a powerful message to Los Angeles Dodgers players on 75th anniversary of his father breaking the color barrier.
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 ...
His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother remarried Kenneth Carey, a divorce lawyer. ... In the second inning, the Dodgers’ Jackie Robinson smacked a ...
A statue honoring Jackie Robinson was stolen from a Kansas park last week. Pieces of it were found in a trash can fire on Tuesday, a day before his 105th birthday.