News:

Moderation Team: Vette, babywhales, Bob In PA, gregf, bighitterdalama, beaugestus, T200

Owner: MightyGiants

Link To Live Chat

Mastodon

Main Menu

Sunday is Jackie R day!

Started by drakew, April 11, 2012, 09:43:58 PM

Previous topic - Next topic

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

drakew

 =D>EW YORK (AP) - Major League Baseball will mark the 65th anniversary of Jackie Robinson's debut by again having all players wear his No. 42 on Sunday.
   
Robinson broke baseball's color barrier when he played for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947.
   
There will be pregame ceremonies at big league ballparks where games are played Sunday, and there will be specially marked bases and lineup cards. Robinson's wife, Rachel, and daughter Sharon will join in the celebration at Yankee Stadium before New York plays the Los Angeles Angels.
   
Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig said Wednesday that Robinson "transcended the sport he loved and helped change our country in the most powerful way imaginable."
"The future ain't what it used to be-" Yogi Berra