Joe Bostic, sports editor of Harlem newspaper the People's Voice, arrived at the Brooklyn Dodgers' spring training camp at West Point Academy in Bear Mountain, New York, shortly before noon on April 6, 1945. Bostic was accompanied by two Negro League
Wednesday morning's baseball includes the annual celebration of Jackie Robinson, the dos and don't of 2015 Giants worries, and a Jeterian catch.
42, of course — slated for Jackie Robinson Day are Mark Buehrle of the Toronto Blue Jays, Tim Lincecum of the Giants and Francisco Liriano of the Pirates. Robinson's longtime team, the Dodgers, will take on the Seattle
Hanley set out to explore why more blacks aren't playing baseball and he also organized a local Jackie Robinson Day to honor the former Major League Baseball star who broke the color barrier in 1947. Every player on eight Fredericksburg-area high
Jackie Robinson, a UCLA Bruin, changed the Dodgers, Major League Baseball, and an entire nation. – Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports. On April 15th 1947, a UCLA Bruin broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball