Jim Becker, a long time journalist who had spent more than 40 years in journalism including a role as a national reporter for ...

"Jackie Robinson's ... it often is a leader. Robinson's debut for the Dodgers in 1947 came a year before President Harry Truman desegregated the military and seven years before the Supreme Court ...

Before Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Jackie Robinson became the first Black player in Major League Baseball and embarked on a Hall-of-Fame MLB career, he was a four-sport star at UCLA ...

355 (75 OPS+) across 494 career ... military duty before being discharged ahead of spring 1947. He then reported for camp and competed for playing time at first base alongside the legendary Jackie ...

42 jersey, and on the anniversary of his first appearance for the Dodgers, every MLB player wears the number for “Jackie Robinson Day.” In his 10-year career in pro baseball, Robinson was the ...