In a promotion with the Boulevard Brewing Company, the Royals will give out a Space Camper Koolie to the first 10,000 fans ...

The Alabama city that produced five Hall of Famers celebrates its baseball heritage with new statues. The moment was made ...

If you watch the game of baseball, you've heard of Jackie Robinson, the first Black baseball player in the major leagues.

On January 31, 1919, Jack Roosevelt Robinson was born in Cairo, Georgia. Twenty-eight years later, on April 15, 1947, he broke the baseball color line.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jackie Robinson’s legacy is being celebrated around the major leagues on Tuesday, with the day named for the first Black baseball player of the modern era and marking the ...

Baseball Player Jackie Robinson with the Montreal Royals club at Sanford, Fla., March 4, 1946. Credit: AP/Bill Chaplis. By The Associated PressUpdated April 15, 2025. Share.

He played 10 years with the Dodgers, earning the Rookie of the Year award in 1947, was a six-time All-Star and became the first Black player to win National League Most Valuable Player award in 1949.

Kuiper admired Robinson ... 1976 as the players learned more and more about what made their manager tick. In the spring of 1976, the Indians optioned a right-handed pitcher named Bob Reynolds ...

Now, every April 15, MLB celebrates “Jackie Robinson Day” by having every player in the professional baseball wear his universally retired No. 42. (Bob Sandberg image) EDITOR’S NOTE ...

From the time MLB was formed in 1876 to its global popularity today, the sport has treated fans to remarkable careers from the best baseball players of all time. From Nolan Ryan and Bob Gibson to ...

That was the collegiate debut for Robertson, who was the first Black player to earn a scholarship on the Texas baseball team. Gralyn Wyatt, a football player who joined the baseball team as a walk ...