Major League Baseball will once again celebrate Jackie Robinson’s life and legacy this year with the annual Jackie Robinson Day on Monday, April 15. As is tradition, every Major League player, coach, and manager will wear Robinson’s retired #42 in-game on Monday. Regardless of the team’s colours or uniform styles,
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MLB Celebrates 75 Years Since Jackie Robinson’s Debut with New Logo
“A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.” This morning, Major League Baseball unveiled the logo they’ll be using to mark the 75th anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking the league’s colour barrier on April 15, 1947. The logo shows Jackie in a batting stance
Jackie Robinson Day 2020, All Players Wearing #42 and Patches Today
Typically held each season on April 15th, the anniversary of his Major League debut in 1947, Jackie Robinson Day will instead be marked across the league on August 28th during the 2020 Major League Baseball season. As part of the annual celebration, all players on all teams will wear Jackie’s
Dodgers Throwback Uniforms, Everyone in 42 for Jackie Robinson Day 2019
Today is Jackie Robinson Day across Major League Baseball, an annual celebration of the anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking the colour barrier when he made his début with the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947. Since the 2009 season, every player, manager, and coach across the league wears Robinson’s jersey
Jackie Robinson Day 2018: New Patches and Everyone is #42
Today is Jackie Robinson Day, the annual celebration of the Hall of Famer ballplayer who broke barriers to become the first African American Major League Baseball player on this date, April 15th, back in 1947 with the Brooklyn Dodgers. For several years now the most visual part of the celebration