President Clinton stood in the Shea Stadium infield last night and paid tribute to Jackie Robinson, who 50 years earlier put baseball and America on the road to accepting the best in themselves.

Members of the Boston Red Sox wear No. 42 jerseys while standing on the baseline during the playing of the national anthem on Major League Baseball's annual Jackie Robinson Day (AP Photo/Steven ...

The Red Sox are one of three teams in baseball this year (along with the Diamondbacks and Giants) that did not have a single Black player on its Opening Day roster.

Jackie Robinson honored “42”: Fifty years after he played his first major-league game, the sport celebrates its first black player with ceremonies and the permanent retirement of his number.

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There’s a scene in “42” in which Jackie Robinson, the first black player in modern Major League Baseball, endures intolerably cruel racial slurs from the Philadelphia Phillies’ manager.

The league has celebrated its annual Jackie Robinson Day since 2004. Jackie Robinson Jersey: Why MLB Players Wear Number 42 In 1997, Major League Baseball retired Robinson's number across the league.

LOS ANGELES (AP) - There's a scene in "42" in which Jackie Robinson, the first black player in modern Major League Baseball, endures intolerably cruel racial slurs from the Philadelphia Phillies ...

First and foremost, happy Jackie Robinson Day. On this day in 1947, Robinson made his MLB debut and broke baseball’s color barrier. Every April 15, all MLB players and coaches wear 42 in ...

For Jackie Robinson Day, all players across baseball will don the number 42. One former member of the Oakland Athletics, Dave Henderson, wore the number in his playing days as a tribute.