A version of this story originally appeared on MiLB.com in 2006. We present it here once more as Minor League Baseball ...

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 ...

"Jackie Robinson's impact was greater than just that ... That season, the 28-year-old rookie played first base, the only position open on the Dodgers. (He would move back to second base the ...

Jackie Robinson was an exceptional athlete and a civil rights leader. On April 15, 1947, he broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball when he trotted out to first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers.

Jordan Walker, Masyn Winn and Victor Scott II are following in the footsteps of the Cardinals' black stars of the past.

Dodgers great Jackie Robinson was a household name before he broke the Major League Baseball color barrier in 1947. In Montreal, at least, where the fans accepted and revered him. That’s where ...

This year is the 20th anniversary of the first Jackie Robinson Day across MLB ... that put us in a better position. I salute them. Always salute him. Never had the opportunity to meet him but ...

After a stint with the minor-league Montreal Royals, Jackie Robinson was the first Black man to play in Major League Baseball and a key contributor to the civil rights movement in the United States.

Jackie Robinson led the way for generations of black ... That season, the 28-year-old rookie played first base, the only position open on the Dodgers. (He would move back to second base the ...