LA Times Today: Man used Jackie Robinson contracts to steal millions from investors. Then he fled to Russia seeking asylum
But one key piece of baseball history is off the market right now and is instead in the hands of U.S. marshals: the contract ...
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Man used Jackie Robinson contracts to steal millions from investors. Then he fled to Russia seeking asylum
The first contract Jackie Robinson signed along with Brooklyn Dodgers president Branch Rickey on Oct. 23, 1945, was an agreement to play for the Montreal Royals, the Dodgers' top farm club.