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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 ...

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.

What is Jackie Robinson Day? It’s the day every year that Major League Baseball honors Robinson. His debut on April 15, 1947, ended 80 years of segregation in the sport.

The Sporting News covered Jackie Robinson from his signing as a minor leaguer through his historic debut, Hall of Fame career and on to today, Jackie Robinson Day.

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.

The 2025 celebration of Jackie Robinson breaking baseball's color barrier is taking place in a toxic political environment.

Everyone should wear No. 42 jerseys in honor of Robinson, who famously broke baseball’s color line and also fought segregation in the military.

He looked across 17th Street in Wichita, Kan., from the offices of League 42, the nonprofit baseball league he founded in 2013. On a rainy, overcast day, he gazed over toward the Jackie Robinson ...

Kolten Wong #42 of the Seattle Mariners wears Stance socks with commemorative “42” logo, Nike "42" shoes, while standing on first base with a placard in honor of Jackie Robinson Day during the ...

A baseball tradition will continue, as the league will honor Jackie Robinson on the 77th anniversary of Robinson breaking baseball's color barrier on Monday.