New York Daily News published this on April 16, 1997. He was introduced by Acting Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig, who announced that Robinson’s No. 42 would be retired by all Major League ...

As they took the field against the Twins Thursday afternoon, the Red Sox joined the other 29 major league teams in honoring Jackie Robinson. For a day, everyone wore Robinson’s No. 42 ...

Every year, Major League Baseball honors this day as the anniversary of April 15, 1947, which is the day that Brooklyn Dodgers second baseman Jackie Robinson broke baseball’s color barrier.

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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 ...

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. It ...

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.

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.