"I opened this up, and there's Joe DiMaggio," McElfresh said. "Yogi Berra, Satchel Paige, Ted Williams, Jackie Robinson." There were stacks of legendary trading cards from some of America's favorite ...
Seeing the number featured in the ballpark with the rest of the retired numbers is cool and it's always an opportunity to ...
Yogi Berra, and Larry Doby. Shantz made his second All-Star team that summer and it was notable as he entered the game in the fifth inning and stuck out Whitey Lockman, Jackie Robinson and Stan ...
BUZZ MAGAZINE The Negro Leagues have only recently received their due in baseball history, as their story, in a time when ...
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 ...
HONOLULU (AP) — Jim Becker, a world-traveling journalist who covered Jackie Robinson’s big-league baseball debut and the U.S. Army’s retaking of Seoul during the Korean War, died Friday.
He then reported for camp and competed for playing time at first base alongside the legendary Jackie Robinson. Suffice to say, Robinson won the competition and successfully integrated Major League ...
HONOLULU – Jim Becker, a world-traveling journalist who covered Jackie Robinson’s big ... Nearly half of Robinson’s teammates had signed a petition because they didn’t want to play with ...