Branch Rickey and Bill Veeck, recognizing the positive impact of baseball integration to the bottom line of baseball, were pioneers in signing stars like Jackie Robinson, Larry Doby, Don Newcombe, ...
Baseball legend Jackie Robinson, who broke the sport's color barrier in 1947, made several important stops in Louisville and Kentucky. Before he wore No. 42 with the Brooklyn Dodgers, Robinson ...
January 31 is the birthday of Jackie Robinson, the pioneering baseball player who broke the color barrier. The first time he did so was during spring training in Daytona Beach. That stadium is now ...
Steve Forbes discusses the big-spending Los Angeles Dodgers and whether they’ve replaced the New York Yankees as Major League Baseball’s “Evil Empire.” Years ago, when the New York Yankees ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers added Kirby Yates to their bullpen on Thursday, agreeing to a $13 million, one-year contract with the veteran right-hander. The Dodgers also designated ...
They talk about the Dodgers continuing to sign more players, if they are good for baseball and what's going on in the game of chicken between the Mets and Pete Alonso. -Follow Grant on X/Twitter ...
Dodgers GM Brandon Gomes appeared on “The Show” podcast and was asked about the outrage among neutral observers claiming the Dodgers’s superteam is “bad for baseball.” “We are focused ...
BOSTON, MA – The Boston Red Sox will pay tribute to Jackie ... and students. Robinson became the first African American to play in the Major Leagues on April 15, 1947, when he donned a Brooklyn ...
Would the Los Angeles Dodgers and Brooklyn Trolleys BOTH rule baseball? Harry How/Getty Images To divide the Dodgers' current organizational roster, I took a straightforward approach. I started by ...
the Brooklyn Trolleys, the most unusual expansion team in baseball history. Champions of the NL West, the Trolleys' 98 wins earned them today's homefield edge over the 87-win wild-card Dodgers.
Jackie Robinson signs what is, at the time, the highest-paying contract in the history of the Brooklyn ... the Dodgers until 1952, when he was paid $39,750. But his role in integrating baseball ...