'Every day is Jackie Robinson Day:' Why there are mixed feelings on 75th anniversary of debut Only 6.8% of the players in MLB are Black, one of the smallest percentages of African-Americans in the ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jackie Robinson’s legacy is being celebrated around the major leagues on Tuesday, with the day named for the first Black baseball player of the modern era and marking the ...

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But Jackie Robinson Day, as currently observed by MLB, has none of that bite. As the league plainly states on its website, “Every year on April 15, Baseball honors Jackie's legacy by celebrating ...

LOS ANGELES — Jackie Robinson’s legacy is being celebrated around the major leagues on Tuesday, with the day named for the first Black baseball player of the modern era and marking the 78th ...

Robinson donned the No. 42 as a player, so players wear that number on Jackie Robinson Day as a tribute to the Dodgers legend. His number was retired across the league in 1997.

The MLB has celebrated April 15 as Jackie Robinson Day since 2004, when then-commissioner Doug Selig introduced an official commemoration of the Georgia native's majors debut with the Dodgers.

Baseball retired Robinson's No. 42 leaguewide in 1997, and in 2004 established Jackie Robinson Day, on which the league would honor his memory on the anniversary of his April 15, 1947, debut.

On Jackie Robinson Day, appreciating his extraordinary numbers. In the fifth inning, with the Dodgers now ahead 10-2, Robinson laid a perfect bunt down the third base line.

Friday marks the 75th anniversary of Hall of Famer Jackie Robinson integrating modern Major League Baseball. This year, MLB is going all out for its first full-capacity Jackie Robinson Day since ...

But Jackie Robinson Day, as currently observed by MLB, has none of that bite. As the league plainly states on its website, “Every year on April 15, Baseball honors Jackie's legacy by celebrating ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jackie Robinson’s legacy is being celebrated around the major leagues on Tuesday, with the day named for the first Black baseball player of the modern era and marking the ...