Major League Baseball celebrates that groundbreaking day every April 15. Robinson ... retired his No. 42 jersey, and on the anniversary of his first appearance for the Dodgers, every MLB player ...

Robinson was the first Black player to break major league baseball’s color barrier, playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers Montreal ...

Colorado), a Jackie Robinson jersey, presented by UCLA Health (April 15 vs ... Ron Cey will be inducted into the Legends of Dodger Baseball (July 18) and fans will take home a bobblehead to celebrate, ...

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 ...

Jackie Robinson played in Louisville before he broke Major League Baseball's color barrier. He also came to Kentucky for the March on Frankfort.

The Los Angeles Dodgers left the rest of baseball behind this winter. Despite being the defending champions, the Dodgers added talent with a sense of urgency no other organization has matched ...

A version of this story originally appeared on MiLB.com in 2006. We present it here once more as Minor League Baseball ...