MLB ~ Jackie Robinson Day

#42

April 15th

1947  ~  2012

Jackie Robinson Day

Sixty-five years ago, Jackie Robinson took the lonesome and incredibly courageous first steps towards integrating Baseball after signing a major league contract with Branch Rickey and the Brooklyn Dodgers.


Today, his wife, Rachel Robinson, is part of the ownership group which is due to purchase the Los Angeles Dodgers from Frank McCourt.

Montague Street at Court Street; Downtown Brooklyn

Public School 375 Jackie Robinson and

Middle School 373 Ebbets Field

Across from old Ebbets Field, at McKeever and Sullivan Street, Brooklyn

The Brooklyn Cyclones have long had Jackie Robinson's Number 42 retired.

Below is a miniature replica of the statue in front of MCU Park, Coney Island, Brooklyn

On display in Modell's Sporting Goods; Bensonhurst, Brooklyn

JACKIE ROBINSON

...will always have a home in Brooklyn

Mike.BTB