Baseball legend Jackie Robinson, born Jan ... With one swing of Gil Hodges’ bat, a clutch hit sends Jackie Robinson home from third base. Robinson’s run is the only to be scored during ...

Major League Baseball continues to make sure no one who cares about the game ever forgets Jackie Robinson and his legacy ... "Puts the bat on the ball, steals bases, plays hard on defense ...

Jack Roosevelt Robinson rose from humble origins to break the color barrier in baseball, becoming one of the most beloved men in America. Born to tenant farmers in rural Georgia and raised in ...

Jackie Robinson was an exceptional athlete and a civil rights leader. On April 15, 1947, he broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball when he trotted out to first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers.

"Jackie Robinson's impact was greater than just that of baseball. He was a transforming agent and in the face of such hostility and such meanness and violence, he did it with such amazing dignity.