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Original set of Jackie Robinson Brooklyn Dodgers contracts caught in legal dispute
ESPN· 4 days agoFirst, he signed on Oct. 23, 1945, with the Montreal Royals, then the top farm club for the Brooklyn...
Negro Leagues players finally get some measure of statistical justice from MLB
The Hill· 4 days agoNo sport has a closer relationship with statistics than baseball. For decades major league owners...
How Jackie Robinson’s wife, Rachel, helped him break baseball’s color line
San Antonio Express-News· 1 day ago(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary...
This Date in Baseball - Randy Johnson becomes the 24th MLB pitcher to win 300 games
San Antonio Express-News· 5 days ago1940 — The Pirates beat the Boston Bees 14-2 in the first night game at Pittsburgh’s Forbes Field....
Yankees pitcher Domingo Germán throws 1st perfect game since 2012. It’s the 24th in MLB history
News 12 New Jersey· 3 days agoSince arriving in the big leagues six years ago, Domingo Germán has been anything but perfect. The New York Yankees right-hander pitched the 24th perfect game in major league history Wednesday ...
The fight over Jackie Robinson
Washington Post· 4 days agoRachel Robinson couldn’t give her blessing at first. At that point, it had been nearly 50 years since her husband, Jackie Robinson, died and more than 70...
Every Phillies retired number, and 5 more they should retire. Is Bryce Harper one of them?
Delaware Online | The News Journal via Yahoo Sports· 3 days agoBlue Rocks. Roberts won 234 games and had 1,871 strikeouts as a Phillie, second in both categories...
Why context, truth most important in MLB's integration of Negro League stats | Press Box Wag
Cincinnati.com | The Enquirer via Yahoo Sports· 6 days agoHe died of a stroke, at 35, a few months before Jackie Robinson debuted for the Brooklyn Dodgers in...
Today in History: June 11, more than 80 killed at Le Mans auto race
Houston Chronicle· 5 days agoToday is Tuesday, June 11, the 163rd day of 2024. On June 11, 1955, in motor racing’s worst disaster, more than 80 people were killed during the 24 Hours of Le Mans in France when two of the ...
Former Virginia basketball player and assistant Chip Conner dies at 81
Richmond Times-Dispatch· 3 days agoChip Conner, a former high school and Virginia basketball star who later served as an assistant...