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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...
Jon Bon Jovi’s kids: Meet his 4 children with Dorothea Hurley
Page Six· 1 day agoThe high school sweethearts eloped in 1989 and started their family with Stephanie four years later....
Negro Leagues players finally get some measure of statistical justice from MLB
The Hill· 3 days agoNo sport has a closer relationship with statistics than baseball. For decades major league owners...
A Whittier baseball museum is ready to step up to the plate after Negro League integration
Whittier Daily News· 7 days agoFor nearly a decade, the one-of-a-kind Institute for Baseball Studies at Whittier College has...
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 ...
Leyland's No. 10 to be retired by Tigers Aug. 3
ESPN· 4 days agoJim Leyland's No. 10 will be retired by the Detroit Tigers during a ceremony on Aug. 3. The team announced the honor Monday, the 10th number retired by...
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Deadspin· 23 hours agoJackie Robinson wasn’t the only Black baseball player to suit up in the big leagues in 1947. After he broke the color line and became the first Black baseball ...
MLB Getting Too Much Credit For Honoring Statistics Of Negro Leagues Players
Forbes· 7 days agoAfter more than a century, Major League Baseball admitted this week that the Negro Leagues rocked...
Ty Cobb Dethroned as Baseball's Batting Champion, Nearly a Century After He Retired
The New York Sun· 6 days agoA baseball historian and author, Ralph Wimbish, remembers how a great Black ballplayer, Buck O’Neil,...
Deadspin | Mets retire Darryl Strawberry’s No. 18 jersey
Deadspin· 6 days agoDarryl Strawberry had his jersey number retired by the New York Mets organization during a pregame...