All MLB players honor Jackie Robinson on April 15 every year.
April 15, 1947 was Opening Day for Major League Baseball, with eight games played to kick off the new season.
The sentiment grew to more players wearing number 42 each year and entire teams began to follow suit.
As long as baseball is played and the hope for equality for all people is an ideal to be strived for, Robinson's courage, grace and talent will be remembered. This was Robinson's mantra, respect, and his head-down, gritty playing mentality was a flawless reflection of that. Baseball, more so than any other United States sport, is an worldwide and multi-cultural society. According to USA Today Sports, only 7.1 percent of the current Major League Baseball players are African American. MVP awards, All-Star selections and championships recognized his skills as a player.
"It means to me that we talk about it every year [on] this day", Baker said, "but to me, no big deal, because every day is Jackie Robinson Day to me". It generated untold millions of conversations among baseball fans who carried those discussions into other areas of life.
Jackie's success paved the way for more players of color to enter the league the next year, and even more the year after that, and diversity in the league continued to grow.
Return leg against Bayern Munich is open: Cristiano Ronaldo
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Jackie has had an impact on my life. For most, there were no travel teams on baseball fields, there were simply groups of friends playing in a street.
"I hope kids watching the W.B.C. can watch the way [team U.S. players] play the game and appreciate the way we play the game as opposed to the way Puerto Rico plays or the Dominican plays", Kinsler said. Currently MLB has players from 19 different countries and about 30% of the players were born outside of the United States.
"You know that Jackie is just smiling in heaven right now", Johnson said.
According to the LA Times, Robinson's statue will be located near the reserve level entrances along the left field line.
Jackie Robinson will always be important to me, and that is more than just baseball. The kicks feature a cream base color with a bronze color scheme that reflects the bricks from Brooklyn's legendary Ebbets Field, where Robinson started and finished his baseball career. I love to listen to them talk about Jackie.
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