Jackie Robinson

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Jackie Robinson Movie Resonates

The biggest irony connected to the release of the new, inspirational movie “42″ is the fact that Major League Baseball announced the other day that it was appointing a committee to determine…Read More

Jackie Robinson Movie Promising

I heard months ago that there was a Jackie Robinson movie in the works and the other day I saw a preview for the first time. With care–and from a few scenes it appears that the producers and director…Read More

Mike Trout AL Rookie Of Year

Mike Trout had a fabulous debut season for the Los Angeles Angels and everyone knew his selection as the American League rookie of the year announced Monday was a no-brainer. The foregone conclusion…Read More

Frank Robinson Still In The Game

Frank Robinson was a Hall of Fame player with the Cincinnati Reds and the Baltimore Orioles. He was the major leagues’ first African-American manager. He has worked for the league office. But just…Read More

Baseball And Stamps Have Intriguing Links

Being a collector kind of guy when I was a kid I naturally enough saved baseball cards and also had a minor league stamp collection. I didn’t keep up the stamp collection, though I still have the…Read More

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Becoming Manager Was Sacrifice For Frank Robinson

If Frank Robinson hadn’t become the first African-American manager in Major League baseball history,…Read More

Negro Leagues Museum A Worthy Shrine

KANSAS CITY–Bob Kendrick presided over the doings across town from the Major League Baseball activities…Read More

Radical Baseball: How Big a Deal is a No-hitter?

Pitchers only retire batters they strike out.  The other players retire the batters who put the ball…Read More

Mets’ Citi Field Has Some Special Stuff

NEW YORK—Outside of the obvious newness of the place, the first major difference I noticed on my first…Read More

Shindig Takes Over Fenway Park

They had quite the hoedown at Fenway Park Friday. The big bash was to celebrate the 100th anniversary…Read More

Dee Gordon: A Star Is Born

Got to admit that until a couple of hours ago I had never heard of Dee Gordon and that is my bad. Now…Read More

The Babe, Sox, Jackie, Wish I Was There

A couple of days ago I was on a long, long drive and kept flipping the radio dial. I am not even sure…Read More

Joe Torre Owner

Joe Torre has been an All-Star player and a world champion manager, so why not go for it as an owner…Read More

Gil Hodges Last Link to Brooklyn

Gil Hodges is more identified with the Brooklyn Dodgers than the Los Angeles Dodgers, Roger Kahn’s…Read More

Safety In Numbers: Best New Artist

Not too long ago, the internet nearly exploded from pre-teen angst over the upset victory by Esperanza…Read More

Picks of the Pen (5/10)

This morning’s edition of Picks of the Pen is in honor of Dallas Braden and the perfect game he…Read More

Picks of the Pen (4/19)

This edition of Picks of the Pen falls right in the middle of two important days on the sports calendar.…Read More

Ryno Report: Yankees keep Robinson’s memory alive beyond special day

Jackie Robinson was probably not a big fan of the Yankees in his day. Actually, he probably he hated…Read More

Baseball Side of FanSided (4/16)

The BBSoFS is a weekly article designed to highlight one article from each of our MLB sites on the FanSided.com…Read More

Remembering Jackie Robinson, the competitor

Jackie Robinson was traded to the New York Giants on December 13, 1956. Robinson retired soon after.…Read More