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A handshake from a white teammate signaled Jackie Robinson’s arrival in America’s game
George Shuba’s defining act as a ballplayer came in a minor league contest 75 years ago
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New book tells the story of Glenn Burke, the first openly gay player in MLB
His Dodgers teammates were slow to recognize signs that were obvious to others
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Jackie Robinson challenged baseball and others to acknowledge, value Black life
Robinson keeps echoing in MLB’s present as did the pioneering figures from the Negro Leagues
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After Jackie: Players who followed Robinson to MLB also faced ongoing racism
The painful stories of baseball players such as Dick Allen, Bob Gibson and Bill White aren’t as well known
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Historic Dodgertown to be renamed Jackie Robinson Training Complex
The former spring training site will serve as a hub for amateur development initiatives and events
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A radical idea to solve the lack of African-American players in baseball
How to get the game back to what Jackie Robinson gave his life for
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The heartbreak that fuels Dodgers prospect Jared Walker
‘If I could just give baseball up right now … to have my mom, brother and dad back, I would do it. But life doesn’t work like that.’
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Boston is the perfect place for the World Series to make history
Dave Roberts and Alex Cora put the focus on minority managers in baseball
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When the Dodgers, Lakers and Clippers postponed their games because of the Rodney King riots
Until the curfew was lifted, no night events were held in Los Angeles