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April 15 in baseball history
By Jeremy Kahn April 14, 2009 |
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In baseball history there are many memorable days, but April 15, is definitely on the list of great days in baseball history. It was on April 15, 1947 that Jackie Robinson became the first African-American to play major league baseball in the modern era. Eleven years later on April 15, 1958, at 1:34 p.m. at Seals Stadium, the Los Angeles Dodgers played the San Francisco Giants in the first major league baseball league west of Kansas City. On April 15, 1997, then President Bill Clinton, along with MLB commissioner Bud Selig, Robinson’s widow Rachel announced that the number 42 would never be worn again by a major league player. Ten years later on the 60th anniversary of Robinson breaking the color barrier, many players wore the number 42 in honor of Robinson. This tradition continues in the major leagues, and even though Robinson was a Dodger, players on the Giants wore the number 42 on that day and one year later, when the Giants celebrated the 50th anniversary of the first game on the west coast. |
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