This Day In Dodgers History: Jackie Robinson Retires After Trade To Giants
Jackie Robinson broke Major League Baseball's color barrier in 1947, starred ten seasons with the Brooklyn Dodgers, and retired in 1956 to pursue business opportunities.
This Day In Dodgers History: Jackie Robinson Signed, Mike Piazza Voted Rookie Of The Year & World Series Record
The Los Angeles Dodgers pioneered baseball integration by signing Jackie Robinson and Johnny Wright in 1945; Robinson broke MLB's color barrier and excelled.
Hank Thompson Lived A Wild, Tragic, Forgotten Life In Baseball | Defector
Hank Thompson was a complex, pioneering African-American baseball player whose talent, troubled life, and controversial behavior complicate sanitized heroic narratives.
