πŸ“œ This Day in History – September 24, 1957
The Brooklyn Dodgers played their final game at Ebbets Field.

Before they left, a man changed history on that diamond.

🎩 Ode to Jackie Robinson:

Jackieβ€”number 42β€”
you bore the weight no one else knew.
You cracked the myth, exposed the lie.
You turned a diamond to sacred sky.

#ThisDayInHistory #JackieRobinson #EbbetsField #BrooklynDodgers #BaseballPoetry #EshuElegbara

This is the webpage on Jackie Robinson that was removed and then restored by the Department of Defense. I tried to pick out a snippet to quote but, honestly, it's just ALL good.

Sports Heroes Who Served: Baseball Great Jackie Robinson Was WWII Soldier
Feb. 9, 2021 | By David Vergun, DOD News

#JackieRobinson #MLB #Baseball #BrooklynDodgers #42

https://www.defense.gov/News/Feature-Stories/Story/Article/2490361/sports-heroes-who-served-baseball-great-jackie-robinson-was-wwii-soldier/

@GottaLaff This is the webpage on Jackie Robinson that was removed and then restored. I tried to pick out a snippet to quote but, honestly, it's just ALL good.

Please visit the page, then share widely.

Sports Heroes Who Served: Baseball Great Jackie Robinson Was WWII Soldier
Feb. 9, 2021 | By David Vergun, DOD News

#JackieRobinson #MLB #Baseball #BrooklynDodgers #42 #April15

https://www.defense.gov/News/Feature-Stories/Story/Article/2490361/sports-heroes-who-served-baseball-great-jackie-robinson-was-wwii-soldier/

@GottaLaff I have been a Mets fan since I was nine years old. (That’s more than half a century, in case you were curious.)

My Dad was a Brooklyn Dodgers fan. Mom visited relatives in Montreal in 1946 and they took her to a Royals game. (She wasn't a baseball fan yet. That happened after she met Dad. But she was there.)

This is the hill on which I will die.

#JackieRobinson #BrooklynDodgers #42 #April15 #MLB

Rachel Robinson - Wikipedia

Rachel Robinson - Wikipedia

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✧ Happy Chandler ✧

Happy Chandler (July 14, 1898 β€“ June 15, 1991) was an American politician who served as the 44th governor of Kentucky from 1935 to 1939, a member of the U.S. Senate, and again as the 49th governor of Kentucky from 1955 to 1959. In his first term as governor, he oversaw the repeal of the sales tax, replacing the lost ...

#Kentucky #MajorLeagueBaseball #Senate #PacificWar #BrooklynDodgers #Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy_Chandler

Happy Chandler - Wikipedia

On this day in 1947, #JackieRobinson made his major league baseball debut as a member of the #BrooklynDodgers
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Born on this day in 1919, Jack Roosevelt (Jackie) Robinson.

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#BrooklynDodgers

Jackie Robinson - Wikipedia