๐ This Day in History โ September 24, 1957
The Brooklyn Dodgers played their final game at Ebbets Field.
Before they left, a man changed history on that diamond.
๐ฉ Ode to Jackie Robinson:
Jackieโnumber 42โ
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
@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
@GottaLaff I have been a Mets fan since I was nine years old. (Thatโs 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.
Song of the Day July 19 2024
In honor of the 102nd Birthday of Rachel Robinson
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Robinson
Dear Rachel Robinson - A Tribute from Jackie Robinson Day April 15 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFKJ6_uUuwA
#SongOfTheDay #SOTD #SOTD2024 #July 19 #RachelRobinson #JackieRobinson #BrooklynDodgers #LosAngelesDodgers #USHistory #BlackHistory #MLB #Baseball #TributeVideo #Dodgers #Legacy #Sports #1940s
Song of the Day July 19 2024
In honor of the 102nd Birthday of Rachel Robinson
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Robinson
Dear Rachel Robinson - A Tribute from Jackie Robinson Day April 15 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFKJ6_uUuwA
#SongOfTheDay #SOTD #SOTD2024 #July 19 #RachelRobinson #JackieRobinson #BrooklynDodgers #LosAngelesDodgers #USHistory #BlackHistory #MLB #Baseball #TributeVideo #Dodgers #Legacy #Sports #1940s
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โง Happy Chandler โง
Happy Chandler (July 14, 1898 โ 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
Born on this day in 1919, Jack Roosevelt (Jackie) Robinson.
Song of the Day January 31 2024
In remembrance of the birth of Jackie Robinson
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Robinson
Jackie Robinson on "The Dick Cavett Show," 1972
https://youtu.be/YCr0RAzf8ds?si=LokQlQbmZ8YimHPd&t=40
#SongOfTheDay #SOTD #SOTD2024 #January31 #JackieRobinson #BrooklynDodgers #LosAngelesDodgers #MLB #MajorLeagueBaseball #ColorBarrier #Racism #StolenStatue #StatueBurned #HallOfFame #42 #RestInPower #1970s
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