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Brooklyn Dodgers' Jackie Robinson safely steals home plate
under the tag attempt of Yankees catcher Yogi Berra
in the eighth inning of the World Series opener Sept. 28, 1955 in New York's Yankee Stadium. With pinch-hitter Frank Kellert at bat, ...
From serious to silly, we got links. Starting
with the serious. Dugout Central has an impassioned response
to Jesse Jackson Jr.’s comparison of Barack Obama in 2008 to Jackie Robinson in 1947. What is Fantasy Humor? For my rivals last year, ...
I don't think Barack has a cakewalk as
the first serious (sorry, Jesse) black president. But the
author is right - it's nowhere near what Jackie experienced.
Um, say what? Dan O'Neill, a contributor to
NBCSports.com, is either dumb, or racist, or both, based
on his column from the PGA Championship that ran Sunday afternoon.
I don't know this for a fact, but
I think that golf writer Dan O'Neill (if that
is your real name, Wanny ) has probably written his last column for NBC. Why do I think that? Well, Dan, in an attempt to discuss Sergio Garcia 's on-course struggles ...
Two great pioneers, but still another symbol of
racism remains in view (it's on Doby's sleeve in
this photo). It was easy to miss yesterday’s 60th anniversary of Larry Doby becoming the American League’s first African-American player. The team he ...
Do you want the Lords of Baseball to
allow Mark Cuban into the club? If so, you
can now do something about it. Just drop by the Bring Cuban to the Cubs website and put your money where you mouth is. BCC is collecting pledges from interested parties. If Cuban is allowed to buy the Cubs, all of the donations will go to the Jackie Robinson Foundation. If not, the pledges will be untouched. ...









Rogers says Yankees are cause of instant replay - ...