The man I mean is, naturally -- well, not Jackie Robinson, but an equally monumental gent.
We can envision Babe Ruth, Hank Aaron, Jackie Robinson and Mariano Rivera as teammates.
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"42" tells the story of Jackie Robinson, the very first African American to play major league baseball.
Also joining the conversation was Rachel Robinson, Jackie Robinson's widow and his partner throughout his incredible life's journey.
In less than a week, baseball will celebrate the 66th anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier.
There's a Jackie Robinson section that includes a laminated copy of a front page story of Robinson's early days.
In 1990, TNT airs one called "The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson, " based on an experience in the U.S. Army.
Jackie Robinson had a heart-stopping way of taking a lead off third base.
He encouraged Jackie Robinson, when Robinson, under extreme pressure, broke the color line in major-league baseball that same year.
It likened the announcement to Jackie Robinson, the first African-American to play in major league baseball in the modern era.
"If you have learned anything from Jackie Robinson, it is that teammates are always the first to accept, " Rivers said.
To some, Citi Field was more of a tribute to Ebbets Field and Jackie Robinson than to the New York Mets.
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"My niece, Dr. Walden, tried her best to get them to understand they're sitting on a goldmine with Jackie Robinson, " he said.
Jim Brown, Bill Russell, Kareem Abul-Jabbar, Muhammad Ali and Jackie Robinson were athletes who refused to hide away in the locker room.
The apartment is in a relatively new building facing Jackie Robinson Park.
"Church and faith were central to Jackie Robinson's success, " said Tony Carnes, who publishes an online magazine called A Journey Through NYC Religions.
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Besides the rotunda honoring the life and achievements of Jackie Robinson, the architecture and masonry of the ball park closely resembles Ebbets Field.
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She could tell that some people there felt some embarrassment that it had taken so long for the community to come together behind Jackie Robinson.
Because of the postponement, the Coors Field commemoration of Jackie Robinson Day also was shifted from Monday night to the first game of Tuesday's doubleheader.
The number was retired in 1997 in tribute to Jackie Robinson, although players who had the number at the time were allowed to keep it.
Few can tell you how many hits Jackie Robinson had in his first Major League Baseball game, but they know he broke baseball's color barrier.
Joseph Dorinson, author of "Jackie Robinson: Race, Sports and the American Dream, " says it's no accident that the color barrier was broken by a Brooklyn team.
Rivera, who by baseball's declaration will be the last player to wear Jackie Robinson's No. 42, is a reminder of how things are to be done.
"At a time when millions are reflecting on the life and legacy of Jackie Robinson, Jason Collins is a hero for our own times, " the group said.
"Some people at the time, and since, called him the Jackie Robinson of country music, but nobody who followed him has yet reached that level, " Rumble said.
Hours later, Major League Baseball went on with ceremonies for the fifth Jackie Robinson Day at stadiums all over the country and north of the border in Toronto.
Mr. Lamb, a journalism professor at Indiana University in Indianapolis, is the author of "Blackout: The Untold Story of Jackie Robinson's First Spring Training" (University of Nebraska, 2004).
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Rivera, who by baseball's declaration will be the last player to wear Jackie Robinson's No. 42, is a reminder of how these things are supposed to be done.
The sellout crowd of 17, 732 was roaring long before Nets reserve Jerry Stackhouse, who wears the No. 42 that Jackie Robinson once sported in Brooklyn, sang the national anthem.
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