BALTIMORE – The Baltimore Orioles warmed up on Monday at Camden Yards carrying matching “Breaking Obstacles” shirts as they ready to play the Minnesota Twins.
April 15 is extensively often called “Jackie Robinson Day” throughout Main League Baseball. On that date in 1947, Robinson broke the colour barrier when he began at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers.
He was the primary Black baseball participant to play in a Main League Baseball recreation.
His No. 42 jersey is retired all through baseball.
Nevertheless, annually on April 15, any participant in Main League Baseball can put on that iconic quantity.
Members of the Orioles shared how Robinson’s dedication paved the best way for his or her baseball successes.
“It will be extremely powerful and there is a motive it was handed to Jackie, versus everyone else at the moment,” Orioles pitcher Dillon Tate stated. “It is a blessing to have the ability to put on that quantity and I’m grateful for these sacrifices.”
This yr is the 77th anniversary since Robinson broke the colour barrier in Main League Baseball.
Robinson gained the Rookie of the Yr in that 1947 season and was the MVP in 1949 and gained the World Sequence championship in 1955.
“A type of issues that could be a large a part of baseball historical past,” Orioles outfielder Cedric Mullins stated. “That is why we have fun annually and it’s that essential for guys to grasp what baseball has performed by, what the historical past of this nation has gone by as nicely. It performs a giant half in my life and different folks’s lives as nicely.”
