On January 1, 1927, the Brooklyn Dodgers released longtime outfielder Zack Wheat after 18 seasons with the team. The Dodgers’ ...
President Biden has signed a bill designating the Jackie Robinson Ballpark in Daytona Beach, Florida, a commemorative site ...
The first contract Jackie Robinson signed along with Brooklyn Dodgers president Branch Rickey on Oct. 23, 1945, was an agreement to play for the Montreal Royals, the Dodgers’ top farm club.
Mykalai Kontilai, who fraudulently used Jackie Robinson’s Brooklyn Dodgers contracts, was sentenced to 51 months in prison and ordered to pay $6.1 million he stole from investors. Dec. 10 ...
On Dec. 31, 1897, Charles Ebbets became the controlling owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers, then known as the Grooms. Ebbets gained an 80% interest in the team after spending most of the decade as a ...
Jackie Robinson was the first Black man to play Major League Baseball and is a celebrated hero of the Civil Rights Movement ...
Throughout the 141 seasons of the Los Angeles Dodgers, many all-time legends have come and gone. Some of the best players to ...
In 1856, the New York Mercury Baseball Club defined the game of baseball as the national pastime and the favorite sport of Americans. In 1903, the Boston Americans defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates in ...
Jackie Robinson is known as the first African American to play Major League Baseball in the United States in modern baseball ...