As a reminder, Jackie Robinson's No. 42 is retired league ... Retired numbers: 3 (Bill Terry), 4 (Mel Ott), 11 (Carl Hubbell), 20 (Monte Irvin), 22 (Will Clark), 24 (Willie Mays), 25 (Barry ...

PIONEERS: Jackie Robinson signs his contract with ... Hall of Fame New York Giant outfielder Monte Irvin and three-time NL MVP and Hall of Fame Dodger Roy Campanella congratulate each other ...

Soon other players, such as Monte Irvin, Roy Campanella and Don Newcombe ... Although these tributes are highly warranted, I doubt that Jackie Robinson would be entirely happy. No matter how lavish or ...

Jackie Robinson, a former Army officer who had been ... including Larry Doby, Don Newcombe, Monte Irvin, and Willie Mays. The Monarchs were not immune. The team had played in the same stadium ...

1) Monte Irvin (1919) Before baseball’s color barrier was broken ... 47 and ’48 -- was seriously considered to become the first Black player in the Majors. Though Jackie Robinson was the one to make ...

He looks fine," Effa Manley, the owner of the Negro Leagues' Newark Eagles, wrote to Eagles shortstop (and future big leaguer) Monte Irvin about his double ... In fact, if not for Jackie Robinson's ...

It seems as though there’s this agenda to stoke fear,” Negro Leagues Baseball Museum president Bob Kendrick said.

Phase I upgrade estimates at Jackie Robinson Ballpark have jumped from $17 million to $22 million First phase of Daytona Beach ballpark overhaul must be complete by Dec. 31 The city's promise to ...

At least back then, righteousness prevailed when Jackie Robinson debuted with the Dodgers — two years after spending a season with the Kansas City Monarchs of the Negro Leagues — and changed ...

A scene from Peanut Headz: Black History Toonz – "Jackie Robinson" illustrates Robinson's historic Major League Baseball debut on April 15, 1947, at Ebbets Field, where he played first base ...