The title of Monte Irvin’s autobiography, “Nice Guys Finish First” (Carroll & Graf, $22.00), couldn’t be more appropriate. I can’t recall ever meeting a nicer guy than Monte Irvin.

If events were a bit different seven decades ago, perhaps players, coaches and managers who'll wear No. 42 on Tuesday would have worn No. 20. Monte Irvin's number. Jackie Robinson was a perfect ...

Jackie Robinson’s legacy will be celebrated around Major League Baseball next week. * * * ... “I talked to Buck O’Neill, Monte Irvin and those guys and Jackie was no joke.

— Jackie Roosevelt Robinson’s Headstone My grandmother took me to Mets games during the summer of 1964 when I was 10 years old. ... Monte Irvin and those guys and Jackie was no joke.

Tuesday was the 50th anniversary of Jackie Robinson’s debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers. By now, most — if not all — of you are surrounded by homage to the ... Larry Doby debuted with Cleveland as the ...

Jackie Robinson will forever be one of the greatest of Americans because he refuted those hallucinations. ... Larry Doby and Satchel Paige and Monte Irvin could, and onwards: Rickey and Ozzie and ...

Jackie Robinson broke MLB’s color barrier. ... Monte Irvin, they said he was the guy that Branch Rickey wanted before Jackie Robinson,” Jordan said. “But he went into the military, served in the Army, ...

Before Jackie Robinson was a Brooklyn Dodger in 1947, he was a Kansas City ... 1947-1959 by Larry Moffi and Jonathan Kronstadt; "Hall of Famer Monte Irvin Dies," by Vincent Lara-Cinisomo ...

The Sporting News covered Jackie Robinson from his signing as a minor leaguer through his historic debut, Hall of Fame career and on to today, Jackie Robinson Day.

Hank Thompson, Monte Irvin. 1949. Boston Braves. Sam Jethroe. 1950. Chicago White Sox. Minnie Minoso. ... Baseball spent this season celebrating the 75th anniversary of Jackie Robinson's Dodgers ...

Police announced Tuesday, Feb. 13, the arrest of a man in the theft of the Jackie Robinson statue that later was found dismantled and burned. ... Dear Asshole, Monte [Irvin] and Yogi [Berra] ...

Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier was No. 1. Jack Roosevelt Robinson was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1962, his first year of eligibility. “Today, everything is complete,” he ...