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On an Afternoon in Brooklyn's Ebbets Field, April 15th, 1947, Baseball Changed FOREVER. It was NOT a mere Uniracial Enclave:

Jackie Roosevelt Robinson, son of a Georgia Sharecropper, who grew up in Southern California, made headlines by Breaking Baseball's Colour Line;

He played 10 Seasons for Brooklyn;

Tomorrow, throughout 15 Major League Parks, Mr Robinson will be honoured in tribute;

10 Years ago, the #42 was retired throughout the game. Those who had the #42 before 4-15-97, could continue to wear that #. Only the Yankees Legendary Reliever, Mariano Rivera, wears the #, now;

Mets Manager Willie Randolph, who grew up in Brownsville, Brooklyn, will wear that Fabled#, tomorrow. In Boston, Covelli Loyce(Coco) Crisp, Coach De Marlo Hale, & Big Papi Ortiz, will wear that #;

At the Gil Hodges Wake 35 Years ago, I saw a man come out of a vehicle, & he needed help, as he was going blind for his diabetic illness;

He was Jackie Robinson;

& "The Boys Of Summer of 1955" were beginning to pass away, one by one;

& whenever you see Ichiro, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Cliff Floyd & others of Colour on the Diamond;

They owe it to Jackie;

Michael