▪️1) “I’m not concerned with your liking or disliking me. All I ask is that you respect me as a human being.” — Jackie Robinson ▪️2) “[Jackie] knew he had to do well. He knew that the future of blacks in baseball depended on it. The pressure was enormous, overwhelming, and unbearable at times. I…
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Second basemen Billy Martin and Jackie Robinson squared off in four World Series (1952-53; 1955-56), with each man enjoying his share of memorable highlights in the field, on the bases, and at the dish during October. True to character, the fiery Martin viewed these match-ups with the National League’s top second sacker as deadly serious….
Players Who Died on April 1 1914 – Rube Waddell 1922 – Leech Maskrey 1922 – Harry Smith 1927 – Harry Stanton 1928 – Marr Phillips 1934 – Barney Gilligan 1936 – John Kull 1943 – Pat Deasley 1946 – George Strief 1947 – Mike Lynch 1948 – Heinie Jantzen 1964 – Casey Hageman 1965…
Players Born on April 1 1856 – Ed Kennedy 1857 – Dan Cronin 1858 – Fred Mann 1858 – John Russ 1860 – Wes Curry 1862 – Billy Serad 1868 – Warren Fitzgerald 1876 – Bill Friel 1890 – George Young 1892 – Claude Cooper 1894 – Hal Reilly 1904 – Jack Cummings 1911 –…
Major League Baseball Players who played First Game on April 1 1996 – Tilson Brito 1996 – Greg Keagle 1996 – Jason Kendall 1996 – Rey Ordonez 1997 – Steve Bieser 1997 – Deivi Cruz 1997 – Jose Guillen 1997 – Kevin Orie 1997 – Pokey Reese 1997 – Bubba Trammell 1998 – Rolando Arrojo…
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