2017 – At a ceremony held in the SoHo neighborhood of Manhattan, NY, ground is broken towards the construction of the Jackie Robinson Museum, scheduled to open in 2019. Jackie Robinson’s widow, Rachel Robinson, and his daughter Sharon are present, alongside Commissioner Rob Manfred.

Trevor Story of the Rockies sets a new National League rookie mark with his 9th homer of April, breaking the record of 8 set by Albert Pujols in 2001; he is still one shy of the major league mark of 10, set by Jose Abreu in 2014. Colorado loses the game, though, 9 – 8 to the Pirates in 12 innings. Story will tie Abreu’s mark with another long ball on April 29th.

2015 – Today’s scheduled game between the Orioles and the White Sox is postponed because of violent protests in downtown Baltimore, MD, following the death of a black man in police custody a week earlier. Two days earlier, as an Orioles game was headed for extra innings, the mayor’s office asked spectators not to leave the ballpark because of safety concerns, before lifting the recommendation at the end of game after things had calmed down. Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake has also decreed a week-long curfew from 10 PM to 5 AM, making the playing of two scheduled night games problematic.

The Blue Jays are the first team to start 6 players from the Dominican Republic in the same game, as their line-up against the Red Sox features SS Jose Reyes, LF Melky Cabrera, CF Jose Bautista, 1B Edwin Encarnacion, DH Juan Francisco and RF Moises Sierra. There is joy in Santo Domingo as the proto-Dominican national team wins, 7 – 1, behind a strong performance by R.A. Dickey, one of only two U.S.-born players among the Jays’ 10 starters (the other is battery-mate Josh Thole).

Matt Moore (5-0) becomes the first pitcher in franchise history to win five games in April, when the Rays beat Chicago at U.S. Cellular Field, 10-4. The 23 year-old southpaw starter hurls six strong innings, allowing just a run and three hits while striking out nine Pale Hose batters.

Yankee right-hander Ivan Nova fails to tie the franchise mark of 16 consecutive wins established last season by Roger Clemens when he doesn’t get a decision in the team’s 7-6 victory over Detroit. The 26 year-old hurler, who moved ahead of Whitey Ford (1961) and Steve Sundra (1938-39) in his last start, gives up six earned runs on 11 hits in his 5.1 innings of work in New York’s walk-off win in the Bronx ballpark.

Mets left fielder Scott Hairston became the tenth player in franchise history to hit for the cycle with his sixth inning double, plating Rueben Tejada and David Wright. The outfielder’s four hits, which drive in four runs, aren’t enough when Colorado routs New York, scoring 11 times in the fifth, in the Coors Field’s contest, 18-9.

The Tigers’ Delmon Young is arrested in Manhattan after a confrontation outside the Hilton Hotel in the early morning. He is charged with aggravated harassment but also with a hate crime for hurling anti-semitic insults and attacking a group of passers-by while visibly intoxicated.

The Rockies reverse a 6 – 2 deficit with an 11-run 5th-inning outburst against the Mets, then pull out with an 18 – 9 win at Coors Field. Eric Young starts the ball rolling by beating P Chris Schwinden’s throw on a comebacker to the mound; 3 walks, 7 hits, 4 errors and a hit batsman later, the Rockies are cruising to an easy win; Carlos Gonzalez drives in 5 runs during the frame, then Ramon Hernandez adds a grand slam in the 7th. For the Mets, Scott Hairston hits for the cycle in a losing cause, while the two teams combine for 36 hits in the slugfest.