Jackie Robinson played in Louisville before he broke Major League Baseball's color barrier. He also came to Kentucky for the March on Frankfort.
Before Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Jackie Robinson became the first Black player in Major League Baseball and embarked on a Hall-of-Fame MLB career, he was a four-sport star at UCLA ...
"They needed someone to be bat boy that day." The now 90-year-old remembers being Jackie Robinson's first bat boy. A pro baseball player who changed the sport forever. "Not only did he break the ...