Negro Leagues Baseball Museum President/CEO Bob Kendrick on Wednesday poses in front of the Jackie Robinson statue outside Dodgers Stadium. ( Photo/Facebook)
Jackie Robinson with the Kansas City Monarchs. ( Photo courtesy of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum)
Wednesday, April 15 was Jackie Robinson Day, an annual day when Major League Baseball ( MLB) teams across the country remember and celebrate the day #42 broke the MLB color barrier. On hand to attend Wednesday’s Los Angeles Dodgers v. New York Mets game honoring Robinson was Kansas City’s own Bob Kendrick, president of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum where Robinson, #42 played for one sea...
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