Today Major League Baseball commemorates and honors the great Jackie Robinson‘s major league debut. Players will adorn #42, teams will celebrate their local foundations for Jackie Robinson and fans will remember how he changed the game.
In Pittsburgh tonight, the Pirates will recognize the winners of the 2015 Pittsburgh Pirates Jackie Robinson Art, Essay and Poetry contest with an on-field pregame ceremony. The contestants were tasked with creatively expressing Robinson’s nine values to success. It is, indeed, one of the best nights during the baseball season.
The Detroit Tigers never had a chance to face or host Jackie Robinson during his career of 1947-1956.