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Producer of '42' Donates $4.2M to COVID-19 Relief on Jackie Robinson Day

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April 15 marks Jackie Robinson Day on the MLB calendar every season, commemorating the day in 1947 when the Brooklyn Dodgers great and Baseball Hall of Famer Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier.

MLB didn't get a chance to properly recognize Robinson's accomplishments Wednesday with the season suspended because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but Thomas Tull, a producer of the film 42, got into the spirit by announcing a donation of $4.2 million worth of protective medical equipment in honor of him per Thomas Harrigan of MLB.com.

Tull's company Tulco partnered with FIGS, a medical apparel company, to donate scrubs, masks and medical gowns.