Since they weren’t playing baseball on April 15th, with Major League Baseball and much of the country shut down amidst the coronavirus pandemic, MLB moved Jackie Robinson Day to August 28th, which, the Washington Nationals’ mentioned in the pregame notes for last night’s game, “... is the anniversary of the March On Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963, which the Robinson family (Jackie, Rachel and children) attended,” and, “... is also the date in 1945 when Robinson and Branch Rickey met to discuss his future as a member of the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Washington Nationals returned to action on Jackie Robinson Day last night...
