I am a huge fan of baseball but before my time, the sport was regarded as "a white man's game." African Americans were forced into their own Negro Leaque and were not accepted into the MLB. This discrimination was ended when first basemen Jackie Robison was made part of the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. He faced trials but was known as a great player, winning the rookie of the year in 1947 and National League MVP in 1949. Robison paved the way for non-white professional baseball players.
Jackie Robison's mission of allowing everyone the chance to play in the MLB was completed. Today, many of the greatest names in baseball are minorities or from other countries; from the Cardinals' Carlos Beltron to the Yankees' legendary closing pitcher Mariano Rivera. Discrimination in the sport of baseball has been banished thanks to number 42, the great Jackie Robison.
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