Jackie Robinson: Baseball Great & Civil Rights Activist (Essential Lives)
the sky is big in pasadena (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
located just south of the rose bowl, this baseball diamond is the home field for the pasadena city college lancers . i've never been to a game there - has anyone else? in my humble opinion, this would be a fantastic location for a minor league ballpark to be built if pasadena ever decided to acquire one. maybe a dodger affiliate? dreams...
Digital Meltd0wn (Free subscription) | yesterday
... Geoff Bastow; Mats Björklund; Dino Solera; & singers Lucy Neale; Gitta Walther (aka Jackie Robinson); & Claudia Schwarz (The Midnite Ladies) among others. Aside from the three albums released as the Munich Machine, the "Machine" was also anonymously credited for the ‘accompaniment’ on a few of Donna Summer's albums & Roberta Kelly's Trouble Maker...
Developing your Web presence (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
... to be held at Caesars Club which, according to the Mets , “sits directly on top of the Jackie Robinson Rotunda,” which was named “in honor of Jackie Robinson, the… great American who broke baseball's color barrier.” The Mets and Major League Baseball promote Robinson’s legacy , including Robinson’s value of “Justice:...
Brooklyn Heights Blog (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
The folks at Gotham Sidewalks will host their inaugural Brooklyn Baseball bike tour Sunday (11/8) at 11am: Most baseball fans know about the great Brooklyn Dodger teams of the 1950s…Jackie Robinson’s signing, the magic of Ebbets Field, or the meteoric rise of Brooklyn’s own Sandy Koufax. But did you know that baseball’s first superstar was a [...]
OUPblog (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
... than itself. From taking a stand ( 1980 Moscow Games boycott ) and breaking social barriers ( Jackie Robinson , Dara Torres ) to beating odds ( Nancy Kerrigan , Lance Armstrong ) and growing up ( Mighty Ducks 1, 2, and 3 ), sports are often the metaphors and inspiration of our lives. Which leads us to our big announcement… as it moves to the forefront of the global sports arena once...
Church of Baseball (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
... year on account of the time zones and all. The leagues could be named after ballplayers. I choose Jackie Robinson, Josh Gibson, Babe Ruth, Willie Mays, Roberto Clemente, and some pitcher - Cy Young? Nolan Ryan? Sandy Koufax? (Too many Dodgers!) What do you think?
Rattler Radio (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
I'm sensing a pattern at MLB Network today. 6:30 a.m. World Series Highlights 1943-The NY Yankees Look for Their 6th Title in Eight Years as They Take on the St. Louis Cardinals 7:00 a.m. World Series Highlights 1947-Joe DiMaggio and the NY Yankees Face Off Against their Crosstown Rivals, the Brooklyn Dodgers 7:30 a.m. World Series Highlights 1949-Yogi Berra and the NY Yankees Take on Jackie...
MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Though it won't be on the same epic scale as a Jackie Robinson or a Muhammad Ali, who sacrificed considerable parts of themselves to bear necessary torches, Lincecum's contribution will stand as part of another movement.When marijuana is fully decriminalized and legalized sometime in the next 20 years, sports figures will be among the many whose exceptional accomplishments will have given...
New York Times (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
... and Tony Award winners like and “That Championship Season.” But there have been flops like about Jackie Robinson, and “Requiem for a Heavyweight.”Robert LuPone, , said it was nearly impossible to replicate athletic contests on stage, so sports plays and musicals needed to offer compelling human stories with universal themes.“Lombardi’s a great choice,” he said. “He’s kind of mythical...
International Solidarity Movement (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
... Palestinians to be held at Caesars Club which, according to the Mets, “sits directly on top of the Jackie Robinson Rotunda,” which was named “in honor of Jackie Robinson, the… great American who broke baseball’s color barrier.” The Mets and Major League Baseball promote Robinson’s legacy, including Robinson’s value of “Justice: Treating all people fairly,...
Deadspin (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
It's been 62 years since Jackie Robinson integrated baseball. Now, finally, a little card with his attributes will integrate tabletop baseball simulations. Wouldn't it have been wonderful if all the...
Blue Heaven (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
... September 4, 1959. ( auction link ) Nice wheels Sandy. ( auction link ) Out at home! June 1, 1955; Jackie Robinson is tagged out at by Del Crandall . This photo was featured in a September 1962 Sport Magazine issue. ( auction link )
Film School Rejects (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
... Dark ‘Sorcerer’s Apprentice’ BREAKING: Sydney Pollack Dead at 73 Robert Redford, ESPN Team Up for Jackie Robinson Biopic
Room Eight (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
... relevant Bergen Evening Record. The setting: Mrs. Scheinfield’s first grade class. The lesson: Jackie Robinson. The school’s students were all white (though the faculty contained both an African-America and a Hawaiian-born Japanese American) and 80% Jewish (the local burghers, finally in 1964, made the prudential decision to close the school on the High Holy Days), but Mrs. Scheinfled,...
bookofjoe (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
... Paige and all the other great stars who never got a chance to shine on the big stage before Jackie Robinson finally broke the color bar in 1947. Great Slate article about the new game here . $39.95 .
