They Scored the Winning Run That Day
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Not only did Jackie Robinson become the first non-white player in MLB history on April 15, 1947, he scored the winning run of the game, to the cheers of Brooklyn Dodger fans everywhere. Today is 'Jackie Robinson Day' in Major League Baseball, and deservedly so. Only it really should be Jackie and Rachel Robinson day...
Rachel Robinson, Jackie's wife, still alive for me
When she speaks of April 15, 1947, conversationally
The day that Jackie broke the toughest barrier
There ever was and may ever well be
The color-line barrier in MLB *
She speaks with candor
with eloquence
so refreshingly
Caught up with living in a hotel back then
with Jackie and their little baby
Yet, as she says, she somehow sensed
That both their roles that day made history
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*Major League Baseball
The top professional league in the USA
Copyright © Gershon Wolf | Year Posted 2021
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