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  • Meanwhile, in the MLB,... the league celebrated Jackie Robinson Day to honor the man who broke

  • professional baseball's color barrier, 67 years ago.

  • As per tradition,... all of the players wore Robinson's number 42 in their games on Tuesday

  • in the U.S.

  • The number has been retired since 1997.

  • On April 15th, 1947,... the then-Brooklyn Dodgers started Robinson at first base,...

  • toppling nearly seven decades of segregation in the league.

Meanwhile, in the MLB,... the league celebrated Jackie Robinson Day to honor the man who broke

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