Subtitles section Play video Print subtitles 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.
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