Showing posts with label Jackie Robinson Day. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jackie Robinson Day. Show all posts

Friday, April 15, 2011

The Red Sox honor Chuck Stobbs

Like with every team in baseball this evening, the Red Sox players all wore #42. It is a unique gesture from the Red Sox on this Jackie Robinson Day.Remember, the Red Sox were the first team to give Jackie a try out. Back in the mid 1940s the Red Sox had Robinson and Sam Jethroe play for scouts at Fenway Park. Supposedly someone yelled "Get that ni--er off the field."Seeing the Red Sox lost a