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People
Players, managers, owners, umpires, and broadcasters
April 15, 1947
Integration · May 7, 2026
Jackie Robinson walked onto Ebbets Field as the Brooklyn Dodgers' first baseman and broke a barrier that had held for more than sixty years. The game itself was almost beside the point.
The Luckiest Man on the Face of This Earth
Live Ball · May 6, 2026
On July 4, 1939, Lou Gehrig stood at home plate in Yankee Stadium, dying of a disease that did not yet carry his name, and told 61,808 people he considered himself the luckiest man alive.
New Year's Eve, 1972: The Last Flight of Roberto Clemente
Expansion · May 3, 2026
Roberto Clemente boarded a cargo plane on New Year's Eve 1972 to deliver earthquake relief supplies to Nicaragua. He never arrived.