how will Jackie Robinson Day jerseys be sold?

[yanks12025]

Re: how will Jackie Robinson Day jerseys be sold?

You know that Jackie Robinson really wasn't the first black player to play at the major league level, Moses Fleetwood Walker was in 1889.

[metsbats]

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Yanks,

That's excellent info.

Here's a link to info on Walker.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleet_Walker

[TOYOTATruck07]

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Chris,
Just got off the phone with my connection at the Rockies, At this point they have not figured out what they plan on doing with the jerseys, but the rockies do have them not MLB. They said they will either go to auction by the rockies on their site or at games, or will be given to dugout store locations for sale with proceeds going to charity. He did tell me he will let me know what they decide to do within the coming weeks.

[GarkoCollector]

Re: how will Jackie Robinson Day jerseys be sold?

You know that Jackie Robinson really wasn't the first black player to play at the major league level, Moses Fleetwood Walker was in 1889.

He has a small museum down the road from where I grew up.

[mbenga28]

Re: how will Jackie Robinson Day jerseys be sold?

You know that Jackie Robinson really wasn't the first black player to play at the major league level, Moses Fleetwood Walker was in 1889.

so why is Jackie Robinson given all this attention and credit for breaking the barrier?

[Danny899]

Re: how will Jackie Robinson Day jerseys be sold?

You know that Jackie Robinson really wasn't the first black player to play at the major league level, Moses Fleetwood Walker was in 1889.

You are so right! I think Ken Burn's Baseball DVD Set documents this. He played one season. I think it was 1884 he played his only season with the Toledo Blue Stockings.

[metsbats]

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so why is Jackie Robinson given all this attention and credit for breaking the barrier?

Because African-American players were banned (offically "unofficially") up until Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier.

This was from the link in wiki-pedia on Walker.

"Shortly thereafter, the American Association and the National League both unofficially banned African-American players, making the adoption of Jim Crow in baseball complete. Baseball would remain segregated until 1946 when Jackie Robinson popularly "broke the color barrier" in professional baseball when he played for the Brooklyn Dodgers' minor league affiliate in Montreal."

[metsbats]

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What about the Mets? Any info on their Robinson Day jerseys? Especially Jose Reyes.

Mets JR 42 jerseys will auctioned off on MLB.com when MLB decides when to start the auction.

[TomTimmerman]

Re: how will Jackie Robinson Day jerseys be sold?

You know that Jackie Robinson really wasn't the first black player to play at the major league level, Moses Fleetwood Walker was in 1889.

Actually, William Edward White probably predates Walker:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Edward_White

[GarkoCollector]

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so why is Jackie Robinson given all this attention and credit for breaking the barrier?

I believe Robinson was the first to break the color barrier in "Major League Baseball" just not the first Black pro baseball player.

[xpress34]

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Chris,
Just got off the phone with my connection at the Rockies, At this point they have not figured out what they plan on doing with the jerseys, but the rockies do have them not MLB. They said they will either go to auction by the rockies on their site or at games, or will be given to dugout store locations for sale with proceeds going to charity. He did tell me he will let me know what they decide to do within the coming weeks.

TT -

Thank you for the update!!!!

Would you mind dropping me an eMail ( xpress34@comcast.net ) when you hear? I check it much more often than the site here.

THANKS AGAIN!!!

- Chris

[WOODFERN]

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Does anyone know if if the Yankees JR Day jerseys will be available and if so by whom? The whole team wore #42 jerseys. Any information would be a help. Thanks

[WOODFERN]

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Sorry, only one if was needed.

[STLCardinalscollector]

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Anyone have any ideas, or knowledge of the Dodgers Jackie Robinson jersey's?
Thanks, David
dcardfan@aol.com

[perlman9]

Re: how will Jackie Robinson Day jerseys be sold?

I remember the Dodgers had them on MLB's auction site last year if I recall...