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From the Archives: RealClearSports: Remembering Robinson's Number — and Skill
8:47 AMThis article was originally published April 13, 2012.
By Art Spander
For RealClearSports.com
The number, 42, hangs in every major league ballpark, a reminder of a man who was as much a pioneer as an athlete — a superb athlete — talented, proud and courageous.
Sixty-five years now since that April day in 1947 when Jack Roosevelt Robinson integrated the majors.