Sunday, April 17, 2016

Correction: Jackie Robinson Day story (Yahoo Sports)

In a story April 15 about Jackie Robinson Day, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Robinson was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1972. PHILADELPHIA - As cities across the country honored Jackie Robinson's pioneering baseball career, one also apologized for its racist treatment of Major League Baseball's first black player nearly 70 years ago. When Robinson's Brooklyn Dodgers played the Philadelphia Phillies in 1947, he was told to ''go back to the cotton fields'' by the Phillies' manager, refused service at a local hotel and taunted by players with racial slurs when he came to bat.

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