On April 15th Think Of Jackie Robinson Instead Of Taxes

April 15, 2017 By Jim Muir Leave a Comment

On this Sept. 28, 1955, the Brooklyn Dodgers' Jackie Robinson stole home under the tag of New York Yankees catcher Yogi Berra in the eighth inning of the World Series opener at New York's Yankee Stadium. (AP Photo/John Rooney, File)

On this Sept. 28, 1955, the Brooklyn Dodgers’ Jackie Robinson stole home under the tag of New York Yankees catcher Yogi Berra in the eighth inning of the World Series opener at New York’s Yankee Stadium. (AP Photo/John Rooney, File)

KNOXVILLE, TN (Kate Vitasek- Forbes Magazine Please click to read the full story. Here is an excerpt) Today — April 15th — marks what most U.S. citizens think of as “Tax Day.” However, it is also Jackie Robinson Day, which honors the legendary baseball player. Major League Baseball adopted the annual tradition in 2005 in which every player on every team wears Robinson’s number, “42” on April 15th. Robinson is the only player in any pro sport to every have his number retired universally by the sport. While Robinson is celebrated for his extraordinary skills in baseball (he was inducted into baseball’s Hall of Fame in 1962), he is most known for breaking baseball’s “color line” when the Brooklyn Dodgers started him at first base 70 years ago, on April 15, 1947.

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