Let's Go Dodgers!

mlboffseason: Geez, McGwire’s temper escalated quickly.

phazerblast — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 09:38:57 -0400

mlboffseason:

Geez, McGwire’s temper escalated quickly.

mightyflynn: Puig June 11, 2013 Dodger Stadium Los Angeles,...

phazerblast — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 03:16:38 -0400

mightyflynn:

Puig

June 11, 2013

Dodger Stadium

Los Angeles, California

Photo by Mark Terrill/AP

Puuuuuuuuuuig! I just caught the highlights. I wasn’t...

phazerblast — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 02:41:46 -0400

Puuuuuuuuuuig! I just caught the highlights. I wasn’t home. Vin Scully sounded more excited for his two home runs than I’ve heard him be in a long time. God damn, SOMETHING giving this team a spark is nice.

Photo

phazerblast — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 09:44:39 -0400

mlboffseason: siphotos: Mike Piazza plays the drums in the...

phazerblast — Thu, 23 May 2013 11:27:25 -0400

mlboffseason:

siphotos:

Mike Piazza plays the drums in the basement of Dodger Stadium in May 1998. (VJ Lovero)

GALLERY: Rare Photos of Mike Piazza

Mike Piazza was in a Goo Goo Dolls cover band during his days with the Mets.

phazerblast — Tue, 07 May 2013 13:03:06 -0400

Clayton Kershaw’s SportsCenter commercial. Awesome

phazerblast — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 18:16:47 -0400

Clayton Kershaw’s SportsCenter commercial. Awesome

mightyflynn: 1960

phazerblast — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 10:23:34 -0400

mightyflynn:

1960

mightyflynn: Jackie Robinson leaves Ebbets Field after playing...

phazerblast — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 23:30:24 -0400

mightyflynn:

Jackie Robinson leaves Ebbets Field after playing opening day with the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947.

International News Photo

mightyflynn: 1998

phazerblast — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 22:33:00 -0400

mightyflynn:

1998

On Buck O’Neil and Jackie Robinson

phazerblast — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 20:10:18 -0400

On Buck O’Neil and Jackie Robinson:

I told a version this story in “The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O’Neil’s America,” which is about my year of traveling around the country with the great Buck O’Neil, Negro Leagues player and manager, brilliant scout for the Cubs, the first African American coach in Major League Baseball and the living&

Dodgers announcer Red Barber on Jackie Robinson coming to the...

phazerblast — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 14:55:17 -0400

Dodgers announcer Red Barber on Jackie Robinson coming to the Dodgers.

I don’t know if any of you guys saw this video of Tony...

phazerblast — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 13:42:53 -0400

I don’t know if any of you guys saw this video of Tony Gwynn Jr. being heckled in 2011, but it’s hilarious.

futurejournalismproject: Jackie...

phazerblast — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 11:43:23 -0400

Jackie Robinson in his Brooklyn Dodgers Uniform, 1950, Records of the U.S. Information Agency (National Archives Identifier 6802718)

General Court Martial Orders Number 130, Headquarters XXII Corps, 08/23/1944, Records of the Army Staff (National Archives Identifier 2641509)

Letter from Jackie Robinson to President Eisenhower of May 13, 1958, 05/13/1958 ARC Identifier 186627

Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C. [Former National Baseball League player, Jackie Robinson with his son.], 08/28/1963, Records of the U.S. Information Agency (National Archives Identifier 542024)

futurejournalismproject:

Jackie Robinson

todaysdocument:

Jackie Robinson broke the color line in Major League Baseball when he debuted with the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947. This decision would not only integrate baseball, but would help the country work to achieve equal rights for all. Civil Rights leader, Martin Luther King, Jr., once commented to baseball pitcher Don Newcombe, “Don, you and Jackie will never know how easy you made my job, through what you went through on the baseball field.”

Before becoming famous, Lt. Jack R. Robinson was court-martialed at Camp Hood, Texas, because he refused to move to the back of the bus after being told to do so by a bus driver and disobeying an order from a superior officer. Robinson was acquitted of all charges and received an honorable discharge, but this was not the only experience he would have in fighting discrimination.

After retiring from baseball, Robinson turned much of his attention to civil rights issues. He wrote to several Presidents about the cause, and even attended the March on Washington.

Many of these milestone events from Robinson’s life are documented in primary sources from the National Archives.

via The Rest of 42’s Story: Jackie Robinson as Civil Rights Activist

FJP: “A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives,” Robinson wrote in his autobiography. “I cannot possibly believe I have it made while so many of my black brothers and sisters are hungry, inadequately housed, insufficiently clothed, denied their dignity as they live in slums or barely exist on welfare.”

mightyflynn: HOLLYWOOD, CA - APRIL 09: Widow of baseball player...

phazerblast — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 07:59:01 -0400

mightyflynn:

HOLLYWOOD, CA - APRIL 09: Widow of baseball player Jackie Robinson, Rachel Robinson (L) and actor Chadwick Boseman attend the after party for the Los Angeles premiere of Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Legendary Pictures’ “42” on April 9, 2013 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

via afro-art-chick: mode7

This should be a fun season. Calm down kids, focus on baseball.

phazerblast — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 09:15:30 -0400

This should be a fun season. Calm down kids, focus on baseball.

Zach Greinke has a broken collar bone because of that idiot...

phazerblast — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 09:11:54 -0400

Zach Greinke has a broken collar bone because of that idiot Carlos Quentin. Dodgers twitter may have had this to say. I choose a different quote.

My friend Matt Rubin shot this in LA this week. Can’t wait...

phazerblast — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 08:54:07 -0400

My friend Matt Rubin shot this in LA this week. Can’t wait to get out there at the end of the month

No game today so enjoy this. (via reddit) edit: just ignore the...

phazerblast — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 11:07:00 -0400

No game today so enjoy this. (via reddit) edit: just ignore the typo, I didn’t make it. :)

Dodgers retired numbers. 1, 2, 4, 19, 20, 24, 32, 39, 42 and 53....

phazerblast — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 12:03:56 -0400

Dodgers retired numbers. 1, 2, 4, 19, 20, 24, 32, 39, 42 and 53. I need a better Drysdale card. via bengoetting