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Notes From the Clubhouse: Choppy Waters Ahead for Nationals

Our MLB editor provides weekly dispatches from major league games in Notes From the Clubhouse.Let's get the obvious out of the way first: the Nationals are not a good baseball team. We knew that would be the case coming into the season. What seems clear after another devastating day for the club, is that they're also a...

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04/26/12 Rickey film given Spring 2013 release Source: The Portsmouth Daily Times - Portsmouth OH Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures have announced April 13, 2013, as the release date for their upcoming film "42".
04/15/12 42: Just a number until Jackie Robinson wore it Source: CBS News Because today marks the 65th anniversary of the day that Jackie Robinson stepped out of the Brooklyn Dodgers dugout and became the first African American to play in baseball's major leagues.
03/23/12 Jackie Robinson, Trayvon Martin and the Sad History of... Source: Michael Moore.com : Mike`s Message : Blog Sanford, Florida is a city that will now be known for all times as the place where Trayvon Martin was killed for the crime of Living While Black.

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Wesley Branch Rickey (December 20, 1881 – December 9, 1965) was an innovative Major League Baseball executive elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1967. He was known for breaking Major League Baseball's color barrier by signing African American player Jackie Robinson, for drafting the first Hispanic superstar, Roberto Clemente, for creating the framework for the modern minor league farm system, for encouraging the Major Leagues to add new teams through his involvement in the proposed Continental League, and for introducing the batting helmet.

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