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Barry Bonds #25 of the San Francisco Giants looks into the dugout after the end of the inning during the game between San Francisco Giants and Atlanta Braves at Turner Field on August 15, 2007 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Mike Zarrilli/Getty Images)

Barry Bonds' 756 home run plaque missing at ballpark

Janie McCauley, Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The commemorative plaque honoring home run king Barry Bonds' record 756th clout has gone missing from AT&T Park...
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This publicity film image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Chadwick Boseman, right, as Jackie Robinson in Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Legendary Pictures’ drama “42,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. (AP Photo/Warner Bros. Pictures)

Jackie Robinson's daughter excited about '42'

Associated Press

STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) — Jackie Robinson’s daughter says she and her family are excited about a new movie about her father, who broke the color barrier …

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When he retired at the end of the 1956 season, three major league teams had yet to integrate their clubhouses.  The Philadelphia Phillies integrated in 1957 with John Kennedy, the Detroit Tigers integrated in 1958 with Ozzie Virgil, and the Boston Red Sox were the last major league team to integrate when they signed Pumpsie Green in 1959.  (AP Photo)

10 little known Jackie Robinson facts

Carrie Healey
SLIDESHOW - As the 2013 baseball season kicks off, the legacy of Jackie Robinson, the first African-American player to take the field in the 20th Century, is remembered...
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This film image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Chadwick Boseman as Jackie Robinson in a scene from "42," by writer-director Brian Helgeland. Remembering Robinson's accomplishments is more important than ever, say people involved with "42" and baseball historians alike. And because he was such an inspiring cultural figure, it's more important than ever to get his story right. (AP Photo/Warner Bros. Pictures, D. Stevens)

Should you go see '42' this weekend?

Lilly Workneh
REVIEW - Jackie Robinson was a legendary baseball player and a trail-blazing athlete – but his epic story retold in Brian Helgeland’s '42' is an honest attempt for a home-run that instead sits safely at third base...
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Atlanta Braves' Justin Upton hits a walkoff home run during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Chicago Cubs, Saturday, April 6, 2013, in Atlanta. Atlanta won 6-5. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)

MLB forms diversity committee, focus on black players

Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) - Major League Baseball has created a task force that will study how to increase diversity in the game, especially among black players...
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Jackie Robinson's athletic greatness overlooked

Stefen Lovelace
OPINION - Most talk about Robinson for his non-baseball accomplishments – affecting change in baseball, but also in society as a whole. But we also need to remember: He was one hell of a baseball player...
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Bill Russell (Photo courtesy of 'Melissa Harris-Perry'

Bill Russell: Jackie Robinson was my hero

Lilly Workneh
VIDEO - Former NBA player Bill Russell appeared on a recent taping on 'Melissa Harris-Perry' to talk about Jackie Robinson and the impact he had in his life...
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Atlanta Braves outfielders, from left to right, Jason Heyward, Justin Upton and B.J. Upton, wait for the start of a drill during a spring training baseball workout Friday, Feb. 15, 2013, in Kissimmee, Fla. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Atlanta Braves' all-black outfield is big for baseball

Eddie Maisonet
OPINION - If these three and go out there and prove it like generation and generation before them did, then a new generation of kids will look up to them...
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The ground crew prepare the filed of Scottsdale Stadium prior to the game between the San Francisco Giants and Chicago White Sox on Monday, February 25, 2013 at Scottsdale Stadium in Scottsdale, Arizona. The Giants and White Sox played to a 9-9 tie. (Photo by Rich Pilling/Getty Images)

Giants only MLB team with no African-American players

Carrie Healey
theGRIO REPORT - The San Fransisco Giants, reigning World Series champions, are the only Major League Baseball club that doesn't have any African-American players at their spring training camp in Scottsdale, A.Z...
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General Manager Ken Williams of the Chicago White Sox talks on his cell phone in the dugout before the home opener between the White Sox and the Kansas City Royals on April 13, 2004 at U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago, Illinois. The White Sox defeated the Royals 12-5. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)

theGrio's 100: Ken Williams, calling the shots for Chicago White Sox

theGrio
theGRIO's 100 - In 2005, the Chicago White Sox won their first World Series title in nearly 90 years. General Manager Ken Williams was a big reason why...
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