Opinion
As another Jackie Robinson Day approaches, the number of Black major leaguers keeps falling
April 15 is Jackie Robinson Day, marking the date he broke baseball's color barrier. But the number of African Americans playing the game keeps shrinking — a result of some unpleasant truths.
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"A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives," Jackie Robinson said not long before he died in 1972.