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It is no secret that Jack Roosevelt Robinson had an immeasurable impact on not only the game of baseball and the Dodgers organization, but on the global scale. Born in Cairo, Georgia in 1919, Robinson attended UCLA where he was a star athlete in more sports than solely on the diamond. He embodies the Civil […] More
Analytics, also called sabermetrics, rule baseball front offices, and on-field decision making. To most fans, they’re just a confusing or misunderstood topic. Some people think they ruin baseball or change the game too much, but that is just not the case. Analytics are just used to try to find the true impact a player makes […] More
[new_royalslider id=”238″] Longtime Brooklyn Dodgers’ president Branch Ricky was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame after a change of eligibility rules 47-years-ago today. Rickey, historically know for being a main contributor in breaking the color barrier, spent 26 years at the helm of baseball presidency. He spent 17 years with the St. Louis Cardinals […] More
October 29, 1942 Dodgers president and general manager Larry MacPhail planned to leave the team in order to accept a commission in the United States army and he led the Dodgers to his friend and former St. Louis Cardinals’ GM, Branch Rickey. Rickey and MacPhail became friends at George Washington University Law School. The Cardinals […] More
October 23, 1945 On this day in Dodger history, Jackie Robinson signed his first professional contract with the Dodgers’ Minor League affiliate club, the Montreal Royals. The Royals were the Dodgers Triple-A affiliate from 1939 to 1960 after scouting the Negro Leagues looking for a potential player, Dodger owner and general manager Branch Rickey had […] More
