Stewart is the only current African-American general manager in baseball. (Two other former African-American GMs -- the White Sox's Kenny Williams and the Marlins' Michael Hill -- were promoted in recent years to executive vice president and president of baseball operations, respectively.)
Stewart is especially appreciative of the opportunities that Robinson helped create when he broke Major League Baseball's color barrier on April 15, 1947.
"Where would I be had that not happened?" asked Stewart, who pitched for 16 years in the big leagues before retiring after the 1995 season.