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Jackie Robinson Day

As they do every April 15, The White Sox and the 29 other MLB teams paid tribute to Jackie Robinson yesterday, honoring the man who courageously broke baseball’s color line on that date in 1947. Following tradition, every player throughout baseball wore Robinson’s iconic u211642.

Click on the top link below and read what the Robinson legacy means to Sox shortstop Tim Anderson (shown above posing with his u211642 jersey). Check out the bottom link to understand the impact that the Sox’ Minnie Minoso, the Twins’ Tony Oliva and other Cuban legends who came after Robinson and benefited from his pioneering efforts, have had on Jose Abreu.