The New York Yankees will celebrate Jackie Robinson Day tomorrow when they meet up with the Tampa Bay Rays at Yankee Stadium. All of baseball celebrates the day honoring the major league’s first black Major League player traditionally on April 15; however, for teams that have the day off as the Yankees do, it is celebrated on Friday. All players will wear his number 42 to honor him.
Jackie Robinson paved the way for black players to eventually move from the Negro Leagues to the majors, including the Yankee’s Elston Howard. On April 15, 74 years ago, Robinson became a Brooklyn Dodger.