Today is Jackie Robinson Day in the world of big-league baseball. Robinson broke the color barrier in 1947 while playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers.
While the 62nd anniversary of something is a pretty awkward thing to celebrate, I had to laugh when I saw that the Wednesday night baseball game was not going to involve Robinson's former team at all. It will involve two teams that weren't in existence when Robinson played, however.
Two theories come to mind. The network that shells out the money to beam the games around the country either loves showing the same two teams twice in three days or has no particular interest in baseball west of the Mississippi.
What Jackie Robinson did for the game is of far more import than a second look at a stadium that most people can't afford to frequent.
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