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White House T-Ball Game Honors Robinson

Sunday, July 15, 2007 8:58:28 PM
By ANN SANNER

Tommy Lasorda, a former Major League Baseball manager and Baseball Hall of Famer, talks with players of the Inner City Little League Highlanders of Brooklyn, N.Y., team before the start of a Tee Ball on the South Lawn baseball game, Sunday, July 15, 2007, at the White House in Washington. The game commemorated the 60th anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier in Major League Baseball when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari) WASHINGTON (AP) - Little Leaguers wore No. 42 to honor baseball legend Jackie Robinson as they faced off Sunday in a T-ball game on the South Lawn of the White House.

This year marks the 60th anniversary of Robinson's debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers, when he broke the major leagues' long-standing color barrier.

"Jackie Robinson was a pioneer," President Bush said before retiring Robinson's number from South Lawn games.


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