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Denzel Washington Pays Tribute To Jackie Robinson In Surprise MLB All-Star Game Appearance

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Denzel Washington honoured a sports hero. On Tuesday, the “Deja Vu” star made a surprise appearance at the 2022 MLB All-Star Game to pay tribute to legendary baseball player Jackie Robinson. READ MORE: President Joe Biden To Award Medal Of Freedom To Denzel Washington And Simone Biles Wearing a Dodgers jersey with Robinson’s retired No.

42 emblazoned on the back, Washington spoke about the player’s legacy in breaking the league’s colour line. “Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, 1947,” Washington began. “When Jackie Robinson stepped onto a Major League Baseball field for the first time, armed with supreme talent and unshakable character and wearing a Dodgers uniform, he changed the game of baseball and so much more.” The actor said that Robinson’s activism on and off the field “challenged us to become better versions of ourselves.” “Business leader, family man, activist, Hall of Famer.

He said that life is not a spectator sport, and he lived that motto to the fullest. Number 42 blazed a trail that would light the way for people from every walk of life and every colour and to this very day… that profound impact looms just as large today as it did 75 years ago.” READ MORE: Denzel Washington Speaks Out On Will Smith Slapping Chris Rock At The Oscars: ‘The Devil Got Ahold Of Him’ Robinson made his debut in MLB with the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947, becoming the first African-American player to take the field in the league.

Later that season he was awarded 1947’s Rookie of the Year. The player began his professional career only a couple years earlier, playing for the Kansas City Monarchs in baseball’s Negro leagues.

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