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Denzel Washington Pays Tribute to Jackie Robinson During Surprise Appearance at MLB All-Star Game

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Denzel Washington surprised baseball fans when he took to home plate at Dodgers Stadium to pay tribute to the iconic Jackie Robinson, 75 years after the trailblazing athlete broke baseball's color barrier.On Tuesday, the Academy Award winner donned Robinson's number 42 jersey to kick off the big game by honoring the baseball icon's legacy. «Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, 1947,» Washington began, noting when Robinson broke baseball's color barrier with the then-Brooklyn Dodgers. «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.»Washington praised Robinson's activities both on the field and off, saying that he «challenged us to become better versions of ourselves.»«Business leader, family man, activist, Hall of Famer,» thePresidential Medal of Honor recipient continued. «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 color and to this very day … that profound impact looms just as large today as it did 75 years ago.»Denzel Washington honors Jackie Robinson.

Chills. #AllStarGamepic.twitter.com/Tm9BEj1FHJRobinson integrated baseball on April 15, 1947 and the MLB has celebrated Jackie Robinson Day on that date since 2004.

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