“Maybe tomorrow, we’ll all wear ’42,’” said Lucas Black as he portrayed former Brooklyn Dodgers shortstop Pee Wee Reese in the 2013 film, “42”. That day is today: Jackie Robinson Day, the day in Major League Baseball that former Bruin and four-sport letter winner Jackie Robinson is honored and celebrated as every player wears his jersey number, 42. Read more...
Photo: Jackie Robinson (top left) poses with the rest of the UCLA baseball team. Robinson played baseball at UCLA in 1940. (Courtesy of UCLA Athletics)





