JACKIE ROBERTSON

INTRO ON JACKIE

• Jackie Robertson loved baseball
• He always played little league with his friends
• But one day someone decided to put Jackie with the Dodgers
• The Brooklyn Dodgers manager accepted Jackie
• And Jackie was exited to be playing big league baseball

THE DODGERS

• Jackie was exited to meet his team
• He was good at catching and throwing
• He was a good out fielder
• He was really good at stealing bases too
• But some of the other teams were not that cool about it

BASE BALL WAS NOT EASY

• People never cheered on Jackie
• A lot of people wrote mean things to him
• He wanted to just play baseball
• One day peewee stood next to Jackie
• Peewee helped Jackie find courage

MEMORIAL

• To this day we remember the number 42
• As we still remember Jackie Robertson
• Who was the first black baseball player
• And now no one else in the big leagues weares the number 42