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When Jackie Robinson suited up in an authentic Brooklyn Dodger’s uniform and stepped onto Ebbets Field in 1947, he became the first black man to play for major league baseball. ... Robinson for breaking the color barrier, and Campanella for proving more than one black man can make it in a league composed mainly of whites. ... That year Campanella was brought up to the minor league and was voted the Most Valuable Player in 1946 and 1947—the same year his colleague Jackie Robinson was making history. ... But Jackie and Roy didn’t want to be known as in major league baseball as “the black guys. ... That was his gift to baseball after he was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1969, after Jackie Robinson.
Approximate Word count = 1352
Approximate Pages = 5.4
(250 words per page double spaced)
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