For the role of "Black Panther" in the Marvel superhero series of movies, everyone must be familiar with it, and its actor is the famous American actor Chadwick Bosman. Before playing "Black Panther", Chadwick Bosman also successfully interpreted the superstar Jackie Robinson, who had a strong personality, pioneered the road to major leagues, and even the Empire State Building lit up the commemoration of the superstar Jackie Robinson through "Legend 42", the greatest film in baseball history, and recalled the legendary life of mlb's first black player.
On April 15, local time in the United States, MLB ushered in the 75th anniversary of Jackie Robinson Day. In order to commemorate this important festival in baseball history and convey Jackie Robinson's courageous and hard-working sportsmanship, all mlb MLB players and coaches wore the No. 42 jersey uniformly, and the "Dodge Blue" turned the entire baseball stadium into the "Ocean of no. 42", and the scene was shocking. New York City also temporarily named Manhattan's 42nd Street Jackie Robinson Way on the same day as a sign of respect and honor for the great player. The first episode of the third season of "Superstar Files" produced by MLB China Original Studio was also launched on April 16, telling the story of Jackie Robinson's struggle and paying tribute to the great legend.
"Dodge Blue" pays tribute to the MLB legend, and the "Superstar Archive" is online at the same time
In the 1940s, blacks entered major leagues to play with hellish difficulty, and they faced humiliation, verbal abuse, exclusion, malicious fouls, skin color stereotypes, and death threats almost all the time. But in such a harsh environment, Robinson rushed out of a path with strength, completely rewriting the history of black and white baseball.
On April 15, 1947, Robinson debuted in mlb major league baseball, becoming the first African-American to play a major league baseball game, a move that broke the racial discrimination and barriers in baseball at the time. In robinson's only nine-year major league career, he won rookie kings, MVP, World Series and other honors, and his career had a total of 197 successful bases, he used his strength to gain a foothold in major leagues and change people's stereotypes about black players.
Although Robinson's baseball career ended in the fall of 1956, his influence on changing the apartheid system continued within the walls of the baseball field. After retiring from the military, Robinson continued to work for the black human rights movement, actively participating in the civil rights movement, marching with Martin Luther King Jr. in Birmingham, Alabama, and running throughout the country to seek equality for African Americans.
Robinson's achievements in baseball are recognized as one of the most important events of the modern American civil rights movement. In 1997, the fiftieth anniversary of Jackie Robinson's entry into major leagues, his number 42 jersey was fully retired from mlb, and all new entrants from all teams were no longer allowed to use the number, an unprecedented feat in professional sports. Robinson's appearance gave special meaning to the original ordinary April 15th, and also gave special meaning to the ordinary number 42.
Today, on Jackie Robinson Day every year, all MLB players wear the No. 42 jersey in honor of Robinson. This year, they went a step further and designed the jersey to be a uniform Dodge Blue, with their own commemorative logo on the jersey and cap. In order to express its tribute and commemoration of Jackie Robinson, the first program of the third season of "MLB Superstar Files" produced by MLB China Original Studio returned to the line on the day of the anniversary, comprehensively reviewing the legendary life of Jackie Robinson and remembering his contributions to freedom and equality. As a local original content launched by MLB China, MLB Superstar Archives invited Xiao Shen, a well-known sports commentator and North American sports expert, to introduce the stories behind the 9 mlB top stars to fans in the first two seasons of the show, and let more people understand baseball and love baseball with the help of star power.
In the name of "baseball", the spirit of hard work will be passed on forever
Jackie Robinson Day is in the spotlight because robinson dared to challenge unfair treatment in a nonviolent form throughout his legendary life, and his courage and perseverance have continued to impact the world and inspire us to move forward for more than 70 years. All along, MLB has been adhering to the original intention, constantly strengthening brand events, expanding public welfare projects, and passing On Robinson's brave and hard-working sportsmanship to a wider range of people in a variety of ways.
In order to better disseminate the cultural and spiritual connotation of baseball in China, MLB spares no effort in creating local original content. It not only launched the popular baseball popular science animation program "Baseball 103" this year, but also launched the second season of the short video program "The First Baseball Lesson" to record the "first baseball experience" of more athletes in the sports field, so that people who have never touched baseball can really play on the field and experience the happiness brought by this sport. In addition, MLB teamed up with Soul Anime to create the original baseball animation "Strike! "Headwind Pitcher" is also in close preparation.
These actions of MLB aim to jointly incubate high-quality local baseball animation and help baseball culture further "break the circle" in China. In addition, MLB will also go deep into the domestic Bilibili and Xiaohongshu and other young self-media social platforms, with the help of the power of the platform, enhance the spread of baseball culture in China, so that more people feel the charm of baseball.
While spreading baseball culture, MLB also goes deep into the field of public welfare in China to convey the sportsmanship of love and equality. This year, MLB will launch the First Pitch Baseball Public Welfare Class Project with a new look, focusing on youth baseball education and providing free baseball initiation training classes to children in the community. The "MLB Has Love Awesome" public welfare line project that MLB has been running for many years has set up a baseball public welfare fund and practiced social responsibility in the form of donating love materials and sports equipment.
Robinson once said, "A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives. "On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of Jackie Robinson Day, MLB will continue to expand the influence of baseball culture in China and the world, so that Robinson's brave and hard-working sportsmanship will be passed on forever, and inspire all mankind to continue to move forward towards a fair and just world."