{"id":1140183,"date":"2020-04-15T17:15:45","date_gmt":"2020-04-15T21:15:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1140183"},"modified":"2020-04-15T17:15:45","modified_gmt":"2020-04-15T21:15:45","slug":"jackie-robinsons-mlb-debut-bothered-the-negro-leagues-best-players","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/jackie-robinsons-mlb-debut-bothered-the-negro-leagues-best-players\/","title":{"rendered":"Jackie Robinson\u2019s MLB Debut Bothered the Negro Leagues' Best Players"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Jackie Robinson's Brooklyn Dodgers debut on April 15, 1947, was one of the most important days in sports history. Robinson broke the color barrier and put black players on a path to Major League Baseball.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It wasn't just white players and fans who were upset by Robinson's feat, though. Other black players, many of whom had played in Negro leagues far longer than Robinson, were envious the Dodgers chose Jackie Robinson as their man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here's what other black players said about Jackie Robinson's MLB debut and what it meant for baseball.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jackie Robinson wasn't a star in the Negro leagues<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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