Jackie Robinson’s Defense and HR Won the Dodgers’ Last 1951 Regular Season Game

He would have been remembered having been as great or greater than Hank Aaron, Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays, but his skin had too much melanin.

The New York Giants had already won their game, which meant that the Brooklyn Dodgers had to beat the Philadelphia Phillies to tie the Giants for the 1951 pennant.

Few individuals know that for a short time, the Brooklyn Dodgers trailed the New York Giants at the end of September.

The Dodgers and Phils were ti...

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