Barack Obama was joined by his fellow former presidents in honoring the legacy of the baseball league that changed the game forever.
The league was formed in 1920 as a result of racist segregation rules prohibiting Black players from participating in the Major Leagues. Robinson smashed the so-called color barrier in 1947 when he took the field to play as a member of the Brooklyn Dodgers, and began the dismantling of segregated leagues.
“When I was a kid, my favorite baseball player was Willie Mays. It turns out Willie Mays played in the Negro Leagues for a brief period of time," Bush shared."I can just imagine what baseball would have been like had the predecessors to Willie Mays been able to play Major League Baseball."
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