Jackie Robinson's Role In Major League Baseball

Jackie Robinson despite being faced with many threats and insults throughout his time in the Negro Leagues, joining the MLB, and his retirement showed people how one man can make a change. Jackie Robinson, the man who broke the color barrier, journey was not an easy task as people may think, with many struggles in his path. By “breaking the barrier at the age of twenty-eight” (Linge 56) and being able to fight through his struggles and not giving up showed how much strength he had. These struggles made him the man he was and still is known for today and this is the reason why we know who Jackie Robinson is still today. The Negro leagues changed Jackie for the better, Jackie’s time in the Negro leagues prepared him for the time had in the MLB by preparing him on how to play and foreshadowed his time he will have. The end of his career also showed how he did not quit and strived to become someone …show more content…
The team he played for in the leagues was the Kansas City Monarchs. He got this position on the Monarchs by exchanging letters with the owner of the team, which was a premier team of the Negro National League. This team prepared him for the MLB by training him to become a strong player by improving his stats to be able to show how well he can play before playing for the team he actually wanted to play for. He mentioned “The schedule was demanding: mixed in with the 62 official league games would be scores of unofficial games pitting the Monarchs against semi-pro squads or barnstorming major leaguers” (Linge 43). Jackie also mentioned how “The team was almost constantly on the road, and for a group of black men that was rarely a comfortable place to be” (Linge 43). The Kansas City Monarchs trained him hard and Jackie took his training very seriously by putting a lot of work, on the field as well as off the field. While playing for the Monarchs was a big part of his time, he later transitioned to a new team in the