Honoring Jackie
While every team in the majors honored the 61st anniverary of Jackie Robinson breaking baseball's color barrier Tuesday, the Mets took things up a notch by unveiling the Jackie Robinson Rotunda construction at Citi Field. The main entrance to the Mets' new home will contain eight large pictures of Robinson and have an 8-foot statute of his number in Dodger blue. In the above photo, Mets owner Fred Wilpon gives Rachel Robinson, Jackie's widow, a tour Tuesday.
Mets manager Willie Randolph escorts Rachel Robinson, left, widow of Jackie Robinson, and Robinson's daughter Sharon from the field after a ceremony honoring Jackie Robinson before the Mets' game at Shea Stadium against the Washington Nationals on Tuesday.
Photos from the ceremony are here
See a video from the ceremony here
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