Jackie RobinsonJackie Robinson was a fantastic baseball player who played in the majors, that's a fact, do you think this can make someone a hero or don't read more to get my opinion on it. Jackie Robinson was a professional baseball player; he had a 10-year MLB career. To some people he was more than just your average baseball player, he was a hero. For starters, Jackie Robinson was your first black professional baseball player, he fought discrimination, bullying, and even joined the military to serve our country. (Heroes of baseball book, author Robert Lipsyte page 40). “On April 15, 1947, Jack Roosevelt Robinson played his first game at Ebbets Field in New York; he was wearing a Brooklyn Dodgers uniform.” (Robert lipsyte page 40). “Back then America was still segregated by law. Baseball was ahead of the rest of the country in admitting its first African-American player.” (Robert lipsyte page 42). “The white baseball executive who singled him out as the first to deserve credit for his courage was named Branch Rickey.” (AKA general manager of the Brooklyn Dod...