Since the story on the @DeptofDefense's website on Jackie Robinson has been deleted, here are the details of his service in the United States military.
In 1942, Robinson was drafted and reported to Fort Riley, Kansas. By early 1943, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant before joining the 761st tank battalion, also known as the Black Panthers.
A year later, after Robinson boarded an Army bus, the driver asked him to retreat to the back. Robinson refused -- more than a decade before Rosa Parks. Robinson was court martialed and later acquitted.
He spent the rest of his military service at Camp Breckinridge, where he coached Army athletics teams. Robinson was honorably discharged in November 1944.
@BaseUnstitched I wouldn’t use my model to make any definitive projections today. It’s fairly unsophisticated and suffers from a very small sample size.
I would add ~0.5 runs to that 2.83 ERA.
That being said, Kodai Senga outperformed the model by nearly an entire run in his MLB rookie year.
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Please see below for directions to the University of Pittsburg!
If you’re going from Berkeley, you’re gonna want to take the @SFBART southbound Red/Orange line to MacArthur, transfer there, then take the Northbound Yellow line all the way to Pittsburg. Fare should be about $5-6. Plan accordingly!
We don’t know much about Pittsburg just yet, but we’ll be looking into them shortly… as soon as we find them anyway… who knew there was such a storied ACC rival so close to home! Cant wait to play them!
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