It wasn't a long speech, but it hit home: Denzel Washington's homage to Jackie Robinson — wearing Robinson's No. 42 in Dodger Stadium — drew a stirring response from the crowd, on a day that also honored Robinson's widow, Rachel, on her 100th birthday.
Speaking Tuesday night on the field before the 2022 All-Star Game in Los Angeles, Washington commemorated the day in April 1947 when Robinson made his debut for the Brooklyn Dodgers, obliterating baseball's color barrier "with supreme talent and unshakable character."
