The Los Angeles Dodgers are the team most closely linked to Jackie Robinson Day, because when he wore that blue No. 42 in his trailblazing MLB career, it was for the Dodgers. But a mid-career move to Hollywood for Robinson and the Dodgers doesn't wipe out where his initial color barrier-breaking actions happened: in Brooklyn.

Gathering at the Jackie Robinson statue in Centerfield Plaza has become a special annual tradition for the Dodgers every April 15, when the baseball world observes the anniversary of Robinson breaking Major League Baseball's color barrier.