MLB Writer Incredibly Claims Jackie Robinson Is Similar To 'Recent Events'

Every year on April 15, Major League Baseball celebrates Jackie Robinson Day. And for good reason. 

Robinson famously broke the color barrier, joining the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947 and, despite racism in and outside the sport, having a Hall of Fame career. What Robinson went through was inexcusable, remarkably difficult, and obviously worth commemorating to ensure that discrimination is never repeated. It also bears zero resemblance to the modern political and racial landscape in the United States.

Just don't tell delusional progressive sportswriters that.

Yahoo Sports published an article Tuesday that encapsulates how left-wing sports media has completely abandoned any semblance of historical perspective out of hatred for President Donald Trump. And they're spitting on Robinson's legacy to do so.

Mar 27, 2025; Phoenix, Arizona, USA; The retired numbers of 42 worn by Jackie Robinson (not pictured) and 20 worn by Luis Gonzalez (not  pictured) and 51 worn by Randy Johnson (not pictured) are shown with Opening Day signage before the game between the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Chicago Cubs at Chase Field. Mandatory Credit: Joe Camporeale-Imagn Images

The article makes the nonsensical claim that the Trump administration's efforts to dismantle entrenched racism and discrimination with DEI policies and initiatives in corporate and educational America is a "direct contradiction to Robinson's legacy."

Literally.

"It’s predictable, understandable even, that MLB would adjust its public-facing language to ensure it remains beyond President Trump’s wrath," author Jake Mintz writes.

Mintz's "argument" is that Major League Baseball should do more to point out that Trump is evil and that current policies are similar to the racism