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L.A. Dodgers Foundation Unveils Phase One Completion of Dodgers Dreamfields Project in Compton By Sentinel News Service Published April 22, 2021 $2.7 Million Dollar Complex at Gonzales Park includes Jackie Robinson Stadium, Rachel Robinson Field, Field 42, Kershaw’s Challenge Fitness and Training Zone Compton Mayor Aja Brown cutting the ribbon on the Dodgers Dreamfields Projects (Photo by the L.A. Dodgers) In celebration of Jackie Robinson Day, the Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation (LADF), in partnership with the City of Compton, Kershaw’s Challenge and the MLB-MLBPA Youth Development Foundation (MLB-MLBPA), unveiled the Phase One completion of a multi-million-dollar Dodgers Dreamfields complex at Gonzales Park in Compton. Held on the 74th anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking baseball’s color barrier, the ribbon-cutting highlighted this year’s return to youth sports after the COVID-19 quarantine and emphasized the need for continued opportunities and places to play for Black and brown communities.
'Dodgers Dreamfields' complex unveiled in Compton on Jackie Robinson Day Published ‘Dodgers Dreamfields’ complex unveiled in Compton LOS ANGELES - The completion of Phase One of the $2.7 million Dodgers Dreamfields complex in Compton was unveiled Thursday, coinciding with the 74th anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking baseball's color line with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. The project at Gonzales Park features three fields with new playing surfaces, fencing, dugouts, irrigation, lighting, paint and scoreboards. It is the largest Dodgers Dreamfields project. Field 42, named for the uniform number Robinson wore with the Dodgers, is designed for baseball and softball players ages 5 to 8. Rachel Robinson Field, named for Jackie Robinson's wife, is designed for baseball players ages 9 to 12 and softball players 9 to 18.
This Sunday is the 75th anniversary of Jackie Robinson’s first minor league game, playing for the Montreal Royals in the International League on April 18, 1946. Robinson had a magnificent debut in the Dodgers farm system, with four hits, two stolen bases, four runs scored, and four RBI at Roosevelt Stadium in Jersey City, New Jersey against the Giants, Robinson homered in his second at-bat, and when he arrived at the plate, the next batter, outfielder George Shuba, greeted Robinson with a handshake at home plate. The moment was captured in a photo which was relatively unknown for years, except in the Shuba household. Shuba, who played parts of seven seasons for the Dodgers from 1948-1955, and was 4-for-12 in parts of three World Series for Brooklyn, didn’t advertise the photo much until about 2004, when his son Mike finally convinced him to share that picture, which he did in various speeches at schools and ballparks around the country. William Weinbaum at The Undefeated wrote about the legacy of the moment, which is being immortalized as “A Handshake for the Century”: