historic decision to sign robinson. ed s beat is snowstormly the white house but his love of baseball shows through on this one. ed? reporter: don, after barry bonds conviction on obstruction some say the steroids era is the worst scandal in baseball history. actually the biggest stain on the game when they didn t let african-americans play. all of that changed 64 years ago today this week when jackie robinson broke the color barrier. for all of these years we ve never know how strong of a role faith in god played shaping this historic moment until now. the decision to hire jackie robinson as the first african-american baseball play opened doors and changed sports and politics forever. the details are etched forever in the memory s ken burns, did the dwin tin 18 1/2 documentary on baseball. one of the finest moments in all of american history not just sports history but american history, when on april 15, 1947 a black man wearing the number