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  • [ December 24, 2025 ] WATCH LIVE: Thousands of ‘Surfing Santas’ Hit Cocoa Beach for Annual Space Coast Tradition Christmas Eve Morning Brevard News
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  • [ December 24, 2025 ] WATCH: Space Coast Sports Hall of Famer, 1956 Cocoa High Graduate, Bob Anderson Was All-American at West Point Brevard News
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BOOMING BATS OF THE ’50s: Willie Mays Was Major League Baeball’s Original ‘Five-Tool Player’

December 1, 2025 Space Coast Daily 0

WILLIE MAYS, thought by many to be the greatest all-around player ever, used this bat in a series with the Cardinals at Busch Stadium in June of 1954. […]

Brevard News

BLACK HISTORY MONTH: Breaking the Color Line – Major League Baseball Integration Began 78 Years Ago

February 15, 2025 Jim Palermo, Editor-in Chief 0

The stateside impact of World War II on the game of baseball created first economic challenges and ultimately unavoidable issues of conscience that eventually led to integration. […]

Brevard News

Major League Baseball Celebrates ‘Jackie Robinson Day’ On April 15, Broke Colorline in 1947

April 15, 2021 Dr. Jim Palermo, Editor-in Chief 0

Seventy-four years ago, on April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson made his Major League Baseball debut, and integrated Major League Baseball. Now, every April 15, MLB celebrates “Jackie Robinson Day” by having every player in the professional baseball wear his universally-retired No. 42. […]

Brevard News

Breaking the Color Line: Major League Baseball Integration Began 74 Years Ago This Month

April 7, 2021 Dr. Jim Palermo, Editor-in Chief 0

The stateside impact of World War II on the game of baseball created first economic challenges and ultimately unavoidable issues of conscience that eventually led to integration. […]

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