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Formally known as City Island Ball Park, this was the site of the first racially integrated spring training game, played on March 17, 1946, between the Brooklyn Dodgers and Montreal Royals. Hall of Fame legend Jackie Robinson played for Montreal, the Brooklyn farm team, marking a historic event in the struggle to achieve equality of opportunity in modern Major League Baseball. The Daytona Beach community hosted that legendary game and spring training, both viewed as milestones in the history of sports and civil rights.
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Daytona Beach, Florida · United States
