Baseball History -- March 17

Complete entry for March 17 is at BaseballLibrary.com HERE.

Highlighted entries:

1946
In Daytona Beach, the Dodgers take the field against their minor-league farm team, the Montreal Royals. With Jackie Robinson in the lineup for Montreal, the game marks the first appearance of an integrated team in organized baseball in this century. More than forty years later, the field will be renamed Jackie Robinson Ballpark.

1936
Much-heralded rookie Joe DiMaggio makes his spring debut with the Yankees, getting four hits, including a triple. The day is marred when the Cardinals win 8–7.

1886
The Sporting News, the weekly that will become "The Baseball Paper of the World," publishes its first issue.

Three pretty good debuts.