The Jackie Robinson Museum held a ribbon-cutting event Tuesday morning, commemorating its long-awaited opening in a quest to advance the legacy of Jackie Robinson. The museum's goal is to educate the public on the life, legacy and values of a civil rights pioneer who was the first to cross the MLB color barrier in 1947.

A time-honored, meaningful tradition continued when All-Star Game action stopped after the fifth inning for a poignant moment spotlighting the fight against cancer. Representatives of MLB, Stand Up to Cancer, Mastercard and FOX as well as all players, coaches, managers, umpires and fans stood together in a unifying effort to honor those afflicted with the disease.

A life lived has to be pretty special in order for a stadium full of people to wish you a happy birthday. For Rachel Robinson, the widow of Jackie Robinson, that type of celebration is more than fitting. As part of the opening ceremony for the All-Star Game, Mookie Betts gathered the entirety of the AL and NL All-Star teams to recognize Rachel Robinson's 100th birthday.

Few problems impact Los Angeles as substantially as poverty, homelessness and food insecurity. MLB, the Dodgers and the Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation have partnered with the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank to try to do something about it.

During the "Coach Mentorship, Recruitment, and Training in Low-Income Communities” panel, it was announced that MLB, the Dodgers, the Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation, Nike and several L.A.-area youth sports organizations will team up with the goal of enhancing the quality of sports-based youth development programming and growing accessibility to such programs.

At the Compton Youth Academy, where MLB’s movement to revive baseball in urban communities began in 2006, MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred watched under-17 teams from Houston and Kansas City face off while wearing uniforms similar to their Major League club affiliates.