what the hell is this about?

Several friends have embarked on their own P365 journey but as I have no camera nor an eye for photography I've decided to try to complete "a doodle a day" for an entire year. Most will be in my little Derwent A5 sketch book but some could end up being from the corner of some document or scribbled on a newspaper. As the year progresses I will try my hand at inking them as well?

If some of them don't make sense, don't worry, they're probably not meant to. You may notice there will be certain themes along the way and if you know me you'll know why.

I hope you enjoy.

Okay, here goes, every day til I'm 39.

Friday, April 15, 2011

Day #326 - Jackie Robinson


On this day in 1947 Jackie Robinson changed history forever by becoming the first black player to play professional baseball.

Whilst there were better black players around Satchel Paige is one that comes to mind Jackie was more marketable, Satchel eventually became the oldest Rookie in baseball getting his debut at 42 and playing until 47.

Jackie played for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Jackie earned the "Rookie of the Year" award and never looked back.

He wore number 42, Douglas Adams in a homage to Jackie made the "meaning of life" question his number in "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" which is pretty deep.

Actually I just made that up, but it would be pretty cool if it were true.
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