Bob Kendrick, as told to Buster Olney Apr 15, 2026, 07:00 AM ET Editor's note: This story is condensed from an interview between Bob Kendrick, president of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City, Missouri, and Buster Olney for Jackie Robinson Day. I will speak to the Los Angeles Dodgers and the New York Mets today, on Jackie Robinson Day, around the statue of Jackie at Dodger Stadium. Most of them will be familiar with his story and have a general understanding of why this day is so significant. But what surprises a lot of players who come to the museum is that baseball was his weakest sport. He was a much better basketball, football and track athlete than he was a baseball player -- and some say an even better tennis player. He was one of the greatest athletes in American sports history. Were there better baseball players in the Negro Leagues than Jackie? Absolutely.…