Jackie Robinson’s padded cap sells for $590K at auction

FILE – In this April 11, 1947 file photo, Jackie Robinson of the Brooklyn Dodgers poses at Ebbets Field in the Brooklyn borough of New York. A specially padded baseball cap that Jackie Robinson wore for protection against beanballs has sold for $590,994 at auction.The blue Brooklyn Dodgers hat sold Saturday, Oct. 28, 2017, after a monthlong online auction through the sports auctioneers Lelands. Lelands says Robinson wore the hat when he broke baseball’s color barrier in 1947. (AP Photo/John Rooney, File)