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Violent backdrop in sports to Jackie Robinson Day

Boston Red Sox players line up for the National Anthem all wearing number 42 in honor of Jackie Robinson Day before a baseball game between the Red Sox and the Tampa Bay Rays at Fenway Park in Boston Monday, April 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson)

Boston Red Sox players line up for the National Anthem all wearing number 42 in honor of Jackie Robinson Day before a baseball game between the Red Sox and the Tampa Bay Rays at Fenway Park in Boston Monday, April 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson)

FILE - In this July 20, 1962 file photo, baseball player Jackie Robinson embraces Branch Rickey in New York. Rickey was general manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers when Robinson was hired. The home area of the late baseball executive Rickey expects increased interest in his southern Ohio roots from his depiction in the movie ?42,? in which Harrison Ford plays the man who signed Jackie Robinson to challenge baseball?s color line. (AP Photo/File)

FILE - This 1963 file photo shows Branch Rickey shown dressed for southern climates when he joined the Cardinals in Florida. The home area of the late baseball executive Rickey expects increased interest in his southern Ohio roots from his depiction in the movie ?42,? in which Harrison Ford plays the man who signed Jackie Robinson to challenge baseball?s color line. (AP Photo/File)

(AP) ? Major League Baseball says Jackie Robinson Day ceremonies will remain in place at stadiums around the country, but several teams will hold moments of silence for victims of the bombings at the Boston Marathon.

Players on the Red Sox and Tampa Bay Rays, like all players across baseball, wore uniforms with the No. 42 on Monday. Their game ended about an hour before the two bombings near the finish line killed two and injured more than 80.

Baseball spokesman Pat Courtney says MLB always makes security its top priority at stadiums and will continue to do so in light of what the league called a "horrible occurrence" in Boston.

Baseball is celebrating its fifth Jackie Robinson Day ? the 66th anniversary of his breaking baseball's racial barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers.

Associated Press

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