Baseball season is back and here at Sesame Workshop we’re excited. Ever since the great Jackie Robinson appeared on Sesame Street‘s first season to help children learn the alphabet, baseball and baseball players have been a huge part of keeping our educational content fun and engaging. Baseball has been a demonstrative tool in countless scenes from the show, such as the scene featuring Grover above. Some of the shows most beloved celebrity guests have also been baseball players: Who can forget Mookie Wilson and Keith Hernandez’s appearance in the classic “Put Down the Duckie”?

In order to celebrate Opening Day and the long tradition of featuring baseball on Sesame Street, Sesame Workshop archivist Susan Tofte dug up old photos from some of the times baseball players have hung out with Big Bird, Elmo and the rest of the gang.

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