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A rebuilt bronze Jackie Robinson statue will be unveiled 6 months after the original was stolen

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The original sculpture of the baseball icon resting a bat on his shoulder was cut off at its ankles in January .

An identical statue will return to the park, where about 600 children play in the youth league.

Robinson broke Major League Baseball’s racial barrier in 1947 .

The rebuilt statue is identical to the original because the mold was still viable.