A day to honor Jackie Robinson

[YankeeVol]

This is one of my favorite traditions in any sport. Today will be 65 years since Jackie broke the color barrier. Every MLB player will wear #42 today.

 

[VolBeef88]

I agree with u 100%.
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[Slydell]

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[Slydell]

 

[Nerd-Vol]

Cool stuff. Ken Griffey jr. was better though.

 

[Pulscifer]

I have always loved this day. Really cool to see the whole league go all out and to even see it take place on MLB.com.

 

[rockyvols]

Cool stuff. Ken Griffey jr. was better though.

That

 

[005]

re: griffey... why does that matter

 

[Coach Grizz]

Very cool day, I wish more AA kids played baseball today. And lets not forget about Larry Dobee in the American League

 

[Slydell]

Cool stuff. Ken Griffey jr. was better though.

So?

 

[jwp1223]

Cool stuff. Ken Griffey jr. was better though.

Do you just like being a douchenozzle?

 

[YankeeVol]

Very cool day, I wish more AA kids played baseball today. And lets not forget about Larry Dobee in the American League

It's at almost a record low, only 8% of current MLB players are African American. A lot I people don't even know who Dobee was, and debuted only a couple months later.

 

[YankeeVol]

And I find it cool that Mariano Rivera is the/will be the last player to wear the number 42 everyday

 

[005]

Couldn't be a better man to be the last to wear it.

 

[Nerd-Vol]

Do they always do the 42 on all uni's, or is it a one time thing since it's 65 years?

 

[005]

They have for the past few years. I forget what year it officially started.

 

[YankeeVol]

Do they always do the 42 on all uni's, or is it a one time thing since it's 65 years?

It started in 2004 I believe