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April 12, 2007
Wearing 42
When the MLB honors Jackie Robinson's legacy on April 15th, many players will be wearing #42. They retired Jackie's #42 in 1997 to honor his breaking of the color barrier.
There is a lot of controversy associated with Bud Selig's offer that all players can wear the number. The Dodgers, Jakie's team, will all be wearing 42 in honor. Many players have argued that this ignores the purpose of the gesture. They argue that mandating that players on the Dodgers that may or may not want to wear the jersey number defaces the value of his honor and should be a voluntary thing.
Another concern that many analyst have have for the event is that if only Black people are wearing the Jersey is that something that even Robinson would have appreciated? Tori Hunter was quoted as saying that Robinson would be rolling in his grave if he knew what was going on. In order to truly break down the color barrier it should be an all or none event.
Posted by glazeben at April 12, 2007 06:34 PM