who wore #42?

[west coast orange and black]

spark240: As for honoring Jackie, let's just say I don't think a parade of fifty players wearing his number equals 50X the honor of just one. Possibly the reverse.

i kind of agree with you on this, spark.
each team was able to select its own manner of honoring robinson, and i totally understand that each player several teams wanted to wear #42... but i am very glad as to the insight of the giants team in selecting one player to represent.

[west coast orange and black]

thanx, all

angels: entire team
astros: michael bourn, manager cecil cooper
athletics: entire team
blue jays: frank thomas, vernon wells, shannon stewart
braves: mark kotsay
brewers: prince fielder
cardinals: entire team
cubs: derrek lee, daryle ward, hitting coach gerald perry, bullpen coach lester strode
diamondbacks: eric byrnes, orlando hudson, justin upton, chris young
dodgers: entire team
giants: ray durham
indians: grady sizemore, cc sabathia
mariners: miguel batista, yuniesky betancourt, adrian beltre, arthur rhodes, mike morse, manager john mclaren
marlins: coach bo porter
mets: entire team
nationals: entire team
orioles: adam jones
padres: tony clark, scott hairston, callix crabbe
phillies:
pirates: entire team
rangers: entire team
rays: entire team
reds: ken griffey, jr, dusty baker
red sox: coco crisp, david ortiz, coach demarlo hale
rockies: yorvit torrealba, matt herges, willy taveras
royals:
tigers: curtis granderson, dontrelle willis, gary sheffield, marcus thames, ivan rodriguez, jacque jones and coach lloyd mcclendon
twins: matt guerrier, livan hernandez, craig monroe, denar span, delmon young, coach jerry white
white sox: nick swisher, jermaine dye, ozzie guillen, coaches jeff cox and harold baines
yankees: mariano rivera, derek jeter, robinson cano, joe girardi

[Pere]

Pardon me, but the question was, "Who wore #42 on JRD?" I answered the question re the Mets and Nats.

I understood that, and I responded to your answer, and to the broader theme of players taking on #42 for a day.

Perhaps you mean that my comment isn't a direct answer to the specific OP question, but the nature of discussion threads (not to mention human conversation generally) is that thoughts may develop and build upon one another, and in some cases ultimately lead the conversation to a more interesting place than where it started...

I thought this thread was about Prince Fielder being fat. As I stated several times he is not fat. Then this thread turned into a philosophical discourse on slob baseball players, racism, psychology, cultural derived attitudes, and white guys with good outside jump shots.

[Pere]

you would have hated watching baseball before 1930.

No, that would be okay.

Why would more than one player wearing #42 be confusing to you? It was done with the blessing of Rachel Robinson, and since it very much honors the American legend known as Jackie Robinson, I can't think of a kinder way of honoring the great man.

They were honoring an icon. There was nothing wrong with BOTH teams wearing the #.

The conceptual purpose of having numbers on uniforms in the first place is to identify the individual players. Having more than one player (per team) wearing a given number at once (for any reason) flies in the face of this.

As for honoring Jackie, let's just say I don't think a parade of fifty players wearing his number equals 50X the honor of just one. Possibly the reverse.

With all due respect to Rachel Robinson (and I do), I'm not aware of a case in which MLB came to her and said, we want to do thus-and-so, "to honor Jackie," and she said no.

[whoisonit]

Now, was the ceremonial pitch a ball or a strike?

Let's say it wasn't pretty, because it wasn't. Our newest luv-gov's only good pitches are to the ladies I suppose.

Now, if Gov. Patterson can come out for an entire game, AND rattle off Mets history at the drop of a hat, AND enjoy the game, as he did on opening day, how the dickens can somebody be confused by players all wearing # 42 ?

[holyroman]

For the Astros it was the manager Cecil Cooper and Michael Bourn.

[bryanac625]

:disbelief: This confuses me.

Please, only one use of any given player number, per team. Thank you.

Pardon me, but the question was, "Who wore #42 on JRD?" I answered the question re the Mets and Nats.

[Mattingly]

I didn't see it, How did the first pitch by the Gov. go? He is Blind.

I have no idea. I could say that he didn't see it either, but that would be too evil.

I've never heard of a legally blind person throwing out the first pitch, but he did wish to honor Jackie Robinson and did so just fine. I remember last year, only Willie Randolph wore #42 for the Mets, and that's because he, like NY Gov Patterson, is African-American, and also Randolph knew the Robinson daughter, Sharon, for some time.

Now, was the ceremonial pitch a ball or a strike? Or were the umps blind also?

[Urbanshocker13]

Governor Honors Jackie Robinson At Shea

I didn't see it, How did the first pitch by the Gov. go? He is Blind.

[Mattingly]

:disbelief: This confuses me.

Please, only one use of any given player number, per team. Thank you.

Why would more than one player wearing #42 be confusing to you? It was done with the blessing of Rachel Robinson, and since it very much honors the American legend known as Jackie Robinson, I can't think of a kinder way of honoring the great man.

[AutographCollector]

only one use of any given player number, per team.

Why? They were honoring an icon. There was nothing wrong with BOTH teams wearing the #.

[Mattingly]

In fact, you didn't even have to be a ballplayer, since the blind NY Governor, David Paterson also wore one when he threw out the first pitch.



Governor Honors Jackie Robinson At Shea

[willisraverchk77]

:disbelief: This confuses me.

Please, only one use of any given player number, per team. Thank you.

you would have hated watching baseball before 1930.

[Pere]

Every player in yesterday's Nats-Mets game wore #42.

:disbelief: This confuses me.

Please, only one use of any given player number, per team. Thank you.

[OleMissCub]

I'm all for the Jackie Robinson love, but ESPN was just ridiculous last night. About halfway through BBTN, I was thinking that I was going to shoot myself if I heard "42" or "Jackie Robinson" again.