BASEBALL HAS COME A LONG WAYS since Jackie Robinson broke it's color barrier. Tributes to baseball's most influential player have also evolved over the years, starting with all teams retiring #42, then Ken Griffey Jr. wearing his number the past few years, then more players wearing his number in subsequent years, and now all players yesterday wearing #42. A bit of a bummer that Dodger outfielder Juan Pierre, a player who intentionally sports high socks and baggy pants as a tribute to Jackie and other Negro League legends, did not take the field on this occasion.Thursday, April 16, 2009
Jackie Robinson Day 2009
BASEBALL HAS COME A LONG WAYS since Jackie Robinson broke it's color barrier. Tributes to baseball's most influential player have also evolved over the years, starting with all teams retiring #42, then Ken Griffey Jr. wearing his number the past few years, then more players wearing his number in subsequent years, and now all players yesterday wearing #42. A bit of a bummer that Dodger outfielder Juan Pierre, a player who intentionally sports high socks and baggy pants as a tribute to Jackie and other Negro League legends, did not take the field on this occasion.
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