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kylejt · #1 (**permalink**) Mon Apr 16, 2007, 09:49am

Way to derail the original posters thoughts.

SanDiegoSteve · #2 (**permalink**) Mon Apr 16, 2007, 12:02pm

Yes, sorry Jack. . .anyway, thanks for all you did for baseball and for society as a whole. Your wife remains one classy lady!

bluezebra · #3 (**permalink**) Mon Apr 16, 2007, 12:48pm

In Chicago, a good number of Cubs wore 42. Griffey, Jr, who started the idea, was the ONLY Red out there.

Bob

SanDiegoSteve · #4 (**permalink**) Mon Apr 16, 2007, 03:30pm

Padres pitcher Chris Young wrote his college thesis on Jackie Robinson, and is a tremendous admirer of his, yet he did not wear 42 yesterday. Mike Cameron was the only Padre to wear the number, probably because it was a "Dodger Day," where the whole team wore 42. I'm sure the Padres didn't want to overdo it, and steal anything away from the Dodgers' festivities.

I think the Cincinnati thing is similar, as the rest of the team did not want to be "me too," and deferred to Griffey to represent the team.

Bud Selig said that anyone who wanted to wear 42 on Sunday could do so, so those that felt like doing it did.