Monday, July 7, 2008

Question, #3


Not really a question, but a small piece of trivia while we're on the subject.

The answer might be obvious considering there's a picture of him right here, and my last post names him, but some people don't grasp things immediately.




Who is the only player currently wearing Jackie Robinson's retired #42?

Mariano broke into the majors as a starter but was quickly converted to a closer. Good move by the Yankees, by the way. Mo will enter the Hall of Fame as perhaps the game's greatest closer ever. A couple of years back, every Major League team retired the numebr 42 in honor of Jackie Robinson. Players who were currently wearing it then were allowed to wear it until they retired. Mariano is the last player allowed to wear the number. I think Mo Vaughn was the next to last guy to have it, but he ate it shortly before hanging up his spikes.

No comments: