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Thread: 2008 List of players wearing 42
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04-16-2008, 11:58 AM #11
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Seven or Eight of the Detroit Tigers did....can't recall who did though other than Sheffield, Pudge, Granderson and Thames.......
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04-16-2008, 12:28 PM #12
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the entire Cardinal team was wearing #42
if im not mistaken, the Brewers team was as well.
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04-16-2008, 12:40 PM #13
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All the Nats and Mets
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04-16-2008, 03:25 PM #14
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in celebrations and discussions of breaking the color barrier in baseball, i find it odd that practically all of the credit goes to robinson with nary a mention of branch rickey. as great as robinson was, he didn't or couldn't singlehandedly break the barrier by drafting himself, promoting himself to the majors, and inserting himself into the lineup. rickey was the first GM to draft and play an african-american and so it seems to me that he's as responsible for breaking the barrier as robinson, if not more. not to take away from robinson's impressive accomplishments on and off the field but there were likely dozens of negro league players who would've (and could've) played in the majors. seemingly however there was only 1 GM who actually made the controversial decision. it'd be nice for the MLB to incorporate some recognition of branch rickey's efforts alongside robinsons' during the anniversary.
rudy.
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04-17-2008, 10:01 PM #15
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From the Diamondbacks, I think it was Orlando Hudson, Eric Byrnes, Justin Upton, Chris Young, and 1B Coach Lee Tinsley.
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04-17-2008, 10:09 PM #16
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04-17-2008, 10:22 PM #17
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I was watching the royals game(local channel) and I swore they said most teams had 4 players each wearing #42, was that not right? I do know the whole royals team wasnt wearing 42. The ones I can remember for sure were Jose Guillen(which, for now, was a waste of money I need to add) and manager Trey Hillman.
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04-18-2008, 01:20 AM #18
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Re: 2008 List of players wearing 42
All of the Oakland Athletics wore them (with no name plate on their backs) from the White Sox Nick Swisher is the only person who I remember wearing 42 (also with no name plate on the back)
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04-19-2008, 10:45 AM #19
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Here is consolidated list so far. Thanks
Whole team:
Los Angeles Angels
Los Angeles Dodgers
Oakland
Washington
NY Mets
St Louis
Texas
Tampa Bay
Players:
Jose Guillen (KC)
Trey Hillman (KC manager)
Prince Fielder (Mil)
Orlando Hudson (Ariz.)
Eric Byrnes (Ariz.)
Justin Upton (Ariz.)
Chris Young (Ariz.)
Lee Tinsley (Ariz. coach)
Gary Sheffield (Det)
Pudge Rodriguez (Det)
Granderson (Det)
Thames (Det)
Mariano Rivera (NYY)
Derek Jeter (NYY)
Robinson Cano (NYY)
Adam Jones (Balt)
Ken Griffey Jr (CIN)Regards,
Joel S.
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04-19-2008, 10:59 AM #20
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