In 1997, under the direction of Commissioner Bud Selig, Robinson's cheap jerseys No. 42 was retired across all of Major League Baseball in an unprecedented tribute.
After Ken Griffey Jr., then with the Reds, requested and was granted permission by Selig to wear 42, the practice gradually became widespread around Major League Baseball, and now everyone wears it on April 15. Mariano nfl jerseys Rivera of the Yankees is the only player still actively using it. He was grandfathered in, and his 42 will be retired next year by the Yankees after the great reliever throws his final pitch at the end of this season, one of their top executives said.
The wearing of No. 42 seems even more apropos than ever this year, discount jerseys only days after release of the movie "42" that largely details and dramatizes Robinson's travails playing baseball during the 1947 season. It's also incredibly apropos that the Dodgers, now under new ownership, will be the center of attention on Monday night again before their game against the Padres.
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