Yesterday around the world of Major League Baseball was Jackie Robinson Day. April 15 marks the Opening Day of the 1947 season which saw Jack Roosevelt Robinson break the color barrier and become the first black Major League Baseball player. Yesterday, thanks to Ken Griffey Jr, certain MLB players wore #42 in commemoration ofJackie Robinson. Of course, the whole Dodgers team wore #42 as well as some other teams. I hold to the view that next year every player in MLB should wear #42 to commemorate this great athlete and man. If I were Bud Selig I would jump at that fact considering that he didn't even come up with the idea to were #42 this year. I give great credit to Ken Griffey Jr. of the Cincinnati Reds. This is definitely a testament to his great career. He plays the game so different than Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, and Barry Bonds, and all those other steroid using homerun hitters. Griffey Jr is professional and classy with a sweet swing. Too bad that he has had the injury bug the past couple years because it would be great to see him break Hank's record, not Mr. Steroids, I mean Barry Bonds.
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