FYI, today is the Jackie Robinson Anniversary

[TheRover]

I'm curious if any black players didn't wear the number.

[TheNoodleMan]

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I'm curious if any black players didn't wear the number.

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and now we have legitimate questions bleeding into the joke thread about how this got too much coverage.

The first thread has some answers you seek.

Mods, lock this before it splinters any further please.

[Jack of Arcades]

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I don't see race; people tell me I'm white and I believe them, because I shop at Eddie Bauer.

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[RacersEdge]

I almost missed this entirely thanks to poker and golf. Did any white players wear JR's number?

[Karak567]

why didn't MLB or ESPN talk about this at all? no advertisement or hype for it?

another failure of the white sports community

[kolotoure]

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why didn't MLB or ESPN talk about this at all? no advertisement or hype for it?

another failure of the white sports community

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[AngusThermopyle]

Gee, I thought the 42 was in honor of Douglas Adams.

[ThaSaltCracka]

you guys did know that JR was the first black baseball player right? Also, he received tons of death threats and Branch Ricky was the second coming of Lincoln.

[TheNoodleMan]

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you guys did know that JR was the first black baseball player right?

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There were Black players in the majors before Jackie Robinson was born.

[D.Puffy]

Too bad Don Imus isn't on the air to give us his opinion.