Why does Mariano Rivera get to wear 42?
Question:Its retired in honor of Jackie Robinson so why does he get to wear it everyday? STINKING YANKEES> GO DBACKS!!
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Bond's MEANINGLESS record, why don't they just walk him?
he had the number before they retired it so they let him keep ithe gets to wear it because he was already wearing it when the league retired jackie's number in 1997. he will be the last person to ever wear the 42 in major league baseball
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He had it before they retired the number, they can't change the number in the middle of his carreer, that would be very confusing. STINKING DBACKS! GO YANKEES!Are the Jackie Robinson Day jerseys on auction yet or not. When will they be?
He already had the number prior to it being retired by MLB, so he gets to keep it until he retires. After that, no MLB player will ever again wear #42. (Unless there is a tribute in the future similar to the one today).Can Baseball ever be America's top sport again?
He was wearing it before it was retired so he got to keep it.Yankees Fans-Will they do it this year?
He wore it before they retired Jackie Robinson's 42.Were Dwight and Doc Gooden related to each other?
CAUSE HE WAS WEARING NUMBER 42 BEFORE JACKIE ROBINSON'S JERSEY WAS RETIREDWho is going to be a great break out catcher this year?
Well there a two reasons why but the public only know 1. what they tell us is because he was wearing it before it got retired. the one they don't tell us is because he is black, if a white man had it before it was retired he wouldn't be allowed to wear it.Does any body know what song is played when vladimir guerrero is coming up to bat?
some people are wearing 42 for one day because it is the 60th anniversary of jackie robinsons first game.Is there big money in Japanese Baseball? What is the top salary of any player?
Mariano Rivera is aloud to wear number 42 for four reasons.1. He was wearing it before they retired Jackie Robnison;s number.
2. He is the best closer in the gave ever.
3. He is on the Yankees.
4. You tell him, he can't wear the number 42 and stare down his 97 mph fastball.
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cuz he thinks he's so much better than robinson. go red sox!Who wins the ALCS? Red Sox or White Sox?
dbacks suck go yankees and rockiesdbacks will get crushed by rockies in this series starting TODAy
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HE HAD THE NUMBER BEFORE MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL RETIRED THE NUMBER & WAS ALLOWED TO KEEP IT. SO THERE. GO YANKEES LOSE DBACKS LOSE.They said that anyone who was already wearing the number and was selfish enough could still wear it. Apparently he falls under both categories.
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he had it before they retired the numberduhhh
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He actually wore a different number until he saw #42 hanging in a locker in 2005. At the time no one on the Yankees staff wore 42 and MLB didn't retired the number at that time.When they did finally decide to retire the number, they grandfathered the ruling so that anyone who regulary wore #42 after they retired it was allowed to wear it. Mariano Rivera who started wearing #42 in 1995, wore it during the ruling and thanks to the grandfather rule, is still allowed to wear it until he retires from baseball.
Rivera is also the last player to wear the number.
Because MOE IS THE MAN. Also because he's been wearing it his whole carrer.
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Rivera was one of the players who was already wearing 42 when Robinson's number was retired by the imposter 10 years ago. At that time, those players already wearing it were allowed to continue to do so for the remainder of their careers. Mo Vaughn and Mariano Rivera did just that, as they had each always worn that number, AS A TRIBUTE TO ROBINSON. Vaughn has since retired, but Rivera chooses to continue to wear the number, for the same reason that he has always done so. He asked for it from the start of his career, as a tribute, and he wears it even now, for the same reason.Frankly, I think that not allowing any further players to wear this personal and career-long tribute to Jackie Robinson is wrong. I think that this is something that an individual player should be allowed to wear, provided that he can prove that he is well aware of Robinson, of what he did for baseball and for the civil rights movement, and that the player himself has a track record, in his life, of community service. Don't worry, there are very few players today who could meet those qualifications. But for those who could, they would have earned that honour. Barry Bonds, does NOT qualify, today or ever, for such an honour.
On April 15, 1997, Ken Griffey Jr chose to wear 42 for what he thought would be the one time in his life, in honour of and in tribute to Jackie Robinson. This year, he sent a letter to the imposter, requesting that any player who wished to do so, be allowed to honour Robinson by wearing 42 today. Some 150 players have chosen to do so, including Griffey and including every Dodgers player. I would have had no problem today if 749 players were to wear 42.
This has nothing to do with the Yankees, but it has everything to do with personal integrity and with a knoweldge and appreciation of history and of Jackie Robinson's place in the history of baseball and of the civil rights movement. This also has nothing to do with any given player's race - all of them, and all of us, are human.
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before jackie robinsons number 42 was retired mariano rivera had number 42 for instance if someone were to go into mlb right now and use #2 and it got retired in 10 years because of derek jeter and that person was still playing in 10 years they would not take his number away. that is exactly what happened to Mariano RiveraCause he's 3,000,000X better than Jackie Robinson. He can do what he wants. He's the best closer in the history of the MLB.
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There were a bunch of players wearing it in 1997 when it was officially retired. Mo Vaughn, Mariano Rivera, etc. Instead of making them switch, Bud Selig said they can wear the number until they retire, and then their respective teams must retire the number permanently.Will the K.C. Royals ever be a winning team again?
Because they are the Yankees and they get to do anything they want! Nobody else does!Are there any select baseball teams in Puyallup, WA 12U for my son?
Mariano Rivera gets to wear #42 because he was wearing it before MLB retired the number in honor of Jackie Robinson. GO YANKEES!When is Red Sox pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka's first start?
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