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Jonzard · 04-13-2007, 08:08 PM

I saw an interview on PTI with Torii the other day. He actually backtracked on quite a few things, mainly his alluding that black players can only appreciate Jackie. Ultimately he, and players like Sabathia are just trying to give Jackie the proper respect.

I am totally behind him in his comments about entire teams wearing the number. I don't think entire teams should be wearing the number. I really don't think players who don't want to, or don't understand the significance of the act should be wearing the number. Garret Anderson, for example said he wont wear 42 because he doesn't feel worthy of it. When a whole team does it, you get players who don't understand wearing a number that they don't deserve to wear. The Dodgers are the exception here, as this is a huge piece of organizational history.

Ultimately though, both sides of the argument are just looking to honor Jackie Robinson to the fullest. I cannot fault either of them for that.

04-13-2007, 08:08 PM	#6
Jonzard Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Minnesota Posts: 3,647	I saw an interview on PTI with Torii the other day. He actually backtracked on quite a few things, mainly his alluding that black players can only appreciate Jackie. Ultimately he, and players like Sabathia are just trying to give Jackie the proper respect. I am totally behind him in his comments about entire teams wearing the number. I don't think entire teams should be wearing the number. I really don't think players who don't want to, or don't understand the significance of the act should be wearing the number. Garret Anderson, for example said he wont wear 42 because he doesn't feel worthy of it. When a whole team does it, you get players who don't understand wearing a number that they don't deserve to wear. The Dodgers are the exception here, as this is a huge piece of organizational history. Ultimately though, both sides of the argument are just looking to honor Jackie Robinson to the fullest. I cannot fault either of them for that. __________________ For a scientist must indeed be freely imaginative and yet skeptical, creative and yet a critic. There is a sense in which he must be free, but another in which his thought must be very precisely regimented; there is poetry in science, but also a lot of bookkeeping. — Sir Peter B. Medawar FTB Last edited by Jonzard; 04-13-2007 at 08:09 PM.