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Cincinnati Reds outfielder Ken Griffey, Jr. called Commissioner Allan H. (Bud) Selig and received permission to wear uniform Number 42 on Sunday, April 15th to honor Jackie Robinson on the 60th anniversary of his Major League debut, it was announced today.

Commissioner Selig has expanded the gesture and extended an invitation to all Clubs to allow any of its members to wear Number 42 on Jackie Robinson Day, April 15th, as a tribute to Jackie and the history he made on that day 60 years ago

I think the 2 finalists for the honor should come down to Hunter and Boof Bonser. Hunter because he's african american and he plays center field too just like Robinson did, and Boof Bonser because his name sounds like a black Jazz trumpet player from the 1940s

Hunter has already said he is. http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd ... p&c_id=mlb

Yeah, it's been talked about for like a week that Hunter was going to wear it.

Oh I didn't hear about that, I should listen to the rambling crazies on the bus more often, they're all about the Twins and Vikings.

The only two African-Americans on the Twins are Rondell and Torii.

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Cincinnati Reds outfielder Ken Griffey, Jr. called Commissioner Allan H. (Bud) Selig and received permission to wear uniform Number 42 on Sunday, April 15th to honor Jackie Robinson on the 60th anniversary of his Major League debut, it was announced today.

Commissioner Selig has expanded the gesture and extended an invitation to all Clubs to allow any of its members to wear Number 42 on Jackie Robinson Day, April 15th, as a tribute to Jackie and the history he made on that day 60 years ago

I think the 2 finalists for the honor should come down to Hunter and Boof Bonser. Hunter because he's african american and he plays center field too just like Robinson did, and Boof Bonser because his name sounds like a black Jazz trumpet player from the 1940s

do you know anything about jackie robinson?

No, he does not. Lets just ignore him. This was a bad thread to begin with.