~The wearing of the #42 jersey was pretty cool throughout the league, and I decided to browse a list of who wore the number. Turns out only two white players in the entire league chose to where the number, that being Jim Thome and Grady Sizemore. I don't know if I would have worn it if I was in the big leagues, but I'm surprised only two guys chose to wear the number and both of them just happened to be studs.~It is pretty amazing how little Pub Larry Doby gets for being the second black man in baseball, the first in the AL, only two months later than Jackie Robinson. I'm not diminishing Robinson's role in American history, but Larry Doby had to go through much of the same racism and hit cities that Robinson hadn't been to yet. His role is only a notch below that of Jackie's and I'd be willing to bet that out of all the people that know the name Jackie Robinson, only about a 1/4 maximum have heard the name Larry Doby.
~Sorry BJ, but I just picked up Jason Fraser your closer replacement, so I hope when they come down with the news of your elbow later today its not good.
~Carl Pavano is still a massive wuss and is going to join Wang and Mussina on the DL. Now the Yanks have a rotation of Pettite, Igawa, and three complete unknowns, gonna be a rough few weeks.
~Mariano gets dumped on on his first save opportunity, not very good.
~The Diamondbacks are 9-4???
~All the rainouts yesterday were pretty lame, especially for the Giants and Pirates who lost a double header and are now in a similar spot as the Indians and Mariners were with their snowout. Good thing for the Pirates and Giants both of them suck, so making up the games won't be necessary.
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