A better way to celebrate Jackie Robinson Day

Big League Stew posted 4/15/2008 from sports.yahoo.com [flag]

'Duk offers his solutions to corral the huge numbers of people wearing No. 42 on April 15. [link]

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Rounding The Bases #42
Published 4/16/2008 by David Chalk at Bugs & Cranks
... G-POPE, the real Pope.) [dodgerfan.net] 42. Jackie Chan joins the Dodgers. [Sons of Steve Garvey] 42. The best hitter in the game today? Pujols? A-Rod? Hell no. Manny. [Legend of Cecilio Guante] 42. Jeter vs. The Pope. (Again the real Pope, not The G-POPE.) [SportsByBrooks] 42. Andrea goes old school, hagiographizes Stan Musial. [Baseball Legends] 42. A good suggestion to make Jackie Robinson Day more meaningful. [Big League Stew] 42. Erik Bedard lands on the DL. Shocking. [Babes ...

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