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On Robinson’s Day Clemente Takes Hit
Published 4/15/2008 by The Editor at THE BRONX CHEER
... It finally happened. The smartest fans in baseball have actually succeeded in bullying LaTroy Hawkins out of his own number. After talking it over with Jeter and Rivera, Hawkins is apparently switching to number 22, abandoning his tribute to the great Roberto Clemente. ...

Hawkins Changes Number
Published 4/16/2008 by Eric Haskell at The Bronx Block
... After having Paul O’Neill’s name chanted at him while pitching at Yankee Stadium, Latroy Hawkins has decided to give up the number 21. Apparently, he consulted with Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera, among others, and they decided that despited the fact that he wanted to honor Roberto Clemente, it just wasn’t worth it. ...

Bronx Banter: Catchers? We Don't Need No Stinking Catchers!
Published 4/16/2008 at Baseball Toaster
... set the Rays down 1-2-3. In a two-run game. Frankly, I m paralyzed. Do I make a joke about the apocalypse and Revelations? Quote the old Ghostbusters cats and dogs living together, mass hysteria! line? Or should I reveal my suspicion that Farns has been replaced by a remarkably lifelike android/mutant/alien pod creature, which - even if it helps the team - probably ought to be stopped? I don t know. I was not prepared for this contingency! Finally, in other news, LaTroy Hawkins - on the advice of Jeter and Rivera - has apparently decided to give up #21. I think most Banter ...

Hawkins To Change Uniform #
Published 4/16/2008 by J-Boogie at Baseball & The Boogie Down
Well I hope you so-called fans are proud. LaTroy Hawkins is giving up wearing the #21. There was a huge uproar from Yankees "fans" over Hawkins' choice to wear 21. A lot of "fans" felt that the number belonged to Paul O'Neill and that no future Yankee should ever don the number. Get real guys. It's a number. Get over it. ...

Ridiculous Yankee fans win war over Paul O'Neill's number
Published 4/16/2008 at Big League Stew
... where he drives on the green shag rug at old Yankee Stadium.   Now America's leading franchise has made it a weekly hat trick of borderline insane news stories with the revelation that some vocal and obnoxious Yankee fans have finally broken the will of reliever LaTroy Hawkins. After being routinely booed for wearing Paul O'Neill's old No. 21, Hawkins is finally crying uncle and switching to No. 22 for tonight's game against Boston. Writes Scott Miller of CBS Sportsline: Though the Yankees have not retired ...

LaTroy Hawkins Caves In to Paul O'Neill's Fans
Published 4/16/2008 by Matt Watson at FanHouse
... The WordMob justice has won, and common sense has lost. LaTroy Hawkins has been hassled by fans since spring training about his decision to wear No. 21. He was attempting to honor Roberto Clemente, but Yankees fans were offended that someone would trounce on Paul O'Neill's memory. But while it's one thing to deal with fans chanting O'Neill's name whenever Hawkins took the mound, it's another fending off Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera. From Scott Miller of CBS Sports: Hawkins, in the midst of a fan-induced uproar because ...