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From: Baseball Digest | Date: 11/1/2004 | Author: Berger, Harvey; Bouret, Roberto; Burke, Robert; Corbett, Donal; Cotrone, Dave; Cradle, Bill; Deezen, Eddie; DeSantis, Gene; Dorf, Walter; Douglas, John; Fleischacker, Bernie; Garcia, Michael; Gibson, Bill; Gouveia, John; Hitchcock, Paul; Johnson, George Perry; Luftig, Steve; Marsh, Charles; Mele, Andy; Moule, Tim; Nygaard, Jason; Ochs, Michael; Picconi, Dave; Potanovic, Beatrice Harsany; Schuhart, Alex; Swan, Bill; Thompson, Chuck; Titus, Josh; Tusa, Alfonso L.; Weisbart, Victoria; Williams, Robert; Willoughby, Dick

In an earlier issue of Baseball Digest this year, it was mentioned that uniform No. 42 has been retired by all major league clubs in honor of Jackie Robinson.

How come Yankee closer Mariano Rivera still wears No. 42?

Paul Hitchcock

Bracebridge, Ont.

In commemorating Jackie Robinson's first appearance in a game with the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947, Major League Baseball officially retired his uniform No. 42 for all clubs in 1997.

Active players wearing his ...

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