After Jackie

I found it honorable that Major League Baseball allowed players to wear Jackie Robinson's number 42 on the 60th anniversary of him crossing the color line in baseball. The thing is that people always have to look for contraversy. Some people said that it shouldn't be allowed and that the number should be held sacred but I say as most that if people want to pay tribute to a great man for a great feat, why fight it. As for what Jackie would say today about the state of baseball, well his wife said there is much to be done because of the percentage of blacks in baseball but the way I look at it, where we have dropped off in baseball, we have picked up and made great strides in other major sports. Jackie, we're tryin' to hit em' outta the park for ya'.