April 15 has become a special day around Major League Baseball. All throughout the league, players honor the accomplishments of Jackie Robinson by wearing his No. 42.
It is one of the great new traditions of the game.
So you can imagine the surprise on the faces of the Mets players when they arrived in the clubhouse at Coors Field on Thursday and found No. 50s in every locker?
The mix-up? Apparently a typographical error on a memo to clubhouse staff is to blame. A line that should have read "Honor J. Robinson" instead read "Honor D. Robinson." So instead of the No. 42s, uniforms bearing No. 50 were ordered to honor NBA great David Robinson.
The Mets public relations staff, who are used to these kinds of snafus, quickly went into action.
"While the incident is unfortunate, it does give us ...
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Humor: New York Mets Accidentally Honor the Wrong Robinson
Posted: 15th April 2010 by Randy Medina in MLBComments Off on Humor: New York Mets Accidentally Honor the Wrong Robinson