'It is the most revered number in all of sports, the first number retired by an entire sport, a number that will forever belong to one man,' BillPlaschke writes. But in 1969, in 'one of the biggest mistakes in Dodgers history,' it was given to one more.
When Lamb, 74, has watched the ceremonies on TV from his San Clemente home, he has had two thoughts.First, “Jackie Robinson was such a great man, it is such an honor to even been remotely associated with him.’’The No. 42 jersey was hanging in his locker at St. Louis’ Busch Stadium when he showed up from triple-A Spokane on Aug. 1, 1969. Lamb didn’t think twice about putting it on. He was a former USC pitcher who wore that number for the Trojans, so it just made sense.
According to Langill, the first Dodgers old-timers games involved not Brooklyn Dodgers, but players from the Pacific Coast League. One of their biggest promotional nights involved not former players, but Hollywood stars. “My parents were in the stands, I lived right down the street, everyone was cheering … it was magical,’’ he said.
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