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On April 15, 2008, the 61st anniversary of Jackie Robinson's major league debut, [3] over 330 team members wore number 42, which was up from about 240 the previous year. [22] When the teams took the field, all players, managers and coaches were wearing number 42, and this was repeated at all other 14 ballparks that had scheduled games that day.
A statue of former Arlington, Texas mayor Tom Vandergriff is located at Vandergriff Plaza at Globe Life Park alongside those of former Texas Rangers Nolan Ryan and Iván Rodríguez, both of whom had their numbers retired. Vandergriff was responsible for bringing Major League Baseball to the Dallas–Fort Worth area.
The first jersey number retired by a team was #4 by the New York Yankees to honor Lou Gehrig. In 1997, MLB retired Jackie Robinson's #42 league wide, the first and only number that no player is allowed to wear anymore. As of April 15, 1997 #42 was retired except for players wearing the number prior to it being retired.
The Baylor women’s basketball program retired Brittney Griner’s No. 42 jersey in a pre-game ceremony at the Foster Pavilion, Texas, on Sunday.
Brittney Griner's No. 42 jersey was retired by Baylor on Sunday, when the two-time AP national player of the year and career blocks leader attended a Bears home game for the first time since her ...
Do jersey sales correspond to wins? No, there’s no proven correlation. But in 2020, the player with the top jersey sales in three of the four major sports leagues in the U.S. came from the...
The Texas Open, known as the Valero Texas Open for sponsorship reasons, is a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour, played near San Antonio, Texas. It dates back 103 years to 1922, when it was first called the Texas Open ; San Antonio-based Valero Energy Corporation took over naming rights in 2002 .
A historic Babe Ruth jersey, worn during his legendary "Called Shot" in the 1932 World Series, is expected to become one of the most expensive pieces of sports memorabilia ever as it heads to auction.