Number 42
- Author
- Christopher Flannery
- Published
- Tue 14 Apr 2020
- Episode Link
- https://theamericanstory.libsyn.com/test
Each year on April 15, all players in Major League Baseball turn in their regular uniforms and wear one adorned with the number 42. On no other day does any player wear that number; it has been permanently retired. This custom, unique in North American professional sports, has been adopted to honor a man who not only changed a sport, but helped change a country.
