My idol all my life has been Roberto Clemente. We can not compare Jackie Robinson to anyone, he is one of kind. Retiring Clementes number will bring an issue to MLB, how may others deserve the same as Clemente. There has been many who went through difficult times during that period.

The best recognition Clemente has received is that today 2006, we are still talking about him, his memorabilias value is one of the highest. Also how many players use the number 21, because it was his number.

Quoting Anthony Salazar <salazar8017@...>:

> Has anyone been following the movement to retire the
> nubmer 21 from baseball?  Organizing have been pushing
> this for a number of months, much to the chagrin on
> Sharon Robinson, Jackie Robinson's widow.  She feels
> this would diminish the honor (of number 42 being
> retired) bestowed upon Robinson back in 1987.
>
> I suspect that the movement will be receiving a little
> more attention with the All Star Game being played in
> Pittsburgh.
>
> What do people think about retiring #21 in honor of
> Roberto Clemente?
>
> It may be interesting to note the origins of the #42
> honor to begin with, as baseball sought to honor the
> 40th (?) anniversary of Jackie's integration.  This
> came at the heels of the Campanis episode, followed by
> MLB hiring Dr. Harry Edwards to looks into baseball's
> affirmative action programs and the Jesse Jackson
> threat to boycott baseball.
>
> Again, do you think there's validity to the movement
> to retire #21 from ballparks across the nation, akin
> to Jackie Robinson's #42?
>
>
> thanks,
> Anthony
>
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