Torii has done some good things such as raising money to promote baseball in inner cities, but this is sort of silly. He notes that the Astros (no black players) wore JR's number. But 1) the players don't choose the makeup of their team and maybe 2) they were just celebrating racial diversity in baseball.

I was a big Juan/Franco/Sierra fan and I'm transluscent white. If a white player respects JR and what he did, that's not something you criticize.

Because to me, it just reeks of merchandising greed and not being about what the day is supposed to be about. The fact they made several #42 jerseys available to purchase, to me, turned the day from something pure into something commercial.

I don't think race should have anything to do with it.

I am soooo glad we did not sign him.

i mean, baseball has already honored him and everyone respects what he did… i don’t think there needs to be these symbolic shows ad infinitum.

Milton Bradley day?