CINCINNATI -- As Reds and Cardinals players arrived at Great American Ball Park on Sunday, the jerseys with that now hallowed number were hanging at the lockers.
Everyone in Major League Baseball understands the significance of No. 42, and what it means to wear it on Jackie Robinson Day, the 71st anniversary of when he broke baseball's color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947.
"I would say it is my favorite day of the year," Reds reliever Jared Hughes said. "Jackie Robinson changed the game.