European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 17, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Stars and stripes tuesday april 172007 lakers Clinch playoff spot behind Kobes 50 Points 37 Chicago cubs from left Lester strode Derrek Lee and Cliff Floyd Cincinnati reds Ken Griffey or and cubs Jacque Jones line up sunday in Chicago before the reds cubs game the players along with Many others throughout the majors wore no 42 in Honor of the 60ih anniversary of Jackie Robinsons major league debut for More photos see Page 36 major leagues Honor Robinsons legacy on 60th anniversary of debut o o by John Nadel the associated press los Angeles no 42 was everywhere for the los Angeles dodgers scampering around the bases knocking hits to All Fields and com ing away with an easy Victory the dodgers did All they could to Honor Jackie Robinson on the 60th anniversary of his major league and during the game Robinson broke major league baseballs color Barrier on april 15 1947 with the Brooklyn dodgers and the sport celebrated the anniversary throughout the country Sun Day when More than 200 players managers and coaches wore no 42 in his Honor included in that total was every member of the dodgers i think it was special for everybody to put no 42 on said Russell Martin who had three hits three runs scored two Bis and a stolen base we had a blast out there today there was a Little added pressure wearing that number the dodgers stole five most in a game since aug 23 1999 when they stole seven in a game at Milwaukee in a 93 Victory Over san Diego on sunday night it seems like there were a lot of James out there Martin said referring to Robin sons base stealing ability the National Celebration of Jackie Robin son Day was entered at dodger stadium not far from where Robinson grew up in Pasadena he would become the first athlete to earn letters in four sports at Urcla and he served in the us army during world War n before making his debut with the dodgers at age 27 the whole team wearing no 42 it kind of goes sour if we dont win winning Pitcher Randy Wolf said it was great there were a lot of special people Here its a Spe Cial Day and i think they did it right Martin grew up in Montreal hearing about Robinson from his father a 62yearold african Canadian Jackie Robinson is one of my dads favor Ite baseball players and i probably Learned a lot about him just by hearing stories my dad told me about him my dads a Good storyteller so i just used to sit there while he told me stories about Jackie and How he Good a baseball player he was and How fast he was he was the Only Black kid on that Block or on that Corner or whatever so he got his fun by telling All the Guys that he was Jackie Robinsons son and All the kids believed him and thought it was pretty Cool Martin said he looked Forward to calling his father to share his latest experience pm just going to Tell him it was a special time Martin said was just an amazing person it was unbelievable just How Brave he was we get heckled a bit from the stands its the end of the world see no 42 on Page 34 66ive often said that baseballs most powerful moment in its really terrific history was Jackie Robinsons coming into baseball Tsan incredible Story not just for baseball but for society Bud Seisig major league baseball commissioner canucks take 21 series Lead Over stars Page 33 027664 j 463149