Jimmy Rollins Hopeful MLB Will Retire Willie Mays’ No. 24 League-Extensive
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Jimmy Rollins says he would not thoughts it if an MLB participant by no means wore the No. 24 once more … telling TMZ Sports activities he’d be all the way down to see Rob Manfred retire Willie Mays‘ well-known quantity league-wide.
The potential of the dignity has been floated by baseball followers everywhere in the nation the previous few days … after Mays sadly died at 93 years outdated on June 18.
Seamheads have argued that on account of his affect on the league, Mays’ outdated quantity ought to get the identical therapy that solely Jackie Robinson‘s No. 42 has beforehand earned from the MLB.
After we bought Rollins out at LAX this week, he stated he’d be all for it … telling us “It might be a terrific honor.”
J Roll went on to say he thinks Mays is “most likely the best all-time all-around baseball participant to have performed the sport” — and somebody who’s well-deserving of such a grand tribute.
Mays, after all, has nearly as good of a case as anybody for the dignity … as he performed in over 3,000 video games, hit 660 house runs, and tallied a .301 batting common. He additionally gained two MVPs and was named an All-Star a staggering 24 instances.
Unclear, although, if Manfred is contemplating it for the time being.