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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 for the glory 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been floated by baseball followers everywhere in the nation the previous few days … after Mays sadly died at 93 years outdated on June 18.
Seamheads have argued that because of his impression on the league, Mays’ outdated quantity ought to get the identical therapy that solely Jackie Robinson‘s No. 42 has beforehand earned from the MLB.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 acquired Rollins out at LAX this week, he stated he’d be all for it … telling us “It’d be a great honor.”
J Roll went on to say he thinks Mays is “probably the greatest all-time all-around baseball player to have played the game” — and somebody who’s well-deserving of such a grand tribute.
Mays, in fact, has nearly as good of a case as anybody for the glory … as he performed in over 3,000 video games, hit 660 dwelling runs, and tallied a .301 batting common. He additionally received two MVPs and was named an All-Star a staggering 24 instances.
Unclear, although, if Manfred is contemplating it in the meanwhile.
