FORT MYERS — Jackie Bradley Jr. is changing his uniform number this season, but he’s not changing his attitude.
Let’s get to the uniform number first, because it’s kind of fun. The owner of No. 25 the past couple of years, Bradley is switching over to Koji Uehara’s vacant No. 19 this year because “April 19 is my birthday, my mom was in labor for 19 hours when she had me, Jackie Robinson was born in 1919 and because I wore it in college. Also, Fred Lynn wore that number and he was a very good player.”
How cool is that?