Cards, Reds celebrate Jackie Robinson Day

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.

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"I would say it is my favorite day of the year," Reds reliever Jared Hughes said. "Jackie Robinson changed the game. He brought unity to baseball. It's really special to be able to wear No. 42."

As has been tradition each April 15th since 2009, MLB celebrated Jackie Robinson Day with all…