Carlos Martinez
St. Louis Cardinals reliever Carlos Martinez was given permission to change his number 44 to number 18 in honor of Oscar Taveras, who was killed in a car accident this off season. Martinez was friends with Taveras. Seeing this makes me proud. Even though I hate the Cardinals, I still think that this is a nice tribute. Another instance like this is when Detroit Red Wings forward Pavel Datsyuk wore number 24 during the preseason before the start of the 2011-12 NHL season, as Ruslan Salei, a member of the Red Wings in the 2010-11 season and a good friend of Datsyuk's, was killed in the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash in 2011. Sports definitely create bonds. This is a great thing to see.
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