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Mariah Faulkner had been waiting for the moment for almost 14 years.
She listened as a prosecutor explained to a jury in Salt Lake City last month that Faulkner is not to blame what happened to her at age 13. Attorney Donna Kelly displayed a school picture of Faulkner at that age, arguing that her adoptive mother’s then-boyfriend, Jimmy Haynes, took advantage of her family’s trust and abused her.
It quieted the thoughts that had been nagging Faulkner for most of her life that she didn’t fit in with her adoptive family and brought the abuse on herself because of how she dressed.
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In 1997, Major League Baseball honored Jackie Robinson by making his No. 42 the first uniform number to be retired across the sport.
That said, players who were wearing No. 42 at the time were grandfathered in, meaning they could choose to continue wearing it until they retired. Thus, some teams have had a player wear No. 42 more recently than others and some have never handed out that uniform to anyone.
Here s a look at the last player to wear No. 42 for each MLB team:
American League East
Blue Jays: Xavier Hernandez (1989)
Hernandez, a right-handed relief pitcher, made his debut with the Blue Jays in 1989 and appeared in seven games, covering 22 2/3 innings that season before the Astros selected him in the Rule 5 Draft. Toronto had drafted Hernandez in the fourth round in 86 and he developed as a starter, but came out of the bullpen for the majority of his 10-year Major League career.