One question per person — this rule will be strictly enforced! Starting off, got a couple items here for the Montreal Canadiens. Vive les Habitants! This one is for the Dodgers, and you apparently wired it up somehow and stuck it on your car grille. Riverfront opened on June 30, , and the All-Star Game was just two weeks later! Now that is cutting it close. Send any submissions here. Full details here from pchpaman and Jeff Ash. More on that team here from Alan D.
Grab Bag : George H. I was not aware of the Mets giving Cano Looks like I missed a piece of news. After a brief spell in 14 in had no idea , he took 22 granted, Tino Martinez was on that team , and Cano stayed in 22 until Roger Clemens came back in the late-ish part of So, even though you say Cano moved away from 24 in Seattle because of Griffey, I would argue he came back to 22 in Seattle. Which doubled my surprise that Cano received 24 for the Mets. Not only is there the weird Mays angle, but I thought Cano was a 22 at heart.
I just watched the press conference. However this is a Uni-Site, not a sports debate blog. Totally agree with PL in that 24 should not be retired nor kept out of circulation for Mays by the Mets, and yes, he certainly had better numbers for SF due to the number of years with them out west vs.
The Giants franchise, rightfully so, has retired his number, but the Mets never should. Aaron was also pretty damn great in Atlanta. However, as Paul noted, Mays played unremarkable games for the Mets and is remembered more for his poor play.
I realize they won the Stanley Cup with him there, but it just seemed wrong to me. At least there were four seasons there though. SirJac must have been asleep at the switch! Robinson Cano and any player who wants it should get a chance to wear 24 for the Mets. Should not be taken out of circulation because of Willie Mays. By the way, 24 on the Mets also brings up discussion of 8 and 17 for the Mets.
But, what are they waiting for? Close enough. It was last assigned 10 years ago and Tatis last wore it 8 years ago, but I think the point is made. The Dodgers have held out 34 for Fernando without retiring it, as well as 11 for Mota. Retiring numbers has gotten out of control. Also, tons of great numbers are no longer available. Take the Bears. Now what happens if another all-time great plays for them?
Oh well! Jumping the pond, look at a club like Barcelona. Keeping the legendary number in circulation keeps it alive. Italy accounts for most prominent examples of number retirements in soccer. It is getting ridiculous how many numbers have been taken permanently out of circulation, with all future generations of players banned from ever even honring those greats whow ore them, let alone any other reason they might have for wearing them.
I say let each team have one single retired number at a time, and when you want to honor someone new, you bring the old retired number back in circulation. This plan would also make it easier for teams to honor a specific recently-retired, or deceased, player for a single year. Retiring numbers at the rate we do now is disrepsectful to all the future generations of players that will someday play for the team. Either officially honor them, or allow the numbers into circulation. Plus, Cal Sr.
I say, sure, why not? And it gives Mays a chance to be honored in New York, where he had a great deal of success early in his career. After reading that NY Post article in the link, Mays seems to be acting like a baby. Not impressed. In this age of increasing standardization of so many things, the different approaches that teams take to retiring numbers is refreshing, especially some of the quirkier ones.
I hope they all get to continue to go in their own directions. My favorite team, the Chicago Bears, has enough numbers retired that it might become a problem at some point.
The Cowboys Ring of Honor is a good way to do it. A current player wearing the number of an all time great as a way to honor them is a good way to link the past to present. The use of the number should be purposeful. My Raiders, with plenty of Hall of Fame players and all-time greats, have no retired numbers. I mentioned the Bears above. There are twelve retired numbers in total. Coincidentally, twelve Bears wore 89 after Ditka.
There was not a massive outcry by the fanbase because the likes of Matt Spaeth and Ryan Wetnight donned the The Boston Bruins have way too many retired numbers. Let's do that, shall we? Beards, of course, are outlawed by the Yankees. But here is, with a beard. Imaginary subtext: Take that, Yankees! We touched on this when the Cano-to-Seattle news broke, but Cano wore No. It's 42 backward, and he's named after Jackie Robinson.
In Seattle, though, No. It's not retired, but should be. No jersey controversy here, thankfully, as Cano has decided to wear No.
He wore that early in his career with the Yankees, but switched when Rogers Clemens wanted the number. There's no funny business on his year-by-year salary.
He also has a full no-trade clause. This was a good one. Here's to you, Robinson. HelloCano Peanuts CrackerJack pic. The main joke is that he'll never make the playoffs again.
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