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The Twins retired Hrbek’s number. The Padres did Randy Jones. The White Sox have Konerko and Buerhle. Willie Horton on the Tigers. Frank White on the Royals. It’s a fan service and if you’re loved it gets to be about more than stats.
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Right, all guys similar to Pettite, Gooden, etc., put up good, not HOF numbers, with their team and had long careers mostly with that team that retired their number.
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Let's consider this question: how many players statistically comparable to ARod have NOT had their numbers retired, assuming they played a long stretch with one team and I think all probably did?
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Sammy Sosa
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Roger Clemens doesn’t have his number retired.
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They won't retire his jersey in spite of the uniquely awesome stats that he compiled for their team. Last edited by bk400; 10-23-2023 at 11:58 PM. |
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Which players do you consider statistically comparable to A-Rod? Somebody's gotta be the canary in the coal mine. |
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Manny Ramirez doesn't have his number retired by anyone either.
I would think Manny and Clemens are at least in the same talent realm, right? And they both had long stretches with singular teams but also managed to bother a lot of people along the way. Sounds familiar.... |
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Bonds was very popular with Giants fans despite everything involved with him.
I don't think the Bay Area had a more beloved player until Steph Curry came along. Last edited by packs; 10-24-2023 at 09:16 AM. |
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Pete Rose #14 is retired with the Reds.
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I think the Yankees should sign Barry to a 2 day contract next year, give him #13 (A-Rod's old number) on the first day, and #25 on the 2nd day. Then retire #25 in honor of both Barry and his dad Bobby (who played one pretty good year with the Yankees). They could even include Mark Texeira, Tommy John, Joe Girardi, Don Baylor, Hank Bauer, Gleyber Torres, Brian Doyle, Jason Giambi and Joe Pepitone in the ceremony, and make a ceremonial monument honoring all the "greats", who put on #25 for the Yankees. Gleyber Torres of course, would have to find a new uniform number for next year however. |
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...etired_numbers
Pretty good history of retired numbers. Also includes comments on numbers that were not officially retired but were also never re-issued by the team to another player (ie. Clemens with the Red Sox and Jim Gantner with the Brewers). Some teams have retired the same number for multiple players (ie. #31 for the Cubs - Greg Maddux and Fergie Jenkins). |
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