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The White Sox will honor Mark Buehrle on June 24th by retiring his #56 jersey during a special tribute before first pitch.

 

 

 

It'll be really hard throughout the years to get players to lay off #56.

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QUOTE (Tony @ Feb 23, 2017 -> 10:16 AM)
So then you're cool with Black Jack having his number retired,too? He won a Cy Young with the Sox after all...

His stats were nowhere as good as Sale, so no. The Cy Young he has is nice but Sale arguably should've won the award in 2014 and 2016 as well.

 

McDowell was definitely a great pitcher for the Sox, but Sale is in a different tier IMO.

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QUOTE (ChiSoxFanMike @ Feb 23, 2017 -> 10:23 AM)
I don't want to derail the thread any further but I don't think some of you guys realize how good Sale was.

 

Buehrle had the advantage of being with the team for much longer, having playoff success here, and not being a hot head, but pound for pound I think Sale is way more talented than he ever was.

 

It's not really about talent. We all know how great Sale was lol he's just not worthy of having his number retired. Simple as that.

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QUOTE (ChiSoxFanMike @ Feb 23, 2017 -> 10:20 AM)
His stats were nowhere as good as Sale, so no. The Cy Young he has is nice but Sale arguably should've won the award in 2014 and 2016 as well.

 

McDowell was definitely a great pitcher for the Sox, but Sale is in a different tier IMO.

 

Some things are about more than stats. Mark Buehrle is absolutely a guy you retire a jersey for. In addition to what he did on the field, he was the consummate teammate, he was the face of the organization off of the field, and he never gave anyone a minute of problems.

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QUOTE (ChiSoxFanMike @ Feb 23, 2017 -> 10:23 AM)
Buehrle had the advantage of being with the team for much longer, having playoff success here, and not being a hot head, but pound for pound I think Sale is way more talented than he ever was.

 

And Carlos Quentin was a more talented hitter than Paul Konerko. I think you know whose number will be retired out of those two.

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QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 23, 2017 -> 10:24 AM)
Some things are about more than stats. Mark Buehrle is absolutely a guy you retire a jersey for. In addition to what he did on the field, he was the consummate teammate, he was the face of the organization off of the field, and he never gave anyone a minute of problems.

Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love Buehrle and definitely think retiring his number is warranted. I don't want you to think that I disagree with retiring his number because that's not the case at all.

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