October 5, 20223 yr 5 hours ago, flavum said: The Tigers had it right. For the most part, they didn’t retire numbers until the player was in the Hall. I like team Halls of Fame that you can honor past players without permanently retiring numbers or building statues. Enough with the statues…please! I like this.
October 5, 20223 yr If MVP Jose is not worthy, they should only have four plus Jackie: Luke Appling Frank Thomas Ted Lyons Minnie Minoso No - Aparicio, Baines, Buehrle, Fisk, Fox, Konerko, Pierce.
October 5, 20223 yr Abreu's connection to the Cuban history of the Sox is also (as it should) going to play a factor as to whether #79 is retired or not. I've never been Abreu's biggest supporter perse, but there's a lot that goes into his career beyond looking at his WAR, where he ranks on various all-time franchise leaderboards, etc. Edited October 5, 20223 yr by maxjusttyped
October 5, 20223 yr 9 hours ago, Bob Sacamano said: It’s such an obscure number to the point where I wouldn’t mind if they did because no one else is probably going to wear it. This is where I'm at. I'm not sure he deserves it if it's a popular number, but why not 79?
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