brian310 Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 I kind of want to get a Garcia jersey but with Garcia wearing 34 in the minors, he couldn't wear it because of Floyd over here. Do you think he may go back to 34 because it is open now? If so, that would make all sweaty Freddy jerseys relevant again lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Garcia is on twitter, and pretty active. Send him a tweet and see if he responds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flavum Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 I would think there will be a lot of changes with numbers. Â There have some number change requests listed in the mlb.com transactions, which is kind of weird. Â http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/transactions/?tcid=...2&year=2013 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donny Lucy's Avocado Farm Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Ya I was wondering this myself. Â Eaton's #6 is retired. Davidson's #24 is taken. Downs' #32 is taken. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa1334 Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Dec 19, 2013 -> 06:54 PM) Garcia is on twitter, and pretty active. Send him a tweet and see if he responds. Someone asked him on Twitter already if he was going back to 34 or keeping 26 and he said "maybe 26 again.." so I would hold off on a avi jersey for now lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiliIrishHammock24 Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 It's funny, both Davidson's #24 and his #15 are both taken, but both taken by guys who may not even be on the roster in April. So we'll see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
black jack Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 It really irks me that 3 is retired. Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
black jack Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 In fact, the thought of any number (other than 42) being "retired" is stupid. Honor the player's name don't take away the numbers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lasttriptotulsa Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 QUOTE (black jack @ Dec 20, 2013 -> 07:19 AM) In fact, the thought of any number (other than 42) being "retired" is stupid. Honor the player's name don't take away the numbers. Â Disagree 100%. There are 100 numbers to choose from. Having a small percentage out of service to honor the legends of your team's history is not a big deal. While some teams get pretty ridiculous with it (Padres and Randy Jones, Devil Rays and Wade Boggs, Angels and Gene Autry, etc.), I would never want to see another Sox player wear 35 again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flavum Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 QUOTE (black jack @ Dec 20, 2013 -> 07:16 AM) It really irks me that 3 is retired. Â Agreed. It irks me more that a dead hitting coach from 30 years ago has a retired number too. I think they have some type plaque up somewhere for Charley Lau. That's good enough. Without officially retiring his number, there's no real point to it. Give 6 to somebody that wants it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 There is nothing wrong with some respect for the game, and for the organization you play for. I for one would be upset to see another 14, 56, or 35, just like there will never be another 3 or 72. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPN366 Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 It'll be f***ing awesome if Abreu actually wears 79 all season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lasttriptotulsa Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 QUOTE (JPN366 @ Dec 20, 2013 -> 09:24 AM) It'll be f***ing awesome if Abreu actually wears 79 all season. Â That's his plan. His mother picked it out for him because she thought it would be an easy number to be remembered by. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flavum Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Current and eventual...14 numbers. Seems excessive. 2- Nellie Fox 3- Harold Baines 4- Luke Appling 6- Charley Lau 9- Minnie Minoso 11- Luis Aparicio 13- Ozzie Guillen 14- Paul Konerko 16- Ted Lyons 19- Billy Pierce 35- Frank Thomas 42- Robinson 56- Mark Buehrle 72- Carlton Fisk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flavum Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 QUOTE (lasttriptotulsa @ Dec 20, 2013 -> 09:29 AM) That's his plan. His mother picked it out for him because she thought it would be an easy number to be remembered by. Â Or he turns 35 in January. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPN366 Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 What's more obnoxious is on a team with few low numbers available, you have a bench coach wearing 8. Coaches shouldn't wear numbers like that unless they have a specific connection with it. Baines in 3, that's okay. But Parent and Boston need to give up their numbers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witesoxfan Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 QUOTE (flavum @ Dec 20, 2013 -> 09:30 AM) Current and eventual...14 numbers. Seems excessive. 2- Nellie Fox 3- Harold Baines 4- Luke Appling 6- Charley Lau 9- Minnie Minoso 11- Luis Aparicio 13- Ozzie Guillen 14- Paul Konerko 16- Ted Lyons 19- Billy Pierce 35- Frank Thomas 42- Robinson 56- Mark Buehrle 72- Carlton Fisk  There are at least 86 other numbers they can choose from, 87 if you include 00. Frankly, I don't ever want to see anyone else wearing 35 again in a White Sox uniform.  Maybe, in 500 years, when there are 25 numbers exactly to choose from, we can have this conversation again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPN366 Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 I think they'll let Carlos Sanchez wear 13. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flavum Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Dec 20, 2013 -> 09:34 AM) There are at least 86 other numbers they can choose from, 87 if you include 00. Frankly, I don't ever want to see anyone else wearing 35 again in a White Sox uniform. Â Maybe, in 500 years, when there are 25 numbers exactly to choose from, we can have this conversation again. Â I'm ok with Hall of Famers getting their number retired, or guys that played with the Sox for 15 years. Â Minoso is ok. Konerko will be fine. Buehrle will eventually--he's borderline. Â 3, 6, 13, and 19--I'd unretire. Â And I agree with JPN about the coaches poaching low numbers. Those should be for current players. Â Baseball is a low number sport. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lasttriptotulsa Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 QUOTE (JPN366 @ Dec 20, 2013 -> 09:33 AM) What's more obnoxious is on a team with few low numbers available, you have a bench coach wearing 8. Coaches shouldn't wear numbers like that unless they have a specific connection with it. Baines in 3, that's okay. But Parent and Boston need to give up their numbers. Â I kind of agree on the coaches thing, but I would be willing to bet that if Davidson, Eaton or Abreu wanted one of their numbers they would be giving them up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleHurt05 Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 QUOTE (flavum @ Dec 20, 2013 -> 09:30 AM) Current and eventual...14 numbers. Seems excessive. 2- Nellie Fox 3- Harold Baines 4- Luke Appling 6- Charley Lau 9- Minnie Minoso 11- Luis Aparicio 13- Ozzie Guillen 14- Paul Konerko 16- Ted Lyons 19- Billy Pierce 35- Frank Thomas 42- Robinson 56- Mark Buehrle 72- Carlton Fisk  I would delete Baines & Guillen from that list. And I've never heard of Charley Lau. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lasttriptotulsa Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 QUOTE (flavum @ Dec 20, 2013 -> 09:40 AM) I'm ok with Hall of Famers getting their number retired, or guys that played with the Sox for 15 years. Minoso is ok. Konerko will be fine. Buehrle will eventually--he's borderline.  3, 6, 13, and 19--I'd unretire.  And I agree with JPN about the coaches poaching low numbers. Those should be for current players.  Baseball is a low number sport.  I kind of like the way the Red Sox do it. I believe their rules are that you have to be a HOFer AND play 10 years with the team. They did make an exception for Pesky though I believe. I would kind of like to see our Sox use a similar method going forward, but I would have no problem with them making exceptions for guys who didn't quite meet the requirements, but were close and had connections to a "special" Sox team. I.E. Buehrle and Konerko for '05. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lasttriptotulsa Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 (edited) QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Dec 20, 2013 -> 09:44 AM) I would delete Baines & Guillen from that list. And I've never heard of Charley Lau. Â Charley Lau was the hitting coach in 82 and 83. He died during Spring Training of 84. His number 6 is not retired, but has not been issued since except to his disciple Walt Hrniak. It is basically "unofficially" retired. Edited December 20, 2013 by lasttriptotulsa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flavum Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Dec 20, 2013 -> 09:44 AM) I would delete Baines & Guillen from that list. And I've never heard of Charley Lau. Â My point exactly. Â He and Loren Babe were coaches in 1983. Both died of cancer after the 83 season. For whatever reason, Reinsdorf decided that #6 wouldn't be issued. Â Walt Hriniak was a disciple of Lau's hitting methods, so he wore 6 when he was the hitting coach. Â 30 years is enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyyle23 Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 I think a number should be able to be double worn by a coach and player. #23 should be available to a player Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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