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What happens when, one day, a team like the Lakers retires all Jersey numbers?
Posted on 7/22/19 at 9:29 am
Posted on 7/22/19 at 9:29 am
Do they go to letters? Symbols?
Like one day in 2142, the Lakers are going to have a superstar nicknamed Steaksauce because his Jersey “number” is A1
I feel like they didn’t think this through.
Like one day in 2142, the Lakers are going to have a superstar nicknamed Steaksauce because his Jersey “number” is A1
I feel like they didn’t think this through.
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Posted on 7/22/19 at 9:30 am to theunknownknight
Just go to bigger numbers
Posted on 7/22/19 at 9:32 am to theunknownknight
Futurama did a bit on this
Posted on 7/22/19 at 9:32 am to theunknownknight
My future great great grandson will be number 420 for the Charlotte Air Jordan’s
Posted on 7/22/19 at 9:34 am to Sun God
I prefer the letter system
the B52 BOMBER just dropped the ball
Pre-workout just crossed Plastic-explosive over. WOW. Broken ankles
More creative i think
the B52 BOMBER just dropped the ball
Pre-workout just crossed Plastic-explosive over. WOW. Broken ankles
More creative i think
Posted on 7/22/19 at 9:35 am to theunknownknight
Posted on 7/22/19 at 9:38 am to theunknownknight
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a team like the Lakers retires all Jersey numbers?
I feel like the Yankees would be a better team for this question. They've already retired about twice as many numbers as the Lakers. They'll retire anyone's number.
Posted on 7/22/19 at 9:40 am to Wayne Campbell
Pretty sure NBA numbers don’t go past 55
Posted on 7/22/19 at 9:40 am to theunknownknight
I think the Bears declared they were done retiring numbers after Ditka's was retired. I guess they could just do that.
Posted on 7/22/19 at 9:41 am to VermilionTiger
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Pretty sure NBA numbers don’t go past 55
Rodman wore 91 with the Bulls. Can't speak to anyone else specifically, but I don't believe it's true.
Posted on 7/22/19 at 9:42 am to Wayne Campbell
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They'll retire anyone's number.
Not that, they’ve just had a ton of Hall of Famers
They’ve retired every single digit
Every single digit number player is in the hall of fame (or about to be- Jeter)
Posted on 7/22/19 at 9:42 am to VermilionTiger
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Pretty sure NBA numbers don’t go past 55
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Posted on 7/22/19 at 9:45 am to I Bleed Garnet
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Not that, they’ve just had a ton of Hall of Famers
They've retired the jerseys of Billy Martin, Roger Maris, Thurman Munson, Jorge Posada, Don Mattingly, Elston Howard, Andy Pettite, Ron Guidry, and Bernie Williams all of whom aren't HOFers.
Posted on 7/22/19 at 9:48 am to I Bleed Garnet
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My future great great grandson will be number 420
I bet he’ll be able to get really high
Posted on 7/22/19 at 9:59 am to theunknownknight
Go to 3 digits
Posted on 7/22/19 at 10:09 am to kywildcatfanone
Realistically they'll unretire numbers at one point.
Posted on 7/22/19 at 10:10 am to Bench McElroy
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They've retired the jerseys of Billy Martin, Roger Maris, Thurman Munson, Jorge Posada, Don Mattingly, Elston Howard, Andy Pettite, Ron Guidry, and Bernie Williams all of whom aren't HOFers.
But you don’t think they should have retired any of those?
Outside of Maris really, i think that’s fine with all those other guys
Posted on 7/22/19 at 10:44 am to I Bleed Garnet
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But you don’t think they should have retired any of those?
The point is that half of people with their numbers retired aren't (or won't be) in the HoF.
They have a fairly lax policy on retiring numbers. The Red Sox, on the other hand, have had a really strict policy that they've only recently started moving away from.
Posted on 7/22/19 at 10:51 am to Wayne Campbell
The Yankees have retired two #s twice, #8 & #42
Posted on 7/22/19 at 10:52 am to Wayne Campbell
Ya i didn’t realize those guys weren’t in the hall
I guess I’m blinded by it because they just all won a couple titles with them
Can’t really argue Williams Posada and Pettite who spent many years and won multiple rings as the faces of their franchise.
Elston Howard was their first black player
Martin a manager and player and won titles
Munson died in the middle of a season, understand that one
Maris outside of 61 was a dud
Don’t know much about Guidry
I guess I’m blinded by it because they just all won a couple titles with them
Can’t really argue Williams Posada and Pettite who spent many years and won multiple rings as the faces of their franchise.
Elston Howard was their first black player
Martin a manager and player and won titles
Munson died in the middle of a season, understand that one
Maris outside of 61 was a dud
Don’t know much about Guidry
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