stevejrogers Old-Timey Member Posted January 4, 2018 Posted January 4, 2018 Doing some research on various stadium honors, such as number retirements, statue installations, etc and thought the year in such would make an interesting quiz:This year 6 numbers were retired:_____ MFYs_____ Boston Red Sox_____ Chicago White Sox_____ Texas Rangers_____ Seattle Mariners_____ Cleveland IndiansThere were 13 additions to various team HOFs_____ St Louis Cardinals_____ St Louis Cardinals_____ St Louis Cardinals_____ Minnesota Twins_____ Minnesota Twins_____ Washington Nationals_____ Washington Nationals_____ Milwaukee Brewers_____ Brewers's Braves Roll of Honor_____ MFYs_____ Anaheim Angels_____ San Francisco Giants_____ San Diego PadresBonus, there was a team that had a HOF enshrinement announced, but had to rescind it close to the date of the ceremony. Name the team and person.There have been 8 new statues installed in and outside stadiums_____ Atlanta Braves_____ Atlanta Braves_____ Cleveland Indians_____ Cleveland Indians_____ Los Angeles Dodgers_____ Minnesota Twins_____ Seattle Mariners_____ Cincinnati Reds Usual CPF rules (one guess per person) apply and hints will be provided every five posts
Guest 41Forever Guests Posted January 4, 2018 Posted January 4, 2018 Good one! The White Sox retired Mark Buehrle's number.
Benjamin Grimm Old-Timey Member Posted January 4, 2018 Posted January 4, 2018 Wow! I don't even know who Mark Buehrle is.
stevejrogers Old-Timey Member Posted January 4, 2018 Author Posted January 4, 2018 Benjamin Grimm wrote:Wow! I don't even know who Mark Buehrle is.Virtually a career ALerhttps://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/buehrma01.shtml
stevejrogers Old-Timey Member Posted January 4, 2018 Author Posted January 4, 2018 Edgy MD wrote:Greg Maddux.Not this year.
stevejrogers Old-Timey Member Posted January 4, 2018 Author Posted January 4, 2018 41Forever wrote:Good one! The White Sox retired Mark Buehrle's number.Yes, they did!
Benjamin Grimm Old-Timey Member Posted January 4, 2018 Posted January 4, 2018 SteveJRogers wrote:Benjamin Grimm wrote:Wow! I don't even know who Mark Buehrle is.Virtually a career ALerhttps://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/buehrma01.shtmlI see he put in a lot of years, and pitched a lot of innings, for the White Sox but his numbers definitely don't look retirement-worthy to me. I think retired numbers are becoming seriously devalued. I'm glad the Mets have showed restraint.
Guest 41Forever Guests Posted January 4, 2018 Posted January 4, 2018 I think the Indians retired Frank Robinson's number as a manager. I think he was a middling manager for them, but I suspect they are saluting his role a pioneer.
stevejrogers Old-Timey Member Posted January 4, 2018 Author Posted January 4, 2018 Benjamin Grimm wrote:Benjamin Grimm wrote:Wow! I don't even know who Mark Buehrle is.Virtually a career ALerhttps://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/buehrma01.shtmlI see he put in a lot of years, and pitched a lot of innings, for the White Sox but his numbers definitely don't look retirement-worthy to me. I think retired numbers are becoming seriously devalued. I'm glad the Mets have showed restraint.I agree. FYI, out of the White Sox' 11 retired numbers, Buerhle is the 5th that is currently on the outside looking in of Cooperstown. The other 4 are #9 Minnie Minoso, #19 Billy Pierce, #3 Harold Baines and #14 Paul Konerko.
stevejrogers Old-Timey Member Posted January 4, 2018 Author Posted January 4, 2018 Edgy MD wrote:Andy Pettitte.Again a year (or few in Maddux' case) late!
stevejrogers Old-Timey Member Posted January 4, 2018 Author Posted January 4, 2018 41Forever wrote:I think the Indians retired Frank Robinson's number as a manager. I think he was a middling manager for them, but I suspect they are saluting his role a pioneer.Yes, they did! Other than Jackie Robinson, second to have his number retired by three teams, though the only one to have the same number across the board.
HahnSolo Old-Timey Member Posted January 4, 2018 Posted January 4, 2018 The rescinded HOF honor was the Phillies/Pete Rose.
A Boy Named Seo Old-Timey Member Posted January 4, 2018 Posted January 4, 2018 Indians - Omar Vizquel?
Benjamin Grimm Old-Timey Member Posted January 4, 2018 Posted January 4, 2018 SteveJRogers wrote:FYI, out of the White Sox' 11 retired numbers, Buerhle is the 5th that is currently on the outside looking in of Cooperstown. The other 4 are #9 Minnie Minoso, #19 Billy Pierce, #3 Harold Baines and #14 Paul Konerko.While I prefer to be stingy with retired numbers, I don't necessarily think that induction in Cooperstown should be a requirement. I'd be in favor of the Mets retiring David Wright's number, and his Hall of Fame chances have become extremely thin.
stevejrogers Old-Timey Member Posted January 4, 2018 Author Posted January 4, 2018 HahnSolo wrote:The rescinded HOF honor was the Phillies/Pete Rose.Yup!
Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket Guests Posted January 4, 2018 Posted January 4, 2018 The Dodgers did a Jackie Robinson statue that's as good as any fake plaza with a stupid 42
stevejrogers Old-Timey Member Posted January 4, 2018 Author Posted January 4, 2018 HahnSolo wrote:Big Papi for the Sox?
stevejrogers Old-Timey Member Posted January 4, 2018 Author Posted January 4, 2018 John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote:The Dodgers did a Jackie Robinson statue that's as good as any fake plaza with a stupid 42The first of such non-retired number honors for the franchise
stevejrogers Old-Timey Member Posted January 4, 2018 Author Posted January 4, 2018 A Boy Named Seo wrote:Indians - Omar Vizquel?No.
stevejrogers Old-Timey Member Posted January 4, 2018 Author Posted January 4, 2018 Edgy MD wrote:Who is Ken Griffey?DING! DING!Odd story, the statue was put up outside Safeco in April, but in October was vandalized by someone cutting the bat off!https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/mariners/bat-stolen-from-ken-griffey-jr-statue-outside-safeco-field/
A Boy Named Seo Old-Timey Member Posted January 4, 2018 Posted January 4, 2018 SteveJRogers wrote:A Boy Named Seo wrote:Indians - Omar Vizquel?No.Lemme get another swing. Jim Thome?
Edgy MD Site Manager Posted January 4, 2018 Posted January 4, 2018 OK, then, I'm hot.What is ... Scott Rolen?
Guest 41Forever Guests Posted January 4, 2018 Posted January 4, 2018 I bet the Rangers number was newly minted Hall of Famer Ivan Rodriguez.
stevejrogers Old-Timey Member Posted January 4, 2018 Author Posted January 4, 2018 A Boy Named Seo wrote:A Boy Named Seo wrote:Indians - Omar Vizquel?No.Lemme get another swing. Jim Thome?He got one back in 2016!
stevejrogers Old-Timey Member Posted January 4, 2018 Author Posted January 4, 2018 Edgy MD wrote:OK, then, I'm hot.What is ... Scott Rolen?Nope.
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