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2017 Stadium Honors (Retired Numbers/HOF/Statues) Quiz

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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 Indians

There 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 Padres

Bonus, 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


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Good one!

The White Sox retired Mark Buehrle's number.


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SteveJRogers wrote:
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Wow! I don't even know who Mark Buehrle is.


Virtually a career ALer

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/buehrma01.shtml


I 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.


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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.


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Benjamin Grimm wrote:
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Wow! I don't even know who Mark Buehrle is.


Virtually a career ALer

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/buehrma01.shtml


I 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.


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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.


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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.


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The Dodgers did a Jackie Robinson statue that's as good as any fake plaza with a stupid 42


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John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote:
The Dodgers did a Jackie Robinson statue that's as good as any fake plaza with a stupid 42


The first of such non-retired number honors for the franchise



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I bet the Rangers number was newly minted Hall of Famer Ivan Rodriguez.


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Indians - Omar Vizquel?


No.


Lemme get another swing. Jim Thome?


He got one back in 2016!


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