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A better quiz would be "Mets who didn't have their number retired by other teams despite having conniptions over the certainty they one day would"



I will start with Kazmir


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Benjamin Grimm wrote:

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Rusty Staub, Expos.


The Nationals ditched all of the retired numbers from Montreal, didn't they?


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It looks more like the Nationals have declined the Expos history.



I suspect that if Montreal gets an expansion team, they'd revive those retired numbers. I think something similar (but perhaps not exactly) happened with the Cleveland Browns. The new franchise got the history, the team that's now the Baltimore Ravens is disassociated with its past in Cleveland.



It's interesting how when a team changes its name it seems much more like a fresh start than when it relocates and keeps its name.



The San Francisco Giants have more of a connection to Bill Terry and Mel Ott than the Minnesota Twins do to Walter Johnson and Sam Rice.


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Benjamin Grimm wrote:

It looks more like the Nationals have declined the Expos history.



I suspect that if Montreal gets an expansion team, they'd revive those retired numbers. I think something similar (but perhaps not exactly) happened with the Cleveland Browns. The new franchise got the history, the team that's now the Baltimore Ravens is disassociated with its past in Cleveland.




Yes. Which is the exact opposite of what baseball did to the original Washington Senators. The new Senators (who went on to become the Texas Rangers) did not inherit the history of the original Senators.


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Benjamin Grimm wrote:

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Rusty Staub, Expos.


The Nationals ditched all of the retired numbers from Montreal, didn't they?




I did not know that, but I guess it's true. I just looked up the Nats uniform number history and #10 is in circulation. So is #8, which was retired for Gary Carter. So do those numbers still count as Expos retired numbers, being that the Nats inherited the Expos history?
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Benjamin Grimm wrote:

How about Duke Snider and the Dodgers?



And who unretired Roberto Alomar's number? He was never an Expo.


🤦🏻‍♂️ Forgot him looking at the Dodger list.



Sexual impropriety reports a few years back caused the Jays to remove his number


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Ugh and I missed THREE more! Lesson of the day, don't start a quiz solely on your mobile device!



26 in total including Wagner.



All of the tricky ones are off the board, and only one "Never played a game for the Mets" is left on the board

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Eddie Murray Orioles (Gwreck)

Pedro Martinez 45 Red Sox (metirish)

________________ Astros

Nolan Ryan 34 Astros (Centerfield)

Billy Wagner 13 Astros Being Retired in August

Nolan Ryan 30 Angels (Centerfield)

________________ Angels

Yogi Berra 8 Yankees (MFS62)

Casey Stengel 37 Yankees (Benjamin Grimm)

________________ Yankees

Rickey Henderson 24 Athletics (batmagadanleadoff)

_________________ Rays

Nolan Ryan 34 Rangers (Centerfield)

Roberto Alomar 12 Blue Jays (metirish) Put back into circulation and removed from the Jays' Level of Excellence in 2021 following sexual misconduct allegations that led to him being banned from MLB

Warren Spahn 21 Braves (Benjamin Grimm)

Tom Glavine 47 Braves (Johnny Lunchbucket)

Duke Snider 4 Dodgers (Benjamin Grimm)

__________________ Dodgers

Richie Ashburn 1 Phillies (batmagadanleadoff)

Ralph Kiner 4 Pirates (Benjamin Grimm) Met Broadcaster

Whitey Herzog 24 Cardinals (batmagadanleadoff) Big wig in the scouting/player development department and coach

_____________________ Cardinals

_____________________ Cardinals

Willie Mays 24 Giants (Benjamin Grimm)

Gary Carter 8 Expos (batmagadanleadoff) Put back into circulation by the Washington Nationals following the Expos' franchise relocation. Is represented in the Nationals' Ring of Honor though.

Rusty Staub 10 Expos (batmagadanleadoff) Put back into circulation by the Washington Nationals following the Expos' franchise relocation. Is represented in the Nationals' Ring of Honor though.


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=Fman99 post_id=184711 time=1738892923 user_id=86]
Presumably Mike Scott is the other former Met to have his # retired in Houston

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