What are you wearing, HoJo?

[Edgy MD]

We have a number conflicti fast approaching. Howard Johnson is due to return as batting coach, but his familiar 20 belongs at present to Shawn Green. What will happen?

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Hojo does't care about 20 -- he'll take a coacherly number -- 52 or something.

The real question is, with Cliff gone, does Willie re-take his customary No. 30?

[Edgy MD]

Yeah, 50-something was supposed to be a polling option. I'm adding it.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

It also seems that recently, Met 3rd base coaches have taken low single-digit numbers, he could re-take Manny Acta's No. 3.

Looks like Woody's No. 4 goes to Ben Johnson, if Johnson cracks the club.

Which raises the question of whether they will have H. JOHNSON and B. JOHNSON nameplates. They did not distinguish last year's Hernadez Brothers that way (O, A and R).

[Edgy MD]

Interestingly, they probably almost never appeared in a game at the same time.

HoJo wore an "H." to distinguish him from "D. Johnson" back in the day.

[Benjamin Grimm]

If I remember right, HoJo had an H but Davey didn't have a D.

I voted for HoJo's number to be 50-something. Bud Harrelson had to wear 53 back in the day because Rafael Santana was already wearing 3. And I think Mookie Wilson had to wear 51 because (somebody) was wearing 1 at the time.

If Buddy and Mookie couldn't seize their traditional numbers, I doubt that HoJo will.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Am I the only one who thought that this was going to be a joke about Hojo
having more hair now than back in the day?

He's gonna wear 52, to piss off Weissman.

[Gwreck]

Edgy DC wrote: Interestingly, they probably almost never appeared in a game at the same time.

Last day of the regular season, 2006, they did. (Anderson and Roberto).

I don't remember about 2005 -- when they didn't have the A. or R. on the uniforms, either, I think.

[soupcan]

I like JD's thinking and I voted 'other'. Number 3.

[DocTee]

Other: 2+0= 2

[stevejrogers]

Yancy Street Gang wrote: think Mookie Wilson had to wear 51 because (somebody) was wearing 1 at the time.

1-Dawg, Lance Johnson



They actually switched one day when Mookie was inducted into the Mets HOF in 1996

[RealityChuck]

30. Since he was a 30-30 man.

More likely, he'll just take a coach's number.

[Edgy MD]

Cool spring number for Carlos Gomez:

[TransMonk]

Dickshot calls it - HoJo sporting 52 for today's ST game with the Tigers.

[G-Fafif]

HoJo was up as a coach at the very end of 2005. Sat on the bench mostly, but was sent out to stand in the first base box on the last day of the season (just the last inning, I recall). He wore 52 that day. Not a big story considering it was Mike Piazza's farewell.

Thread title sounds a little like phone sex dialogue for ex-Major Leaguers.