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[metsmarathon]

i think that it'd be cool to have larger than life sized statues for each of the retired numbers.

i mean, the pic only shows the big blue 42, but there could be a 41 under another escalator, a 'shea' under another, etc., and perhaps one day a 31 at the top of a flight of stairs - who knows!

ok, so im not entirely serious about hte placement, but the idea of abstract numbers i like. 'we can't put them on a freakin' jersey - they're too damned big to fit on the back of a normal man'

[Frayed Knot]

If the Dodger references are more or less limited to the outisde architecture (there are no similarlities in the field AFAIK) and the JR tribute I'm not going to have a problem with it.

If there's a lot more at the same time that NYM history is getting buried in the basement than that's a different story, but I'll at least wait until we get to that point before breaking out the pitchforks.

[metirish]

As mentioned above I think after the big money for naming rights( would they get that right now in the current mess) Fred felt it his duty to honor Jackie and not to be forgotten here is his friendship with Rachel Robinson.