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you think the yankees will retire # 21

JoewoowooJoewoowoo Posts: 260
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I was wondering what everybody thinks about this . do you think the yankees will one day retire #21 for paul oneal. I ask this because of the way the yankee fans , including myself responded to Latroy Hawkins making his first appearence as a yankee wearing # 21. For those who didnt see what happened ,yankees fans were booing him yelling take it off ,your not paulie , needless to say he dropped the number and now wheres #22. post your thoughts

Joe
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  • SportsItUpCardsSportsItUpCards Posts: 2,547
    The should!

    Giovanni
  • larryallen73larryallen73 Posts: 6,069 ✭✭✭
    If you retire a jersey for an above average player like O'neal I imagine there won't be many jerseys left to use.
  • digicatdigicat Posts: 8,551 ✭✭


    << <i>If you retire a jersey for an above average player like O'neal I imagine there won't be many jerseys left to use. >>



    Above average player, yes, but he was also a fan favorite. If the fans demand it, I can see the Yanks doing it.
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  • SportsItUpCardsSportsItUpCards Posts: 2,547


    << <i>If you retire a jersey for an above average player like O'neal I imagine there won't be many jerseys left to use. >>



    They can start using 21B, 21C and so on image

    Giovanni
  • TomGshotputTomGshotput Posts: 1,358
    Does anyone else find it amazing that the people who think a team should retire a number can't even spell the players name correctly?
    Tom
  • edmundfitzgeraldedmundfitzgerald Posts: 4,306 ✭✭


    << <i>Does anyone else find it amazing that the people who think a team should retire a number can't even spell the players name correctly? >>



    He spelled it correctly ! Paul and Shaquille are brothers.
  • AlmostPerfectAlmostPerfect Posts: 275
    no, why would they?
  • EstilEstil Posts: 7,225 ✭✭✭✭✭
    You also realize there soon won't be any single digits left, once Jeter (#2) and Torre's (#6) shirts are hung up.
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  • MantleMarisFordBerraMantleMarisFordBerra Posts: 1,711 ✭✭✭
    Look, we can't retire every # of every above aveage popular player...there would be none left! Not only that, but it would take away some of the prestige associated with having your # retired. Paulie was great, a "warrior", but when I look at the #s on the out field wall, I just don't see Paulie fitting in.

    Of course, I did and still do feel the same about Ron Guidry.
  • baseballfanaticbaseballfanatic Posts: 2,415 ✭✭
    Never happen
    At least not for Paul O'Neill
  • cubfan89cubfan89 Posts: 632 ✭✭✭
    They already have enough retired jerseys. Jeez, #8 has been retired twice for 2 different players (Dickey & Berr). I think Jeter will have his retired some day-but that's it!
  • perkdogperkdog Posts: 31,783 ✭✭✭✭✭
    If they retire his then they would have to retire Bernie Williams and Scott Brosius too!


    No way.
  • CDsNutsCDsNuts Posts: 10,092 ✭
    They never retired Gerrig, Rooth or Dimajio, so I don't know why they would retire O'Neal.
  • SDSportsFanSDSportsFan Posts: 5,178 ✭✭✭✭✭
    What I want to know is why did they give Clemens' number to Hawkins? imageimage

    Clemens deserves to have his number retired alot more than O'Neill does!!!!! image

    Steve
  • KarbKarb Posts: 557 ✭✭✭
    I don't feel they will or should retire it. He was a fan favorite but not that caliber type IMO.
    Robert

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  • BobaFett72BobaFett72 Posts: 7,304
    they shouldnt; he was good, but not "great"
  • JoewoowooJoewoowoo Posts: 260
    LoL I'm sorry I spelled it Oneal like shaq I was thinking about the Suns Spurs game when I wrote this and had a brain dump . Big shaq fan ! Please forgive me image
    640K ought to be enough for anyone.
    -Bill Gates,1981

    "With hurricanes,tornados, fires out of control, mud slides, flooding, severe thunderstorms tearing up the country from one end to another,& with the threat of bird flu and terrorist attacks,"Are we sure this is a good time to take God out of the Pledge of Allegiance?"" Jay Leno 2006

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  • TNTonPMSTNTonPMS Posts: 2,279 ✭✭
    That is an easy mistake to make , I find it funny that anyone would call someone on something like that . . . Come on
  • JoewoowooJoewoowoo Posts: 260
    a bunch of english teachers here . and there out looking to correct every post.image
    640K ought to be enough for anyone.
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    "With hurricanes,tornados, fires out of control, mud slides, flooding, severe thunderstorms tearing up the country from one end to another,& with the threat of bird flu and terrorist attacks,"Are we sure this is a good time to take God out of the Pledge of Allegiance?"" Jay Leno 2006

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  • GDM67GDM67 Posts: 2,526 ✭✭✭✭
    Just for the record, LaTroy wore 21 for the same reason Carlos Delgado does: to honor Clemente.

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  • NYYanks23NYYanks23 Posts: 232 ✭
    No, they won't retire his number. He was a very good player, and a fan favorite, but the line has to be drawn somewhere. If you retire his number, then you have to do Tino Martinez and Bernie as well. I loved watching him play, but I don't think he gets his number retired.
  • SportsItUpCardsSportsItUpCards Posts: 2,547


    << <i>a bunch of english teachers here . and there out looking to correct every post.image >>



    Amen to that! image

    Giovanni
  • gumbyfangumbyfan Posts: 5,168 ✭✭✭


    << <i>a bunch of english teachers here . and there out looking to correct every post.image >>



    Imagine if someone pointed out that this topic has nothing to do with sports cards & memorabilia and should be on the sports talk forum instead... image
  • YankeeefanYankeeefan Posts: 525
    They should retire Horace Clarke's number too!
  • MantleMarisFordBerraMantleMarisFordBerra Posts: 1,711 ✭✭✭


    << <i>They should retire Horace Clarke's number too! >>



    Don't forget Jake Gibbs & Roberto Kelly!
  • TNTonPMSTNTonPMS Posts: 2,279 ✭✭
    Yea, I highly doubt they will retire his number
  • bigtec9bigtec9 Posts: 25
    let us not forget about Roger Repoz!Did I hear you say who? Exactley my thoughts about O'neill being forced into the lineup of Mantle,Ruth Gehrig,etc etc.
  • WinPitcherWinPitcher Posts: 27,726 ✭✭✭
    Speaking of Jake Gibbs the Yankees did honor him with a day.

    Steve
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  • stevekstevek Posts: 30,210 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The Yankees though must have retired a lot of different player's names because I watched a Yankees game the other night and noticed there were no player names on the Yankees uniforms.
  • WinPitcherWinPitcher Posts: 27,726 ✭✭✭
    You figured that out with your Penn state education did ya?


    lol

    Steve

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    Good for you.
  • shagrotn77shagrotn77 Posts: 5,628 ✭✭✭✭
    They've retired too many number as it is. Paulie O was a damn good Yankee, but I don't see them retiring his number. They'd have to retire Bernie's too. Then before you know it you'd have Yankees wearing letters or symbols instead of numbers...because they ran out!!!
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  • WinPitcherWinPitcher Posts: 27,726 ✭✭✭
    lol they could use 3 digits.


    or, they could do what Prince did a number of years back.


    Steve
    Good for you.
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