Why the number change?

[26 to 6]

i still dont understand why Boomer and Edgar switched numbers, i understand Edgar has worn 3 his entire professional career, including the minors...but why did the switch occur?

[yeszir]

Because it made them both perform excellently, thats why. There was a sum of 300,000 involved or something. It seems to have worked.

 

And even if you don't mean it, every single one of your posts is antagonistic because of your signature. So long as you aren't an utter moron you're welcome here. Welcome. I guess.

[CalvnHobs6]

I feel like Boomer wore 16 at some point during his career as well.

[26 to 6]

Because it made them both perform excellently, thats why. There was a sum of 300,000 involved or something. It seems to have worked.

 

And even if you don't mean it, every single one of your posts is antagonistic because of your signature. So long as you aren't an utter moron you're welcome here. Welcome. I guess.

 

 

my sig is just stating the obvious, you Sox fans like to jump on the yankees for their choke last year and disregard all of your previous chokes which isnt fair, so im just reminding you guys what the numbers are, not trying to be antaganostic...just stating facts...thats my response for every sox fan who jumps on me for last year...26 to 6

 

thanks for the welcome

[soxie thefangirl]

eh. who cares about the PAST? we're the champs now.

 

anywho. Edgar went up to him and wrote down a figure. and Wells accepted it. and they changed numbers. and it seems to WORK excellently.

[26 to 6]

calvnhobbs, you're right it completely slipped my mind that Boomer wore 16 in Detroit....but i still dont understand why, i doubt that they walked up ot each other and said "hey wanna switch, maybe we'll play better"

...just doesnt make sense to me, like how Mendoza switched from 55 to 26 back in 03

[soxie thefangirl]

I just explained it. according to the site Edgar walked up to Wells, wrote down a figure, said he wants the number and they switched. no big. Edgar has always worn #3.

[26 to 6]

anywho. Edgar went up to him and wrote down a figure. and Wells accepted it. and they changed numbers. and it seems to WORK excellently.

 

thanks, makes sense...do you know this for sure or are you just throwing it out there....only reason i dont understand your theory is that Boomer loves Babe, and why would he just sell a number....but whatever, if you say this is what happened i cant argue it

 

thanks

[CalvnHobs6]

I think Edgar's been eyeing number 3 since he got here. What probably went through Wells' head was, "Well, I can't really be doing any worse."

 

As for your signature, come up with another argument. Honestly. Most Sox fans couldn't care less how many more championships you've won than we have. You've won a lot of championships. We get it. This is just the Yankee fan excuse coming up with a new "1918." You've won 6 in the last 40 years. I'm not impressed. I don't think what happened before NINETEEN SIXTY is really relevant. Get over it.

[soxie thefangirl]

I'm not making it up. it's in an article on RedSox.com. so maybe he got over his obsession. it does say that it gave him the chance to finally be rid of his demons or whatever.

[schillingouttheks]

Yeah Calvn exactly...you know you can't say 1918 anymore so now you're still trying to find something to say. 26 to 6 just shows your desperation. A year ago you all were "You won't win until 2018 blah blah blah and now that we have finally won it, your searching your purses for something else to try and piss us off. We won, give us credit, whatever. And all the s*** you've given us...I think we can give a little back.

 

I also love how it says BOSTON SUCKS right on the top of your thread. Your not gunna get a warm welcome on a Sox board with that...

 

I also love how it says that considering this past weekends series...I think we showed who really sucks.

[missingmientkiewicz]

Hey 26 to 6...Obviously the Yanks have had one of the greatest franchises of all time...Some of the greatest players of all time...I always thought the New York Sucks chant was a little ignorant. However, last year the Yankees committed the greatest choke in the history of sports...You really can never live that down...

 

(Also a Mark Bellhorn fan)

[04redsoxram]

I was watching the game tonight and they talked to Edgar about it and he said that Wells came up to him and inquired about the switch and Edgar asked how much, and then Boomer wrote down a number on a piece of paper and handed it to him and he didnt even try to lower it, and when they asked him how much all he said was "alot".

[yeszir]

So Boomer actually charged Renteria to get his number back? They couldn't have just traded? I guarantee you Wells was thinking about it in amounts of beer.

[Sox fan in Tex]

BOO! Go back to the YES Boards and take your 26 rings from last century with you. And if you atleast want to make an attempt to stay, you might as well change your sig. All that matters is the years at the end of each team. 2004>2000, end of story.

 

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2005/05/29/sports/29yankees1.583.jpg

[BoSox Rule]

So Boomer actually charged Renteria to get his number back? They couldn't have just traded? I guarantee you Wells was thinking about it in amounts of beer.

I'm pretty sure money is always involved in trades like that.

[yeszir]

Even if both players want to switch?

[Sizzlin22]

I've never bee a beliver in 26 to 6 or Yankees Suck I believe that people should boast about what their team has done IN THIER LIFETIME if you weren;t there in the 1920's than you really don't care.

[BellhornLove]

I think that when the Sox got Mientkiewicz, his number was supposed to be 16 but they changed it to 13...

[26 to 6]

I've never bee a beliver in 26 to 6 or Yankees Suck I believe that people should boast about what their team has done IN THIER LIFETIME if you weren;t there in the 1920's than you really don't care.

 

im not switching my name to "4 to 1"

 

either way you look at it we still lead, just think of it as me giving you the benefit and regarding your 6 championships rather than your 1 which took place in both of our lifetimes. And of coarse i care, my family is filled with Yankee fans for generations, my uncles and grandfather and whatnot have told me about the great teams past...i care about anything regarding the Yankee organization....maybe you dont have the same love and appreciation for your team as me, but thats your problem, not mine.

[26 to 6]

soxie, thanks i didnt realise you were taking it off of a site, i thought you might have just been saying that as a possibility...sorry

[PeskysPole49]

my sig is just stating the obvious, you Sox fans like to jump on the yankees for their choke last year and disregard all of your previous chokes which isnt fair, so im just reminding you guys what the numbers are, not trying to be antaganostic...just stating facts...thats my response for every sox fan who jumps on me for last year...26 to 6

 

thanks for the welcome

 

In ways, you should be thanking Boston fans for your success. Them 26 championships all came after we handed Ruth to ya...that is if you believe in all that Curse mumbo jumbo.

[PeskysPole49]

im not switching my name to "4 to 1"

 

either way you look at it we still lead, just think of it as me giving you the benefit and regarding your 6 championships rather than your 1 which took place in both of our lifetimes. And of coarse i care, my family is filled with Yankee fans for generations, my uncles and grandfather and whatnot have told me about the great teams past...i care about anything regarding the Yankee organization....maybe you dont have the same love and appreciation for your team as me, but thats your problem, not mine.

 

I really don't know about anyone else, but I'm sick of this Red Sox/Yankee s***. I'm so tired watching the Sox and Yanks wack it out on the field, just like I'm tired of trading shots with Yankee fans. I seen the sox win a championship, now lets just sit back and enjoy the game of life

[26 to 6]

wow you guys are just a little ignorant here huh?...you guys are all gettin on me and i didnt say ONE negative thing to any of you, yes my sig prolly isnt the best but that could be changed, and btw...im not from the YES boards, theyre full of people who know NOTHING about the game and its history as well as the Yankees and their history (which happens to include 26 Championships and 39 Pennants...just in case you forgot), and plus its so unorganized there....and granted right now its 2004-2000 in favor of you guys, but regardless it would have been like that when you guys won eventually anyway so thats really not that big a deal. and YES, you guys did win the weekend series, but last time i checked the season series was ONLY 5-4...you guys have ONE GAME on us, the July series up in Fenway will be here soon enough and then its redemption time. And yes we did choke last year, and no i cant live that down. But what about all of your chokes, you act as if they NEVER happened. Remember Enos Slaughter, the Cards in 67, Bucky Dent, and blowing the World Series while only 1 strike away from a win. so the way i see it is you guys lead in the choke category while we lead in the championship category.

[BigPapiEnFuego]

I think that when the Sox got Mientkiewicz, his number was supposed to be 16 but they changed it to 13...

 

Yeah, cause Ricky Guiterrez was on the team and he already wore 16.

[26 to 6]

In ways, you should be thanking Boston fans for your success. Them 26 championships all came after we handed Ruth to ya...that is if you believe in all that Curse mumbo jumbo.

umm....Ruth only helped us win in 1923, 1927, 1928, and 1932

[PeskysPole49]

wow you guys are just a little ignorant here huh?...you guys are all gettin on me and i didnt say ONE negative thing to any of you, yes my sig prolly isnt the best but that could be changed, and btw...im not from the YES boards, theyre full of people who know NOTHING about the game and its history as well as the Yankees and their history (which happens to include 26 Championships and 39 Pennants...just in case you forgot), and plus its so unorganized there....and granted right now its 2004-2000 in favor of you guys, but regardless it would have been like that when you guys won eventually anyway so thats really not that big a deal. and YES, you guys did win the weekend series, but last time i checked the season series was ONLY 5-4...you guys have ONE GAME on us, the July series up in Fenway will be here soon enough and then its redemption time. And yes we did choke last year, and no i cant live that down. But what about all of your chokes, you act as if they NEVER happened. Remember Enos Slaughter, the Cards in 67, Bucky Dent, and blowing the World Series while only 1 strike away from a win. so the way i see it is you guys lead in the choke category while we lead in the championship category.

 

 

Your famous Choke is the biggest and worst ever in the history of baseball....possibly in sports. After game three, you just feel apart. Our chokes weren't nearly as bad and were minor. You blew a three-0 lead in the ALCS....some how Buckners passed up grounder doesn't match up to the Choke of history. Plus, Bucky Dent's homer wasn't a choke on the Sox part

[PeskysPole49]

and without Ruth, i doubt you'd of won....i believe a Thank You to Red Sox nation is in order

[26 to 6]

Your famous Choke is the biggest and worst ever in the history of baseball....possibly in sports. After game three, you just feel apart. Our chokes weren't nearly as bad and were minor. You blew a three-0 lead in the ALCS....some how Buckners passed up grounder doesn't match up to the Choke of history. Plus, Bucky Dent's homer wasn't a choke on the Sox part

just because our choke was worse means that your countless chokes didnt happen?

is that what your telling me?

 

and i think blowing a game in which you were one strike away from a WORLD SERIES title is a little more meaningful than blowing a series in which we were one GAME away from a WORLD SERIES appearance. Also it wasnt just Buckner, remember the past ball that put Gary Carter on second?

[PeskysPole49]

just because our choke was worse means that your countless chokes didnt happen?

is that what your telling me?

 

and i think blowing a game in which you were one strike away from a WORLD SERIES title is a little more meaningful than blowing a series in which we were one GAME away from a WORLD SERIES appearance. Also it wasnt just Buckner, remember the past ball that put Gary Carter on second?

 

in all honesty, What is a Yankee Fan doing in a talksox forum anyways? Yankee fans are always bitching about how we're classless fans, yet they infected Sox chat rooms....but, however, you never started anything here....so i'm just letting this all go.

* I'll give you the Passed Ball *