Because he signed a contract with the TBDR's that would put a DR hat on his HOF plaque. He was just a guy who put up numbers. He left Boston to win a WS in NY. Thirteen players have worn his number since he left and no one cared. More people cared when Manny used Dewey's number.
Clemens' number is basically retired already as no one has worn it since. Same with Pedro.
Honestly, the only recent NYY numbers that should be retired are Jeter and Rivera. Retiring Posada is basically retiring Varitek. But if NY wants to let everyone into their memeorial garden, may as well erect a Brosius statue and let everyone have a plaque. Blue ribbons for everyone! You are all special snowflakes!
Is anyone buying the "Lucchino is on the way out" chatter of the past few days?
http://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/2015/02/16/are-red-sox-shifting-away-from-larry-lucchino/yOI0qA1XmsDKQMYg7BUpCM/story.html
I know it comes from Shank, but could this be a real issue?
The only problem is the 4 guys to play 8 positions thing. The offense is on paper going mash and mash. The players that won't hit as well (Pedroia, CV, Vic) play excellent defense. Complain about the pitching all you want, but I have a hard time understanding what anyone's issue with the lineup will be.
Kimmi, when the server goes down, lots of wonky things happen. Maybe when TalkSox came back online, it reverted to an older backup and newer posts were deleted?