162 games at 3-5 hours vs 16 games at 3.5 hours
Football is a little bit higher on the radar, especially since the Sox are running away with the division.
I just don't think HOF voters care if a team retires a number or not. Like I said, the reason it took Rice so long to get in wasn't because his number wasn't retired, it was because he was a fringe HOF candidate.
"The Sox will want to head off some of the detractors who will knee jerk their way to "how can we consider him for the HOF when the Sox won't even retire his number"."
This makes little sense. Was that why it took Rice so long to get in, because the Sox didn't retire #14?
No.
The Yankees could really do anything with the way they're playing right now. They could win out and make the playoffs, lose out and execute Susie Waldman, or something in between. Anything could happen.
"Could have chosen Boston." Cite your sources. Can't blame a guy for wanting a paycheck. If the Sox hadn't ridden him on the rails, it wouldn't be an issue.