If they retire Ortiz' number it won't be to "help his HOF case". It will be retired because of what he's meant to the franchise. That idea is just silly.
Just know that if i do it YOTN won't ban me. He will have harsh words for me and will likely delete my post. To save him the trouble and avoid being on my partner-in-quips' bad graces, i will allow you the pleasure of posting silly pictures with numbers.
Fix your semantics. "Farmhand" in this instance refers to a player who was brought up from the farm. By the definition of the terms Pedroia, Ellsbury, Lester, Nava, Buchholz, Nava et al are all farmhands.
I just got a PM from Jacko asking me let y'all know he won't be around tomorrow. Tomorrow he's packing all of his dildos, beads, ball gags and strap-ons. There's a buttload (hehe) of that stuff and it's going to take him all day.
The whole "he played for the Yankees" thing is overplayed. I think the fact that he's a cheating, lying piece of s*** is more reason to not retire his number than his involvement with the Yankee organization.