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24: Live Another Day (split from Canó DFA'd)

Edgy MD May 06 2022 09:39 PM

Interesting Sideplot: Does the number 24 stay in circulation or return to the mothballs?

Gwreck May 07 2022 02:45 AM Re: Cano DFA'd

Something in the middle. 24 is probably going to be treated like 7 or 8; it's not going to openly assigned, but if someone asks and has a good reason, sure, they can have it. As opposed to anything actually retired (or #5), which are not available.

bmfc1 May 07 2022 07:02 AM Re: Cano DFA'd

Edgy MD wrote: Interesting Sideplot: Does the number 24 stay in circulation or return to the mothballs? Retire "24" for Willie and do it at a ceremony soon (it was his 91st birthday yesterday). If you want to argue about his time as a Met not being worthy of this honor think about his tenure in New York baseball.

batmagadanleadoff May 07 2022 07:08 AM Re: Cano DFA'd Edited 1 time(s), most recently on May 07 2022 07:16 AM

Something in the middle. 24 is probably going to be treated like 7 or 8; it's not going to openly assigned, but if someone asks and has a good reason, sure, they can have it. As opposed to anything actually retired (or #5), which are not available. "7" is getting the (sigh) "8" treatment? I did not know that and it doesn't look that way from the way "7" has been issued, historically. On "24", I don't have a good feel for what might happen next, but if I had to guess, I'd go with how the number was treated just before it was assigned to Cano because given Willie's advanced age, if Cohen was leaning towards retiring "24, I'm guessing he'd have done it before announcing the retirement of Keith's "17, given the apparent urgency of the situation. That's all I got. I'm staying out of whether "24" should even be retired by the Mets in the first place.

Johnny Lunchbucket May 07 2022 07:15 AM Re: Cano DFA'd

Retire 24 for payson

Marshmallowmilkshake May 07 2022 08:24 AM Re: Cano DFA'd

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: Retire 24 for payson Brilliant! She was a trailblazer!

G-Fafif May 07 2022 09:43 AM Re: 24: Live Another Day (split from Canó DFA'd)

24 is Willie's number, not Joan's. I get the linkage, but each rates their own explicit acknowledgment as great New York National League figures.

kcmets May 07 2022 10:00 AM Re: 24: Live Another Day (split from Canó DFA'd)

Not to change the subject, as that rarely happens here, but does anyone have that Jay Satan 666 classic photo anywhere? I thought it was on the kcmets server but couldn't find it doing a quick search.

roger_that May 07 2022 11:15 AM Re: 24: Live Another Day (split from Canó DFA'd)

I think Shamsky and Rickey would feel honored.