Posted on 02/07/2009 1:05:37 PM PST by andrew roman
Once upon a time, when radio was still paying my bills, I took the calculated risk of veering away from all of the easy Monica Lewinsky chatter and dedicated an hour of airtime to the idea of retiring the number "3" throughout Major League Baseball in honor of the game's most important - and arguably greatest - player of all, Babe Ruth. Jackie Robinson's "42" had recently been retired - something that seemed perfectly fine to me - but it occurred to me that if Robinson was being honored by such an unprecedented move, it made at least as much sense to retire the Babe's number the same way.
That was eleven years ago. I stand by it today.
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B-bu-bb-but ya left off the Eyeball in the Pyramid thingie ...
Novus Ordo Seclorum
Williams would definitely have benefited hitting in the stadium. Not sure about Joe in Fenway, though he’d have loved playing with Dom. Depends on if he lofted balls or hit line drives for homers primarily. A line drive hitter (Jim Rice, Manny) is hurt by the wall. Home runs turn into singles. If Joe was a lofter (Dwight Evans, Rico Petrocelli), he’d have benefited.
Joey-D could have easily reached 600 or more if he played for any other team in any other ballpark other than Yankee Stadium. If in Fenway, his shots would have at least bounced off the top of the Green Monster and fell for a double or triple, or even perhaps an inside-the-park HR .. yes, Joe D was *that* quick on his feet ...
Consequently, Teddy (frozen head) Williams would have had a field day shooting at "Ruth's Porch" in Yankee Stadium ... all that remains is counting how many dingers would have ended up in the Bleacher Creature section :)
Funny thing is ... I hate the Yankees, too!
:)
Andrew Roman
Brooklyn, NY
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