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Uniform numbers aren\u2019t for everyone. I have friends who I\u2019d consider to be engaged sports fans who have almost zero recall of who wore what number \u2014 and even less inclination to further study the art.<\/p>\n
I also have friends \u2014 and I\u2019m the chairman of this little extra-curricular activity \u2014 who believe uniform numbers are an essential part of investing in sports. I\u2019m not saying that\u2019s true. I just know that the other night a buddy asked about Ron Gardenhire \u2014 an excellent manager in his day but a fairly obscure Met before that \u2014 and I immediately said \u201c19.\u201d I\u2019m not sure I can recall anything else about Gardenhire\u2019s 285-game tenure with the Mets, but I remembered he wore 19. When the friend looked it up on Baseball-Reference.com and confirmed it, he nodded in admiration.<\/p>\n
This isn\u2019t a skill that will change the world. But I\u2019m a uniform number guy. So Saturday was my kind of day, the Mets retiring Darryl Strawberry\u2019s No. 18 forever, swelling the roster at Citi Field to seven \u2014 14 (Gil Hodges), 16 (Doc Gooden), 17 (Keith Hernandez), 18 (Strawberry), 36 (Jerry Koosman), 37 (Casey Stengel) and 41 (Tom Seaver) when, for the longest time, only Hodges, Stengel and Seaver had that honor.<\/p>\n
It got me thinking about who might get the next retired number for each of our nine teams in the four major leagues. And here is one man\u2019s guess at that:<\/p>\n
Mets<\/p>\n
It almost certainly has to be David Wright\u2019s 5, it\u2019s just a matter of when. After that? Just about every worthy member of the all-time roster (for now) will have been duly honored. It\u2019s anyone\u2019s guess who the ninth number would be. He might not have been drafted yet \u2014 though if he stays around, Pete Alonso is a possibility.<\/p>\n
Yankees<\/p>\n
No team better takes care of its legends in this regards than the Yankees, so there are no holdouts. Safe to say Aaron Judge\u2019s 99 will reside in Monument Park someday, at the earliest possible date.<\/p>\n
Giants<\/p>\n
I\u2019d say at some point a public reconnection\/reconciliation with Tiki Barber is in order. He is the all-time rusher \u2014 by more than 3,500 yards \u2014 for a team that\u2019s about to begin its 100th year of operation. It should be time for 21.<\/p>\n
Jets<\/p>\n
This one should have been done a long time ago: Gerry Philbin\u2019s 81. He was the Joe Namath (only less chatty) of the \u201968 Jets defense.<\/p>\n
Knicks<\/p>\n
While I\u2019d love to suggest that someday Julius Randle will have enough gravitas to warrant a dual hanging of 30 with Bernard King, the most egregious omission right now is Richie Guerin\u2019s No. 9, which should\u2019ve been hung at the Garden decades ago.<\/p>\n
Nets<\/p>\n
We know the answer to this: The Nets will retire Vince Carter\u2019s 15 next season. Me? I\u2019d have gone with Micheal Ray Richardson\u2019s 20 before Carter. His time with the Nets was brief and ended badly but he was electric.<\/p>\n
Rangers<\/p>\n
I\u2019m with my man Brooksie on this one: Brad Park\u2019s No. 2 should be added to Brian Leetch\u2019s No. 2 sooner rather than later. And there\u2019s precedent: two 9s (Adam Graves and Andy Bathgate) and two 11s (Mark Messier and Vic Hadfield) already hang in the rafters.<\/p>\n
Islanders<\/p>\n
The only real omission from the Dynasty Boys is Ken Morrow, who was as reliable and as clutch a player as any of them. His No. 6 really belongs at UBS Center.<\/p>\n
Devils<\/p>\n
Claude Lemieux was an essential part of the team\u2019s attack and an integral part of the dressing room for the 1995 and 2000 champs. Neither departure was especially smooth, but Pepe\u2019s 22 should hang.<\/p>\n
Vac\u2019s Whacks<\/p>\n
I was remiss in my tribute to Bill Walton the other day to not recall the profound impact New York\u2019s very own Marty Glickman had in helping Walton overcome a stutter and giving him first-class, hands-on training as a broadcaster.<\/p>\n
On the subject of Negro Leaguers being incorporated into MLB stats, I defer as always to my late friend, the great Buck O\u2019Neil, who once told me, \u201cAnyone who saw Josh Gibson or ol\u2019 Satch Paige play knows they were every bit as good as the best white players. But fewer and fewer of us are still around. What happens when we\u2019re all gone and nobody can talk about them?\u201d If this makes one kid look up Gibson and Paige? Sign me up.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m about halfway through \u201cA Man in Full,\u201d and, as always with any project she is in, Diane Lane is the best part about it. By a lot.<\/p>\n
Celtics in seven. But it\u2019s going to be fun watching Luka for seven games worth of prime time.<\/p>\n
Whack Back at Vac<\/p>\n
Henry Conte: Steve Cohen drew a hand of Brodie, Porter, Scott and Eppler. \u2026. I hope his casino poker tables have better luck.<\/p>\n
Vac: That is the time you go looking for a new dealer. For his sake, David Stearns had better be the one.<\/p>\n
Paul Sciortino: I guess they are right, money doesn\u2019t buy happiness, see Steve Cohen and the Mets. Maybe they just don\u2019t know where to shop?<\/p>\n
Vac: At least it seems like he\u2019s done with his antique-store phase. That\u2019s a start.<\/p>\n
JerzDevl2000: Angel Hernandez finally made the right call.<\/p>\n
@MikeVacc: Sometimes all it takes is seven words to say it all.<\/p>\n
Gregg Slater: I was lucky enough to have spent time with Bill Walton over the years. The first time in an airport where we were both sitting around with flight delays. Walked up to him and asked about UCLA and didn\u2019t get a word in for the next 10 minutes. By the time we were done, he knew my wife and kids\u2019 names.<\/p>\n
Vac: So many stories like this have flooded in these past few days. What a man. What a life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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