The Non Sequiturs: Final Four Edition
Mike McClary
Posted on April 4, 2009
Watching countless commercial breaks and a little Final Four hoops, I thought I’d finger-roll some non sequiturs:
- There’s no place to put him, unfortunately, but I wish the Tigers could right and old wrong and bring back the now-available Frank Catalanotto.
- In case you were wondering, with the Opening Day roster set, the Tigers have assigned official uniform numbers to: Ryan Perry, 74; Rick Porcello, 48; Juan Rincon, 59; and Josh Anderson, 13.
- Speaking of Rincon, talk about a guy who flew under the radar all spring. I’ve got a feeling he could be the most important reliever leading up to late innings.
- And while we’re talking numbers, my post-Sheff release commentary the other day had a misleading headline. I intended to go off on his wearing of Alan Trammell’s number 3 but got, as you saw, sidetracked. I was never happy about him wearing Tram’s number and I think the Tigers need to be more protective of stars’ numbers.
No one should be able to wear #3 again, or Lou Whitaker‘s #1, Jack Morris‘s #47, or (sorry, Josh Anderson), Lance Parrish‘s #13. Years ago I read somewhere that clubhouse guy Jim Schmakel is very protective of those 1984 stars’ numbers. I think they should make it a policy, plain and simple. What do you think?
Finally, it wouldn’t be Opening Day — or the baseball season for that matter — without more doggerel from the guys at Bardball.com. Chances are you’ve never seen baseball predictions in haiku, so you’re in for a treat.
Go State.
Im gonna have to disagree with you. I think it’s ridiculous that a player’s number is such a big deal, especially when it’s retired. I think that no number on any club should ever be retired, I understand the Jackie Robinson thing-which should be the only exception. If you start retiring numbers there aren’t going to be any numbers left to use eventually. There really aren’t that many numbers-nobody really uses numbers higher than 40-50. Who would want to wear #87 just because all the low #’s are taken-like 1,3,6,13,etc.I also understand the respect issue-if a player is still alive then ask their permission or their family-Sheffield asked permission and Tramm said ok. I honestly think it’s stupid that a player can’t wear a # he wants because it’s retired or something. I don’t mean to offend anybody, but every # should be available and no #’s should ever be retired.When I played sports my # was 6, if I played for the Tiger’s I would have been upset if someone told me I couldn’t wear it-no disrespect to Kaline.If you look at it from a different p.o.v, you’ll see why it’s not a good idea.It’s just my opinion-I wish more people agreed with me on this one because this one kind of bothers me.