New Players' Jersey Numbers

"Elson Trinidad" <elson @ westworld . com> wrote in message
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> Just in case anyone's keeping track:
>
> Brad Penny: #41
> Brent Mayne: #6
> Hee-Seop Choi: #5
> Steve Finley: #16 (boo, hisss...Why? #12 isn't taken!)

Brazoban: #43

It's not like they were going to retire #16 for Lo Duca.
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"Chris" <dodgerchrisREMOVETHIS74 RemoveThis @yahoo.NOSPAMcom> wrote in message
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> "Elson Trinidad" <elson @ westworld . com> wrote in message
> news:10gu6bu2its6m4d@corp.supernews.com...
> > Just in case anyone's keeping track:
> >
> > Brad Penny: #41
> > Brent Mayne: #6
> > Hee-Seop Choi: #5
> > Steve Finley: #16 (boo, hisss...Why? #12 isn't taken!)
>
> Brazoban: #43
>
> It's not like they were going to retire #16 for Lo Duca.

Sure. And Mayne has Steve Garvey's old number...I'm not pissed with
that...but taking a number of someone who was just traded away, especially
someone popular with fans and fellow teammates alike just doesn't come off
as a good gesture.
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"Ima Pseudonym" <akrasian.RemoveThis@nospam.hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 2 Aug 2004 21:49:58 -0700, "Elson Trinidad" <elson @ westworld
> . com> wrote:
>
> >Just in case anyone's keeping track:
> >
> >Brad Penny: #41
> >Brent Mayne: #6
> >Hee-Seop Choi: #5
> >Steve Finley: #16 (boo, hisss...Why? #12 isn't taken!)
>
> Somebody told me today that he had switched. I don't know if that's
> true, though.


NEWSFLASH!!! Tis True!!! The updated numbers, according to dodgers.com, are:

Steve Finley #12 (But hold on, isn't that Tracy's number?)
Brad Penny: #30 (I heard on Sunday's game broadcast that coach John Shelby
offered Penny his #31 (Penny's previous number) but Penny thanked the member
of the '88 World Series Champion team and politely refused it.)

Mayne, Choi and Brazoban's numbers stay the same...
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Now Finley's got the 12 and now Tracy's wearing Lo Duca's 16. Of course the
Dodgers weren't going to retire Lo Duca's 16... But it shouldn't be given
out right after a fan-favorite departs.

Changing the subject I always thought that #6 and #34 were "unissued," not
retired. But last year Jolbert Cabrera was wering 6 and now Mayne is wearing
it. IMO, #6 should be retired way before Don Sutton's #20. I don't agree
with the Dodgers' "only HOF inductees have numbers retired, except for
Gilliam's #19."

And speaking of #19... I GUARANTEE that no one will be wearing #19 for the
Padres even though the number isn't officially retired. I would think San
Diego is waiting for Tony Gwynn's inevitable HOF induction. Also speaking of
the Padres they have two non-HOF numbers reitred: Randy Jones and STEVE
GARVEY.

You look at what #6 Steve Garvey meant to the Dodgers for that many years
and what the impact #34 Fernando Valenzuela had on Los Angeles, I think both
their numbers should be retired. Sutton deserves his HOF induction but I
still don't think his #20 should be retired by the Dodgers.

"Elson Trinidad" <elson @ westworld . com> wrote in message
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> Just in case anyone's keeping track:
>
> Brad Penny: #41
> Brent Mayne: #6
> Hee-Seop Choi: #5
> Steve Finley: #16 (boo, hisss...Why? #12 isn't taken!)
>
>
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