Comments on: Ya Gotta Believe # 45 Needs To Be Retired First

By: Jack krug

Jack krug — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 11:39:56 +0000

Retired numbers should be hallowed and unquestioned. The next one on the wall should be Ralph Kiner’s old Pittsburgh number, and in Pittsburgh colors, too. Ralph’s been an active Met presence since their birth!

By: alex68

alex68 — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 13:21:00 +0000

10 years with a team is no longer the case with free agency and what not, the longer tenure met we have is reyes with exactly what? 8 years? and that may be it for him, he holds a bunch of mets record already, if he ends up his career with HOF type numbers, wouldn’t you think the mets might consider retiring his number? same with david if he stays a met for longer than 2014 imo..

By: t agee

t agee — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 13:15:51 +0000

I’s impose a mandatory 10 year minimum tenure with the Mets before being considered to have your number retired.

What I would do is name a section of the Stadium after some of these guys or put their name up on the wall or something bu retiring someone’s number who was here for 4-6 years?

Reeks of cheap artificial history making. No matter how you slice it and dice it Carter, Hernandez, Piazza had many many more years with the Expos, Cards and Dodgers (minors and majors) than they did with the Mets. Strawberry was with the Mets for only 7 years, Gooden 10 but some were while he was suspended and McGraw was with us for 9 years, Phillie 10.

I’d name a section of Citifield closest to the position of a number of deserving former Mets like Grote, Koosman, Cleon, Agee, Clendenon, Milan, Staub, Clendennon, Knight, but I wouldn’t retire any more numbers until sometime appears where there is no debate. Then you know he’s worthy.

By: alex68

alex68 — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 13:14:06 +0000

jim, funny you mention that we should retire #31 and #45, those numbers were both used by john franco..

By: Jim

Jim — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 13:09:49 +0000

I say we should retire #8, #31 and #45.

By: alex68

alex68 — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 12:26:27 +0000

imo, piazza, hernandez, gooden and carter’s # should be retired

By: MetFan Lou

MetFan Lou — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 12:24:50 +0000

There is a simple solutuion here. Retire numbers for players that are in the HOF and was an impact player for their team. Gary Carter certainly fits that criteria.

By: NYMetsfan

NYMetsfan — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 11:41:29 +0000

Agreed, but explain how you would pick Hernandez over McGraw then. McGraw went to two post seasons with the team, had a longer tenure with the team, and people still chant his “Ya Gotta Believe” to this day.

Sorry but No to Hernandez, yes to McGraw

By: Mets Fan in NC

Mets Fan in NC — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 04:33:21 +0000

The problem with that is that you can’t just retire numbers for every player the fans liked, it will become a bit of a joke. I believe Piazza and Hernandez should each get their numbers retired, but we can’t turn it into a joke because than it isn’t much of a big deal.