They played for the team that won the NBA title. Their coach? Jack Ramsey. For Coach Ramsey, the team retired the number You know, the year they won that title they love so much. That makes the NBA the only of the major American sports leagues where two different teams have retired the same number for their fans. Do you think there is a rivalry between Magic fans and King fans because of this? No, not the actor. His widow Gail still owns the team. We are not exactly sure why the number nine was chosen.
You know all those coaches that have had their win totals retired by their teams? Sloan was immensely successful for the Jazz, winning a whopping 1, games. No titles, but enough wins to get a really big number retired for him. Finnigan played for the Ottawa Senators…the Ottawa Senators that existed from to After that, the franchise folded. Finnigan played for the Stanley Cup-winning Senators team, but he also lived for quite some time. However, when the city of Ottawa was trying to get an expansion team in the city Finnigan was part of the campaign.
The drive was a success, as the Senators did indeed return for the season. Unfortunately, Finnigan had passed away by then at the age of His son Frank Jr. Huizenga owned the Miami Dolphins and Florida Marlins now Miami Marlins for a period of time, but neither team retired a number for him. However, Huizenga was also the initial owner of the Florida Panthers. The Panthers did retire a number for their owner, though, the number That is the year Huizenga was born, and also apparently was his lucky number.
And yet Huizenga was only the second non-player to have a number retired for him by the Panthers. Later in his career, he signed on to be the GM of the expansion Panthers. It was under his tenure that the Panthers made the Stanley Cup Finals.
Since he joined the team in , they retired the number 93 for him. Not so fast! They retired the number on October 11, , which was the day of the first home game in franchise history. Labre scored 14 career NHL goals. The defenseman never had more than 27 points in a season for the capitals. However, he was an original Capital, having been taken from the Penguins in the expansion draft. Twitter jknowles Skip to content.
Good for them. It's time to put this pointless and silly tradition out of its misery. Have a ceremony. Show some highlights. Hang a banner if you must. But keep the number. Given a proper "mourning" period, a number should be put back into circulation.
It's just a number. The first-ballot Hall of Famer inducted in , time All-Star, 6-time Gold Glove Award winner and 5-time Silver Slugger Award winner had his career cut short when he awoke with blurred vision caused by glaucoma on the morning of March 28, He was later forced to announce his retirement due to irreversible damage to the retina in his right eye on July 12, He retired as the Twins' all-time leader in hits 2, , doubles , total bases 3, , at-bats 7, and runs 1, CAREER: Bert Blyleven was armed with outstanding control and a wicked curveball that proved to be one of the toughest to hit in the history of the game.
The tall right-hander with a fluid pitching motion came to the majors at 19 and remained durable over 22 big league seasons with five different teams, garnering wins and 60 shutouts. The "Dutch Master" also compiled 3, strikeouts, baseball's third highest career total at the time he retired. He led the Twins to their first World Championship over the St. Louis Cardinals in , his first full season on the job. A second World Series title followed in after a dramatic Game 7 victory over the Atlanta Braves.
During his storied career, the man known as 'TK' has had the chance to manage hundreds of players, including current and future Hall of Famers like Steve Carlton, Dave Winfield and Paul Molitor. Then of course, he managed the most popular Twin of all, Kirby Puckett.
Joe Mauer played 15 seasons in a Twins uniform from , joining Tony Oliva as the only players in club history to reach that particular feat. The former catcher turned first baseman ranks first on the Twins all-time list in doubles and times on base 3, ; second in games 1, , hits 2, and walks ; fifth in RBI and 11th in home runs He was selected to the All-Metrodome team in and was named one of the "50 Greatest Twins" in Mauer was a finalist for the Roberto Clemente Award for Outstanding Community service four times in his career, along with countless charitable endeavors from Joe and his family.
Mauer's number was formally retired on June 15, Holds fielding mark for second baseman playing in or more games with. Led NL in stolen bases in and Most Valuable Player in
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