I was looking at a Mets Blog post and it caught my eye that geren wore #17 with the A’s.
He also wore #17 with the Padres.
17 is currently unissued following the departure of Fernando Tatis.
Kevin Kierst (who replaced Charlie Samuels) did not issue the number in 2011.
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I’m not going to say I have never discussed the retiring of numbers while I was standing in zip code 11368…and there’s a whole interesting path you go down when you do. That’s a story for another day.
As for 17…my money is on no. Charlie is gone, and I think Retire 17 is indeed a possibility…but again, we’ll discuss that another day.