Rivera was grandfathered and able to wear Jackie Robinson's retired 42.

Jul 26, 2017
8:41:34am

byujdmba Starter

Rivera was was wearing it before it was retired, and kept pitching for a long while after. Seems like we could make an exception along those lines.

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Just read about Trey Dye having to change his number

XORCoug 3rd String

7/26/17 6:26am

Considering he is honoring his dad, a BYU legend, an exception should be made

CaliWG

7/26/17 7:02am

True!!! Trey would rather wear #5 - his number

truecougster

7/26/17 10:21am

I hate retiring numbers.

threezeroeight

7/26/17 7:05am

It's cooler to have a tradition of great players wearing the same numbers

Ulysses14

7/26/17 7:11am

That's a coincidence, not a tradition

Coop

7/26/17 7:20am

Which isn't possible if you retire jersey numbers

Ulysses14

7/26/17 7:34am

It's cooler to do it, but much less cool when you're copying someone else

Coop

7/26/17 7:46am

Agree. I hate that we don't see those number so anymore.

Dangerous

7/26/17 7:13am

I hate it, too. It's unsustainable, as the Boston Celtics are discovering.

Game Changer

7/26/17 8:19am

That just means your standards for doing it are too low

Coop

7/26/17 8:52am

ryebrye

7/26/17 10:16am

I agree.....retire jersey's not numbers

Coug98

7/26/17 9:05am

Agree. Let the players keep using those numbers!

Galileo5

7/26/17 11:40am

We just need to add another digit

King of Y

7/27/17 7:11am

Even better: add a letter. Then you would have 26 possibilities for each number

Game Changer

7/27/17 11:49am

When BYU started to retire "numbers", I thought they stated they were actually

CougarAndMerlin

7/26/17 8:22am

From the daily universe:

CougarAndMerlin

7/26/17 8:28am

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JordanSpieth

7/26/17 10:41am

That's a better way to do it. Or like the Suns, who have a "Ring of Honor"

Game Changer

7/26/17 8:30am

Bronco changed that policy. Nobody has worn 9, 14, etc. once they were retired.

CaliWG

7/26/17 8:34am

But they were retired as jerseys not numbers so that policy could be undone, no?

ryebrye

7/26/17 10:18am

Correct. BYU retires jerseys. Bronco thought players should avoid wearing

fredgarvin

7/26/17 11:26am

There were a few numbers that had already been retired

ryebrye

7/26/17 10:18am

What does it even mean to retire a jersey but not the number?

CougSilver

7/26/17 11:25am

Rivera was grandfathered and able to wear Jackie Robinson's retired 42.

byujdmba

7/26/17 8:41am

They've done it in the past. Matt Berry, Corby Hodgkiss, Jordan Leslie...

fredgarvin

7/26/17 10:22am

Retiring #s doesn't scale long term. It should be symbolic.

BluebloodOR

7/26/17 9:25am

Retiring numbers is stupid

JordanSpieth

7/26/17 10:42am

RE: Retiring numbers is stupid

Coop

7/26/17 10:45am

RE: Retiring numbers is stupid

foofcoug

7/26/17 10:54am

Oh come on. Let Trey keep the number!

Galileo5

7/26/17 11:45am

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