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You Can’t Tell the Readers Without a Scorecard

2007-11-06 10:20

by Jon Weisman

There was a time when baseball players didn't wear numbers on their uniforms, but it almost seems impossible to envision that kind of chaos today.

So isn't it strange that Dodger Thoughts hasn't given its commenters their digits?

Today, I invite you to request your number for the 2008 season. The only rule that I can think of is that you can't take a number that someone else claims ahead of you. Feel free to explain your choice – or not. (I confess to hoping I might see some fun stories behind your number allegiences.)

No numbers are retired – it's a clean slate – but I'm grabbing 26. No, it's not an homage to Luis Gonzalez. That's just always been my number, whenever I could get it. I guess I'm just too fond of my birthday. Strangely, no one in Dodgerland has really gone to town with it, that I know of.

Updated Roster:
(Some commenters below chose numbers that were already claimed, and need to choose again.)

0 - apsio
00 – Kevin Lewis
1 – MC Safety
2 – LogikReader
3- dzzrtRatt
3.14159265 - fan 4 40 plus
3:16 – trainwreck
3.5 - stopthebeachballs
4 – adamclyde
5 – Paul Scott
6 – TheBigGrabowski
07 - Midwest Blue
7 – Wilbert Robertson
8 – Greg Brock
9 – blue22
10 – Dusto
11 - GoBears
12 – Gilberto Reyes
13 – ryu
14 – Robert Daeley
15 - Sushirabbit
16 – KG16
17 – 27indigo
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19 – hernari
20 – Branch Rickey
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22 - paranoidandroid
23 - bhsportsguy
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26 – Jon Weisman
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33 - regfairfield
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35 - wireroom
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40 - A Dodger expatriate in Pennsylvania
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42 - 3upn3down
43 - Samuel
44 – CajunDodger
45 – Bluebleeder87
46 - Jay Jaffe
47 – Jacob Burch
48 - Gold Star for Robot Boy
49 - BlueCrew Bruin
50 – Michael Green
51 - tjshere
52 - MikeB
53 – Disabled List
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59 - sporky
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62 – kinbote
63 - scareduck
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67 – thinkblue0
68 - arbfuldodger
71 - Brendan
72 - Peanuts in My Shoes
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82 - berkowit28
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88 - deburns
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101 – joekings
111 – uke
175 - FirstMohican
212 - mollyknight
257 - matt kemp27
228 – Xeifank
619 - PadreJeremy
666 – Big Show
707 - Vishal
810 - Howard Fox
818 - Dane Bramage
888 - Connector
1066 - Gen3Blue
1313 - NoHoDodger
1950 - SgtWyatt
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44201 - Blaine
112927 - Strike4
3,000,000 - Who Is Karim Garcia

Comments (301)

Show/Hide Comments 1-50

2007-11-06 10:32:28

1. Greg Brock

I want number 8!

2007-11-06 10:34:15

2. Jacob Burch

I used to go with 9 (birthday as well), but I figure its a little too low to be at all interesting so lately i've been using 47 in all things uniform numbers. came about after a friend of my swore to me that 47 was the best hand in poker, and went on to net met my largest win in three or so hands.

silly i know, but its stuck in my local circles as 'my' number.

So, 47 tis requested.

2007-11-06 10:37:20

3. Xeifrank

I will take #228.

In memory of,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/228_Incident

vr, Xei

2007-11-06 10:38:50

4. LogikReader

I'll take #2

2007-11-06 10:39:11

5. LogikReader

...and no it has nothing to do with Tommy Lasorda... I just like the number 2

2007-11-06 10:40:49

6. blue22

2 - Good, since I want 9!

2007-11-06 10:41:18

7. Robert Daeley

14!

2007-11-06 10:41:54

8. Jon Weisman

3 - Instead of #227? :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/227_%28TV_series%29

2007-11-06 10:42:18

9. Andrew Shimmin

3- Huh. When you set about Pinyin-izing all the Taiwanese players names, I had you pegged for a One-China diehard. Now I'm all confused.

2007-11-06 10:42:20

10. ryu

Please give me #13.

2007-11-06 10:42:40

11. dzzrtRatt

I'll take 13. I defy auguries. Plus I was born on Friday the 13th.

(If anyone is interested in continuing the education talk, I left a long post in the LAT zone of the last thread.)

2007-11-06 10:42:57

12. StolenMonkey86

I'd like 31.

2007-11-06 10:43:16

13. dzzrtRatt

Whoops. 20 seconds too late. Okay, I'll take 31 then.

2007-11-06 10:43:46

14. Marty

I can't for the life of me remember any number I wore in little league or pony league.

So I'll take #32

2007-11-06 10:43:59

15. 3upn3down

Is 42 available in this world, or is it also permanently retired?

If it is, I'll take 42.
If not, I'll go with 7

2007-11-06 10:44:02

16. dzzrtRatt

Unbelievable!

All right. How about just "3."

2007-11-06 10:44:10

17. Ken Noe

37 is the best number in baseball. It is often assigned to flakes (Stengel, Piersall, Bill Lee). It was also my lacrosse number in college. I'll stick with it, and promise to provide good direction at third base too.

2007-11-06 10:44:18

18. D4P

I'll take: no number.

2007-11-06 10:44:24

19. DXMachina

I'll take 30, please.

2007-11-06 10:44:58

20. CajunDodger

I would like to lay claim to 44 if you please.

2007-11-06 10:45:11

21. Jon Weisman

Ratt is breaking my heart!

2007-11-06 10:45:42

22. Jon Weisman

15 - You can have 42.

2007-11-06 10:45:47

23. Greg Brock

Poor Ratt.

2007-11-06 10:46:11

24. Dusto

10.... normally I'd take 9, but I was a bit late. 10 is my fathers number.

2007-11-06 10:46:28

25. 3upn3down

Then 42 it is (7 is still available)!

2007-11-06 10:46:42

26. StolenMonkey86

16- you can have 31 if you want.

2007-11-06 10:48:05

27. D4P

If I supported uniform numbers, I would take 27.

2007-11-06 10:48:36

28. CajunDodger

20
That would be for Hammerin Hank and Pete Maravich.

2007-11-06 10:48:55

29. Gilberto Reyes

I will take #12. Dusty Baker is a quality person.

2007-11-06 10:49:34

30. Greg Brock

Now kids, run home and make sure your uniform fits. We'll need to make adjustments before the first game.

Who's bringing postgame snacks this week?

2007-11-06 10:49:38

31. 3upn3down

#s taken through post 26:

2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 30, 31, 32, 37, 42, 44, 47, 228

2007-11-06 10:50:04

32. StolenMonkey86

30 - I'll need a ride . . .

2007-11-06 10:50:37

33. StolenMonkey86

Do the numbers have to be integers?

2007-11-06 10:51:03

34. dzzrtRatt

26 Thanks, but if "3" is still available, I'm happy with it. I'm a play by the rules kind of guy. It was more funny than anything else.

Besides, who wouldn't want to have Babe Ruth's number?

2007-11-06 10:51:21

35. Ken Noe

27 Al Oliver wore 0. How do you feel about uniform letters?

2007-11-06 10:51:33

36. CajunDodger

Other than a game, I can't remember so many posts in such a short amount of time.

2007-11-06 10:51:46

37. StolenMonkey86

34 - Cesar Izturis' number too.

Man, uniform numbers are screwy.

2007-11-06 10:51:49

38. hernari

I'll take number 19, in honor of my grandfather who may have played high school ball with Jackie Robinson.(still yet to be officially confirmed)

2007-11-06 10:52:07

39. Robert Daeley

BTW, I do want 14, not the factorial of 14.

87,178,291,200 would be hard to fit legibly. ;)

2007-11-06 10:52:13

40. GoBears

I'd like 11, please. Simple, unassuming. Nothing to gossip about.

2007-11-06 10:52:15

41. ToyCannon

No greater Astro CF ever wore number 24 and so I'll humbly try to live upto it.

2007-11-06 10:52:15

42. silverwidow

I am taking the Minotaur's future number: 23 (assuming Donnie B doesn't get it).

2007-11-06 10:52:44

43. Greg Brock

34
3 is the magic number.
Oh yeah it is, it's the magic number.

2007-11-06 10:53:38

44. Jon Weisman

31 - You forgot #26.

2007-11-06 10:54:16

45. D4P

How do you feel about uniform letters?

I'm OK with using letters to spell team and player names.

2007-11-06 10:54:38

46. dzzrtRatt

43 That song was running through my head, too. My son was in a production of Schoolhouse Rock Live when he was about six years old. He killed in "I'm Just a Bill."

2007-11-06 10:55:39

47. bhsportsguy

#23 for R.J. not Derek Lowe.

2007-11-06 10:56:02

48. silverwidow

47 Too late :)

2007-11-06 10:56:25

49. Jon Weisman

47 - :)

2007-11-06 10:56:53

50. Greg S

Wow. Hard to choose. Obvious choice would be 33 but who wants to be obvious? My first number in little league was 32 because of Koufax but someone here will want it more. So I'll take 20. When I was a kid, Don Sutton was my hero and so I switched to his number and wore out through most of my "playing days". Not as big a fan of his anymore but for sentimental reasons... #20 it is!

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2007-11-06 10:57:33

51. bhsportsguy

47 Darn, now I have to choose the number of the best hitter of the '80s, #28, Vote for Pedro.

2007-11-06 10:57:42

52. ToyCannon

Anybody know why Jimmy Wynn wore number 23 as a Dodger instead of 24 which was retired by the Astro's in his honor?

2007-11-06 10:57:43

53. Jon Weisman

50 - Did you unchange your name?

2007-11-06 10:57:56

54. Jon Weisman

52 - Alston wore 24.

2007-11-06 10:58:13

55. bhsportsguy

49 It was pretty cool that Joe remmembered the squeeze bunt.

2007-11-06 10:58:59

56. Jon Weisman

55 - Very. I meant to mention that in my Tidbits yesterday.

2007-11-06 10:59:04

57. bhsportsguy

52 If only Jimmy Wynn had bought Walter Alston a tractor.

2007-11-06 10:59:16

58. 3upn3down

Through 54:

2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 19, 20, 23, 24, 26, 27*, 28, 30, 31, 32, 37, 42, 44, 47, 228

2007-11-06 10:59:19

59. silverwidow

51 bh, if you really want 23, I'll be happy to take 58

2007-11-06 10:59:36

60. adamclyde

in AYSO, I was the number 4. It looks like it's still open... so, just like when I was the star of my 5-year old White Lightening team, go #4!

2007-11-06 11:02:30

61. KG16

I'll take 16, since it's in my user name

2007-11-06 11:02:30

62. Paul Scott

5 please.

(For Choi, of course, not the waste of cash and bench space wearing that number currently.)

2007-11-06 11:02:37

63. adamclyde

51 speaking of pedro... didn't I read somewhere in the past day (maybe an LA Times column) where Kareem Abdul Jabar lamented how he missed Pedro Guerrero? Thought that was funny. Or cool. Or whatever.

2007-11-06 11:03:22

64. ssjames

I will be happy to claim 77.

2007-11-06 11:03:38

65. Bumsrap

I want #4.
It has always been about Duke Snider for me. My Dad was a Dodger fan and he would watch the MLB game of the week and would try to slow me down as I would run through the house to watch a few innings with him. When the Dodgers were the game of the week I am told that Duke Snider always hit a homerun everytime I watched for a few innings.

I intently watched the world series beginning in 55 and would wake to the Gillett Blue Blades commercial song as the official sound indicating the World Series was about to begin. That it was my team that moved to LA made it all that much better.

2007-11-06 11:05:55

66. Jon Weisman

63 - I didn't see that. Can't find it via Google.

2007-11-06 11:06:12

67. Humma Kavula

I would like to take 86, please.

Agent Maxwell Smart's number.

Plus, all of my comments should probably be 86ed.

2007-11-06 11:06:15

68. Bumsrap

60 - I might add that today is my 60th birthday and I am hereby playing that trump card in my bid for #4.

2007-11-06 11:06:56

69. bhsportsguy

59 I will take you up with that, Pedro is back on the market.

2007-11-06 11:06:58

70. Greg Brock

67 I had you pegged for 42.

2007-11-06 11:07:40

71. Bluebleeder87

I hope #44 hasn't been taken I've always liked the # cause I though Eric Davis was the coolest ball player out there.

2007-11-06 11:08:00

72. D4P

I assume Bob wants 22.

2007-11-06 11:08:24

73. Kevin Lewis

I will take 00

I had that number in Little League once, and of course, there is always Willy Mays Hayes

2007-11-06 11:08:28

74. Humma Kavula

70 It was taken.

2007-11-06 11:08:37

75. Eric L

I have to go with #34. It's part of my e-mail address (for a good reason).

2007-11-06 11:09:03

76. Humma Kavula

73 I briefly considered 00. Good choice.

2007-11-06 11:09:31

77. Humma Kavula

72 The only catch!

2007-11-06 11:10:16

78. Ken Arneson

I think you should all be forced to accept the last two digits of your Baseball Toaster internal account numbers. If there's a tie, there should be some kind of roster fight to see who stays, and who gets sent down to "51 Thoughts".

As of now, that list would go like this:
2 Greg Brock
7 Gilberto Reyes
8 KG16
13 GoBears
13 Robert Daeley
19 ssjames
32 dzzrtRatt
32 CajunDodger
33 Marty
33 Dusto
34 Xeifrank
43 silverwidow
44 ToyCannon
50 ryu
59 Ken Noe
62 adamclyde
64 blue22
66 Andrew Shimmin
67 Jacob Burch
68 Jon Weisman
69 Bumsrap
73 Greg S
82 DXMachina
83 Paul Scott
89 bhsportsguy
89 LogikReader
93 3upn3down
96 D4P
97 StolenMonkey86
99 hernari

2007-11-06 11:11:38

79. ToyCannon

54
Thanks

2007-11-06 11:11:57

80. blue22

74 - I have #9, which I chose for sentimental, Little-League reasons. I hadn't realized until now that Slappy is the current owner of it.

But then I looked back and found that Wally Moon used to wear #9. So things are all good again with me and ol' number 9.

2007-11-06 11:12:15

81. Marty

No one wants Big D's number?

2007-11-06 11:12:16

82. D4P

66 Andrew Shimmin

Heh heh.

2007-11-06 11:12:57

83. Eric L

Looks like #34 was already taken. I'll go with #11.

2007-11-06 11:13:29

84. ToyCannon

78
I could live with 44.

2007-11-06 11:13:48

85. blue22

78 - Great, looks like I'm playing O-Line. Better get to eatin'.

2007-11-06 11:13:57

86. Jon Weisman

68 - Happy birthday!

2007-11-06 11:14:06

87. Robert Fiore

Hate to be a party pooper, but isn't this going to cause confusion with the comment numbers?

2007-11-06 11:14:37

88. bhsportsguy

78 So it would a steel cage match for Otis Taylor's number with Logik?

2007-11-06 11:15:55

89. Wilbert Robinson

I'll take #7 which is the greatest number of hits recorded in a 9 inning game set by me in 1892.

2007-11-06 11:16:09

90. regfairfield

I've always worn three, but since Ratt blocked me I'll have to go with 33.

2007-11-06 11:16:43

91. Robert Daeley

78 That should be

13 GoBears
14 Robert Daeley

2007-11-06 11:17:12

92. Jon Weisman

87 - What do you mean?

2007-11-06 11:17:45

93. Bumsrap

78 - As numbers go, your system gives me an interesting number.

2007-11-06 11:18:53

94. D4P

93
My number is interesting too, thought kinda sad when you think about it.

2007-11-06 11:20:35

95. gpellamjr

78 Sorry, but stolenmonkey can't have 97. I am claiming that number, since that's the year my son was born.

2007-11-06 11:20:45

96. 27indigo

I'd like 17

2007-11-06 11:21:00

97. 27indigo

That is, since 27 is long gone

2007-11-06 11:21:17

98. D4P

95
Aren't you a little young to have a son that was born in 97...?

2007-11-06 11:21:31

99. deburns

I'd like 88; as many of you know, the number 8 is a sign of good luck and money (not the same thing, really). If that's not available, I'll try 888.
Do you remember when the PUC split the 818 area code and gave 626 to the San Gabriel Valley. The Asian community there was up in arms, but to no avail.
If the DT community denies me both of those, maybe 666 (the number of the beast)
will have to do. I have a little nostalgia for 8 when it was worn by Shotgun Shuba, tho.

2007-11-06 11:22:03

100. Branch Rickey

50 No, didn't mean to! Darn browser auto fill. Now my cover is blown. I blame Karl Rove.

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2007-11-06 11:22:16

101. Bumsrap

Jon, (re: Education) for the record, I am the author and no, there is no link. It is available from Amazon, etc.

2007-11-06 11:23:25

102. gpellamjr

98 I was impregnating my high school teachers before it was cool.

2007-11-06 11:23:26

103. ToyCannon

DeBurns is alive and well. Good to know. How was France?

2007-11-06 11:25:52

104. Humma Kavula

95 Interestingly, or coincidentally, that is the same reason that the Dodger who actually wears #97 wears #97.

2007-11-06 11:25:54

105. Branch Rickey

100 was for 53 referencing 50

2007-11-06 11:26:07

106. paranoidandroid

I request #22, the day of the month my daughter was born.

2007-11-06 11:26:25

107. SoSG Orel

I'd like 55, naturally.

2007-11-06 11:26:36

108. D4P

102
Did you marry gpellamIII's mother...?

2007-11-06 11:26:58

109. Disabled List

I'll take #53, in honor of Los Angeles' greatest LA Dodger.

2007-11-06 11:27:03

110. paranoidandroid

22 was also the number of Brett Butler, the scrappy and speedy lead-off center fielder that Slappy wishes he was.

2007-11-06 11:27:49

111. StolenMonkey86

95 - Joe Beimel?

2007-11-06 11:28:07

112. Wilbert Robinson

AFL Dodger Prospect Numbers

Dewitt is the only one standing out. Greg Miller..Yikes!

http://tinyurl.com/ywmxxq

2007-11-06 11:28:35

113. Disabled List

Although with my posting name, I probably should take #37, in honor of Darren Dreifort.

j/k, I'll stick with 53.

2007-11-06 11:28:52

114. Robert Daeley

14 is always my number in various sports-related games. Originated from my website, Celsius1414 -- subtitled "The melting point of silicon" -- and 14 is silicon's atomic number.

Naturally, on the Dodgers front, the Gil Hodges and Mike Scioscia connections are pretty spiffy as well.

2007-11-06 11:30:21

115. gpellamjr

104 Huh. Well, what do you know?

2007-11-06 11:31:12

116. Disabled List

I was born on the 14th, so I always liked that number. 44 would've been my second choice, but that got snapped up.

2007-11-06 11:32:00

117. Branch Rickey

and 14 is silicon's atomic number
Duh. Clearly that's why Scioscia and Hodges chose it as well.

2007-11-06 11:33:18

118. Bob Timmermann

I want Zack Wheat's number.

If his is not available, I will settle for Nap Rucker's.

2007-11-06 11:34:08

119. gpellamjr

114 I'll be checking out your site at the first opportunity!

2007-11-06 11:36:08

120. gpellamjr

118 There we go. That's the Bob we all know and love.

2007-11-06 11:36:09

121. Robert Daeley

118 A "superb" choice.

2007-11-06 11:36:24

122. TellMeTheScoreRickMonday

I know I should take 16 for Rick. But I would instead respectfully request 38 for Gagne.

2007-11-06 11:37:56

123. uke

I would like 11 if it's still available...

2007-11-06 11:38:31

124. Greg Brock

I'm surprised nobody has taken π

2007-11-06 11:39:57

125. Penarol1916

I would humbly request 16, the number I always took because I didn't really care and nobody else had any reason to want it.

2007-11-06 11:40:02

126. TheBigGrabowski

I was going to take Gagne's, but I think I have to go with my namesake's number 6.

2007-11-06 11:40:19

127. paranoidandroid

122 I was living in Chicago as a kid and Rick Monday was my favorite Cub. He wore number 7. That was my number as long as I can remember. He's partly the reason I wanted to move to Los Angeles, the Dodgers became my second favorite team and I was very happy for him having success with LA.

Now I really don't like him as an announcer very much.

2007-11-06 11:40:19

128. Dark Horse

112-Yikes, is right.

You kinda gotta root for Tuffy Gosewisch, though. Whoever he is.

2007-11-06 11:41:03

129. Disabled List

I would've taken 6, but I didn't want Steve Garvey to get angry with me.

2007-11-06 11:41:08

130. Linkmeister

78 Hey! Why am I not on that list?

I'll take 97. Someone's gotta sympathize with Beimel.

2007-11-06 11:41:11

131. bigcpa

I'll take #3 as a finger-crossing wish for AROD. Although his WS interrupting opt-out was egregious and his signing would bring resentment in every major league town, I would enjoy seeing him destroy his postseason choker rep in Dodger blue. Thank you.

2007-11-06 11:41:22

132. Wilbert Robinson

More AFL stuff...you can watch MLB.com coverage of the AFL. There's a game on that just started in fact. The Solar Sox versus the Rafters. The Peoria Saguaros (which is the time that feature the Dodger prospects) will be on the next two days in a row.

http://www.mlb.com/ml