Fergie, Maddux To Have #31 Retired By Cubs

[Clapp]

On May 3rd. Sweet.

[veryzer]

i was going to make a thread about this this morning but i thought, "whats gonna interest cub fans more, threads about cub greats being honored or threads about wives, nicknames, and homosexuality?" i think we all agree that i made the smart choice.

[rok]

It's about damn time. But I guess they needed to wait for Maddux to retire first. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/blush.gif[/img]

[ruby23]

Gay, Maddux is a Brave. Retire it for Fergie, but Maddux should have his number retired in Atlanta.

[veryzer]

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totally fucking agree. totally fcucking agree.

[Brock]

If anyone has an extra $350 + laying around there are two $175 tickets available in the bullpen box section for this date on the Cubs site. That seems to be the only place to get a pair of tickets together on there right now.

[Runnys]

<!--quoteo(post=23940:date=Mar 18 2009, 06:56 PM:name=veryzer)-->QUOTE (veryzer @ Mar 18 2009, 06:56 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=23935:date=Mar 18 2009, 06:42 PM:name=ruby23)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ruby23 @ Mar 18 2009, 06:42 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Gay, Maddux is a Brave. Retire it for Fergie, but Maddux should have his number retired in Atlanta.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->


totally fucking agree. totally fcucking agree.
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I also have to agree. The guy won 3 of this Cy Youngs with the Braves, had the best years of his career with them and won the WS with them. As much as I love him, his number should not be retired by the Cubs. He sure as hell won't go into the Hall as a Cub.

[rok]

Now the Braves are also retiring Maddux's number on July 17.

[Ace]

<!--quoteo(post=24032:date=Mar 19 2009, 11:26 AM:name=Runnys)-->QUOTE (Runnys @ Mar 19 2009, 11:26 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=23940:date=Mar 18 2009, 06:56 PM:name=veryzer)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (veryzer @ Mar 18 2009, 06:56 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=23935:date=Mar 18 2009, 06:42 PM:name=ruby23)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ruby23 @ Mar 18 2009, 06:42 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Gay, Maddux is a Brave. Retire it for Fergie, but Maddux should have his number retired in Atlanta.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->


totally fucking agree. totally fcucking agree.
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I also have to agree. The guy won 3 of this Cy Youngs with the Braves, had the best years of his career with them and won the WS with them. As much as I love him, his number should not be retired by the Cubs. He sure as hell won't go into the Hall as a Cub.
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Um, guys? IMO, it's because they shared the same number. If they had different numbers, they would only be retiring Fergie's. But since they're the same, and they're doing Fergie's, they're calling it both.

[Runnys]

<!--quoteo(post=26937:date=Apr 5 2009, 10:57 AM:name=Ace)-->QUOTE (Ace @ Apr 5 2009, 10:57 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=24032:date=Mar 19 2009, 11:26 AM:name=Runnys)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Runnys @ Mar 19 2009, 11:26 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=23940:date=Mar 18 2009, 06:56 PM:name=veryzer)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (veryzer @ Mar 18 2009, 06:56 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=23935:date=Mar 18 2009, 06:42 PM:name=ruby23)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ruby23 @ Mar 18 2009, 06:42 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Gay, Maddux is a Brave. Retire it for Fergie, but Maddux should have his number retired in Atlanta.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->


totally fucking agree. totally fcucking agree.
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I also have to agree. The guy won 3 of this Cy Youngs with the Braves, had the best years of his career with them and won the WS with them. As much as I love him, his number should not be retired by the Cubs. He sure as hell won't go into the Hall as a Cub.
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Um, guys? IMO, it's because they shared the same number. If they had different numbers, they would only be retiring Fergie's. But since they're the same, and they're doing Fergie's, they're calling it both.
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But why? IMO that is disrespectful to Fergie. I don't know for sure, but I am guessing other guys wore Santo's number after he retired, but they aren't sharing the retirement. Now, I understand that Maddux is a HOFer, however, he is not a Cubs HOFer...Fergie is....Fergie deserves this all by himself.

Like I said, I love Maddux, but he is a HOFer with the Braves and should have his number retired by them and them only...not the Cubs also.

[Runnys]

And no, I am not trying to compare the glut of 3B's we had since Santo to Maddux.

[Clapp]

This is tomorrow.
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Coverage starts on WGN at 12:30 CT.

[dvdastud]

If anyone needs their number retired it's Grace.

[Coldneck]

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I'm a huge Grace fan, but couldn't disagree more. I also don't think Maddux should be recognized. He's a Brave.

[Giff]

In my mind, 31 wouldn't be retired for just one of the two guys. I mean, if Fergie was gonna get his number retired, I think it would have been a long time. However, since two great, but not quite legendary, Cubs wore the number, it deserves to be retired for the both of them.