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I think it's time they stopped retiring numbers.. unless the person is arguably the greatest ever... like Gretzky or Jordan. They'll eventually run out of numbers. In stead, they should put the jersey out there with his name on it.
Hey buddy retiring numbers is good AND you only retire the numbers worn by players who spent the majority of their great career in one place for example TED WILLIAMS and YAZ.

Anywho even the Celtics and Yankees haven't retired ALL the numbers.
Eventually they'll run out of numbers. Honor the MAN, not the number.

Bert Blyleven was good, but how many all star appearances did he make? 2. How many Cy Youngs did he win? 0. How many MVPs did he win? 0. And how is he better than Jack Morris? At least Morris has appeared in 5 ASGs.

Now I'm not saying leave him out, but I don't think he's a no brainer, either.
Blyleven 287 career wins 3701 Strikeouts Career 3.31 ERA
Morris 254 career wins 2478 Strikeouts Career 3.90
If Blyleven hadnt spent those years with the Twins,we wouldnt even be discussing this