Marlins Un-retire #5 for Logan Morrison

[Over By There]

The family of the late Carl Barger, the team's first president, apparently found out when Morrison tweeted out a picture of his new jersey.

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[doublem23]

How is there not a reality show about the Marlins yet?

[ChiSoxGal85]

Originally Posted by doublem23

How is there not a reality show about the Marlins yet?

I thought I heard somewhere that the Marlins would be the next featured team on "The Show."

Edit: My bad - soltrain21 got the name of the show right: "The Franchise."

[soltrain21]

Marlins are going to be on Showtime's "The Franchise."

Edit - And let's be honest, retiring the number of a team President because his favorite player wore that number? That's pretty stupid.

[doublem23]

Originally Posted by soltrain21

Edit - And let's be honest, retiring the number of a team President because his favorite player wore that number? That's pretty stupid.

Agreed, but you'd still think they'd have the courtesy to write someone a letter.

[soltrain21]

Originally Posted by doublem23

Agreed, but you'd still think they'd have the courtesy to write someone a letter.

Oh, completely.

[Fenway]

Originally Posted by soltrain21

Marlins are going to be on Showtime's "The Franchise."

Edit - And let's be honest, retiring the number of a team President because his favorite player wore that number? That's pretty stupid.

Barger never lived to see the team play but of course Loria never knew the man.

Pressure is really on Loria to reverse this.

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/f...0,84916.column

[DumpJerry]

Loria and his exploits are making him MLB's honorary Kardashian.

[Nellie_Fox]

An incredibly dumb reason to retire a number. But then, I guess as long as it honors a Yankee, you just can't do enough.

[soltrain21]

Originally Posted by Fenway

Barger never lived to see the team play but of course Loria never knew the man.

Pressure is really on Loria to reverse this.

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/f...0,84916.column

One article. What a hotbed topic!

[Fenway]

Originally Posted by Nellie_Fox

An incredibly dumb reason to retire a number. But then, I guess as long as it honors a Yankee, you just can't do enough.

The Marlins would never have existed if Barger was not involved, and he died a few months before their first game. They wanted to honor him and his office was full of DiMaggio stuff. Under the tragic circumstances it made sense.

[Irishsox1]

I'd like to see the act of retiring numbers, retired. Leads to silly stories like this and petty egotistical ex-athletes whining about getting "their" number retired.

How about when the White Sox retired Harold Baines #3 in 1989 and then he plays 12 more seasons with 4 different teams and comes back to the Sox two more times.

By the way, good for the Marlins. This guy was important to the Marlins so put his name in the Gloria Estefan Miami ring of honor but taking #5 because he loved Joe DiMaggio is too much.

[Fenway]

Originally Posted by soltrain21

One article. What a hotbed topic!

and WQAM talk radio - and other South Florida outlets.

[Foulke You]

Originally Posted by Irishsox1

I'd like to see the act of retiring numbers, retired. Leads to silly stories like this and petty egotistical ex-athletes whining about getting "their" number retired.

How about when the White Sox retired Harold Baines #3 in 1989 and then he plays 12 more seasons with 4 different teams and comes back to the Sox two more times.

By the way, good for the Marlins. This guy was important to the Marlins so put his name in the Gloria Estefan Miami ring of honor but taking #5 because he loved Joe DiMaggio is too much.

Isn't that a tad too cynical? I agree that at times the practice produces odd moments like the aforementioned retiring of Harold's number while he was still an active player. Also, the Cubs co-retiring Greg Maddux's 31 when Fergie Jenkins deserved the honor for that number by himself. More often than not though, you get great memorable moments like a smiling Frank Thomas with his family seeing #35 go up on that wall.

[DoItForDanPasqua]

Originally Posted by Irishsox1

I'd like to see the act of retiring numbers, retired. Leads to silly stories like this and petty egotistical ex-athletes whining about getting "their" number retired.

How about when the White Sox retired Harold Baines #3 in 1989 and then he plays 12 more seasons with 4 different teams and comes back to the Sox two more times.

By the way, good for the Marlins. This guy was important to the Marlins so put his name in the Gloria Estefan Miami ring of honor but taking #5 because he loved Joe DiMaggio is too much.

They should at least slow down the pace. Within 100 years there will be no number left. They should also wait at least five years to give time to reflect instead of letting emotion take the place of logic.