Despite not having any years outside of Colorado. A lot will depend on how he recovers over the next three seasons. If his glory days are completely behind him, there’s pretty much no chance, but if he has a few more seasons over .300 with his OBP and at least doubles power, he should accumulate enough counting stats in the hits/doubles/walks categories to make a strong case. It wouldn’t hurt if the Rockies returned to the playoffs and he could play hero again.

But I hope they don’t get into the number retiring business like the Yankees. Granted, the Yankees have been at it a little longer but IMO there are probably a half a dozen at most whose numbers should be retired at NYY. That honor should be reserved for a very select few.

Some type of Ring of Fame similar to what the Broncos do would be appropriate.

It’s actually not really to benefit any player, but to help expand a Rockies brand, thereby increasing the value of the franchise and the ticket base. Baseball thrives on the idea that there’s some sort of history or continuity from the present into the past, and by glorifying that past, even to the point of exaggeration (Jim Rice, most feared hitter of his time) you add value. One of the reasons why the Florida model fails is that it more or less treats its flags as trinkets for the junk drawer. There is no history or connection with the current team to its past. You don’t want to overdo it, obviously, a Neifi Perez monument might be a bit much, but setting up a reliquary shows a commitment to a franchise ideal and value, and that goes a long way in the marketing department.

And it was closer than I thought it would be. I just saw it as sort of inevitable given how close he came last season.

in the sentence, which I shouldn’t have.

Historical teams tend to go more hand in hand with fame, you know? It’s a bias that has some ground in “logic”.

very proud of myself

Of the old school (non-expansion) teams, I see it as the Yankees on a level by themselves, and then a big market plus solid history group below them that includes the Red Sox, Dodgers, Giants, Cubs, Braves and Cardinals, and then a historical rust belt group that have the tradition and some historical continuity but not the marketing ability and that includes the Tigers, Reds, Pirates, Indians and White Sox. Then the A’s are a sort of a history rich but tradition poor team that seems to be more like a 60’s era expansion club at times. I guess I’m leaving out the Phillies and Orioles, they’d probably fit in together as teams that don’t really have much presence outside of their own large markets, but rabid fans within them.

Best baseball player ever? Babe Ruth. Started and finished his career in Boston.

Best batter ever? Ted Williams, LF, Boston Red Sox.

Winningest pitcher ever? Cy Young, Boston Red Sox (Also Cleveland Indians, St Louis Cardinals)

Best single-season of pitching, ever? Pedro Martinez, Boston Red Sox, 2000

Most home runs hit by a rookie SS? Nomar Garciaparra, Boston Red Sox, 1997

Championships do not necessarily mean winning tradition, and lack thereof don’t mean the opposite. The Red Sox have a franchise .516 winning percentage. That’s pretty successful over the course of more than a century.

is that he DID win the MVP in 1997. That’s definitely pre-humidor, right in the midst of all the steroids and such, and yet his season was massive enough to get recognized to the tune of 22/28 first place votes.

Being good enough to win an MVP in LOL CORZ FILD puts you on a new level of awesome.