my kinda numbers

I have zero comment on the HoF voting. If anything more needs to be said, someone else can cover it. I'm not sure I agree with the way a lot of awards are determined in MLB, and this is no exception. Take that for what it's worth. I'm also very disappointed with the Mets. Have you seen the patch? Wow. You should see it.

Impressive, no?

Mets spokesperson: "It's a very understated design. Eloquent in its simplicity, even. Asymmetrical yet balanced. As inspirational as a blank page."

Fan: "It looks like the Domino's pizza logo."

Spokesperson: "Yes, but navy and orange."

The Sports Hernia shows us some of the rejected options. And finally, in an effort to avoid thinking about this article (which is so conveniently posted on STLtoday.com and which is truly and deeply ticking me off), I decided to take a cue from another article (from DG) and have a look at the jersey numbers that will be available for all our big signings this season. (Did you pick up on the sarcasm there? Yeah.)

1 - OOC 2 - OOC 3 - Greene (Izturis) 4 - Molina 5 - Pujols 6 - OOC 7 - Kennedy 8 - Glaus 9 - OOC 10 - TLR 11 - Oquendo 12 ______ (Miles) 13 - Ryan 14 - OOC 15 - OOC / (McRae) 16 - C. Duncan 17 - OOC 18 - D. Duncan 19______ (T. Johnson) 20 - OOC 21 - LaRue 22______ (López) 23 - Barden 24 - Ankiel 25 - OOC

26 - Lohse 27______ (Villone) 28______ 29 - Carpenter 30______ (Mulder) 31 - Franklin 32 - OOC 33______ (Clement) 34 - Ring* (Flores) 35 - Piñeiro 36 - Manning* (Springer) 37 - Wellemeyer 38 - (Mason) 39 - (McKay) 40______ 41______ (Looper) 42 - OOC 43 - Miller 44º 45 - OOC 46 - McClellan 47 - Ludwick 48 - Thompson 49 - (Pettini) 50 - Wainwright

51 - OOC 52 - Kinney 53 - M. Johnson? 54 - Barton 55 - Schumaker 56______ (Jiménez) 57 - OOC 58______ 59______ 60 - Motte 61 - Stavinoha 62 - Mather 63 - Pérez 64 - García 65______ 66______ 67______ 68 - Boggs 69______ 70 - Hoffpauir 71-76______ 77 - Hawksworth 78-84______ 85 - OOC 86-99______

OOC = Out Of Commission 

* According to Yahoo!Sports 

º I will be forced to completely ignore any player who dares wear this number

Let me know if I missed any. 

As far as the unofficially retired numbers, I don't think 57 will ever be back on the table (at least not for many, many years). 32 needs a couple more seasons, and should be worn first either by someone who shared the field with Josh or whom other players have deemed worthy. 15 could go back into circulation this season, as far as I'm concerned (although McRae's wearing it now). 51 will be officially retired someday, so that's not an issue. I won't say anything else about 44. I think you know how I feel.