In a neat turn of events, the Yankees are balking at the “hallowed” single-digit lore, and allowing reliever Adam Ottavino to don his number 0 as the newest member of the team. Ottavino, a native New Yorker and a former childhood teammate of Dellin Betances, has worn the number since 2013 with the Rockies, and will thankfully be able to keep it despite a brief uncertainty given the Yankees’ strict adherence to unnecessary traditions.
First, the single-digit narrative hasn’t exactly been followed strictly over the decades, even after the majority of the single digit uniform numbers were taken by would-be Yankee Hall of Famers.