The Yankees have retired 21 numbers, soon to be 22 with Jeter, and it’s starting to get a little out of hand. With the team handing out retired numbers and plaques like candy, the pizzazz and glamour of the honor has fizzled out. At this rate, the team will have to build Yankee Stadium III just to house all the plaques and monuments they are awarding. Once Jeter is enshrined, every single digit number will be gone. It’s only a matter of time before we see our first triple digit number or fraction/decimal. The team has had so many historic players it was bound to lose a lot of numbers.
Retiring numbers has lost its pizzazz
