{"id":3784,"date":"2024-03-23T08:48:26","date_gmt":"2024-03-23T14:48:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/?p=3784"},"modified":"2024-03-23T08:53:34","modified_gmt":"2024-03-23T14:53:34","slug":"when-im-64-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/?p=3784","title":{"rendered":"When I’m 64"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"So there it is. Carlos Mendoza<\/strong> today said he’d give up the No. 28 that reminded him of fleeting moments of youthful glory as a ballplayer so that JD Martinez<\/strong> will feel comfortable in his new home. Mendoza is switching to 64, which I fear is a little too undignified for a big-league manager. It also means third-base coach Mike Sarbaugh<\/strong> will need to find another number. 50 is theoretically available as its Phil Bickford<\/strong> whose been designated for assignment by the Mets to make room for Martinez on the 40.<\/p>\n

Mendoza it should go without saying is the first No. 64 to manage the Mets and wearer of the highest-ever number among managers, knocking Frank Howard<\/strong> and Joe Frazier<\/strong> from the lead. Behold the sacred list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Manager<\/td>\nYears<\/td>\nNumber<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1. Casey Stengel<\/td>\n1962-65<\/td>\n37<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2. Wes Westrum<\/td>\n1965-67<\/td>\n9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3. Salty Parker<\/td>\n1967<\/td>\n54<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4. Gil Hodges<\/td>\n1968-71<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5. Yogi Berra<\/td>\n1972-75<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6. Roy McMillan<\/td>\n1975<\/td>\n51<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7. Joe Frazier<\/td>\n1976-77<\/td>\n55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8. Joe Torre<\/td>\n1977-81<\/td>\n9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9. George Bamberger<\/td>\n1982-83<\/td>\n31<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10. Frank Howard<\/td>\n1983<\/td>\n55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11. Davey Johnson<\/td>\n1984-1990<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12. Bud Harrelson<\/td>\n1990-91<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13. Mike Cubbage<\/td>\n1991<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14. Jeff Torborg<\/td>\n1992-93<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15. Dallas Green<\/td>\n1993-96<\/td>\n46<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16. Bobby Valentine<\/td>\n1996-2002<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17. Art Howe<\/td>\n2003-2004<\/td>\n18<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18. Willie Randolph<\/td>\n2005-2008<\/td>\n12<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19. Jerry Manuel<\/td>\n2008-2010<\/td>\n53<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20. Terry Collins<\/td>\n2011-2017<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
21. Mickey Callaway<\/td>\n2018-2019<\/td>\n36\/26*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
22. Carlos Beltran<\/td>\n2020**<\/td>\n15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
23. Luis Rojas<\/td>\n2020-2021<\/td>\n19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
24. Buck Showalter<\/td>\n2022-2023<\/td>\n11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
25. Carlos Mendoza<\/td>\n2024<\/td>\n64***<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

*-Switched to 26 upon announcement of Jerry Koosman retirement, 9\/24\/19<\/p>\n

**-Did not appear in a game.<\/p>\n

***-switched from 28 before the season<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So there it is. Carlos Mendoza today said he’d give up the No. 28 that reminded him of fleeting moments of youthful glory as a ballplayer so that JD Martinez will feel comfortable in his new home. Mendoza is switching to 64, which I fear is a little too undignified for a big-league manager. It … Continue reading “When I’m 64”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,1,387],"tags":[1124,544,1145,1146,1147,1106],"class_list":["post-3784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-opening-day","category-uncategorized","category-uni-controversies","tag-carlos-mendoza","tag-frank-howard","tag-jd-martinez","tag-joe-frazier","tag-mike-sarbaugh","tag-phil-bickford"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3784"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3784\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3788,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3784\/revisions\/3788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}