IBC

I was thinking it would be kind of cool to retire a number for GM's who retire ala Degen. After 7 years in the league, it seems like there ought to be some sort of reminder or something.
Some sort of criteria would be in order, leaving under positive circumstances, significant contribution to the league, length of tenure, etc. 5 years would seem to be a good minimum. Maybe retire a number based on order of joining., though we'd have to figure out who was what number ahead of time, we've got an excel historical file that could help with that.
Any thoughts?

RedSox wrote: Any thoughts?

I have one: Why?

In the words of Doug Coughlin, "Bury the dead, they stink up the joint."

What exactly could we retire? We don't have any numbers, though it's an alright concept, sort of an IBC Hall Of Fame, which is something I've thought about for players... like Jeff Bagwell, Barry Bonds, etc... people who had INSANE years. Pedro for you Bren. Question is, what would the criteria be, etc? We could include GM's into that as well, but I think it'd definitely have to start with some sort of Hall of Fame idea with players getting a writeup and "retirement" into the HOF.

Why? Because we're getting old enough that that kind of thing is something to think about, we've got members here who started out in HS and now are getting real jobs. Establishing a sense of historocity for the league seems like a good thing.

And advice from a Tom Cruise movie? Ha!

RedSox wrote:Why? Because we're getting old enough that that kind of thing is something to think about, we've got members here who started out in HS and now are getting real jobs. Establishing a sense of historocity for the league seems like a good thing.

And advice from a Tom Cruise movie? Ha!

please don't remind me that i'll need a real job sometime in the not too near but not too distant future.

thank you.

Does assistant manager at American Eagle qualify?

Given I don't, and never have, see(n) that in my future I'm going to go ahead and say no?

Prop Bet:

0.5: Number of times Bren has put, "Founder and Comissioner of International Baseball Confederacy" on his resume.

I have the over...

Just that one time I applied for an Assistant GM position with the Red Sox...

I actually put charter member of the International Baseball Confederacy on a college application once, because it sounded good

Cardinals wrote:I actually put charter member of the International Baseball Confederacy on a college application once, because it sounded good

Even if Aaron weren't a founding member, he'd belong in an IBC Hall of Fame for doing that.