Slugger Frank Thomas retired yesterday and the White Sox announced plans to retire his number this summer. This happened the same week that the White Sox announced they were unretiring #11, which belonged to shortstop Luis Aparicio. Seems that new acquistion Omar Vizquel has only ever worn 11 or 13 in his long career. Manager Ozzie Guillen wears 13 and declined to give it up for Vizquel, who instead asked Aparicio if he could 'honor' him by wearing his retired number. What could Aparicio say but yes?
It's shocking to me that the White Sox would even consider unretiring a number. It's unimaginable for it to happen with, say, the Phillies, Yankees, or Red Sox. Fans would go nuts. As for Vizquel, he seems to be full of himself.
