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RETIRED NUMBERS
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We don’t just give these out to anyone. First of all you must have a body of work of at least ten years. You must have made a major impact on society post Dec 6, 1968 (my birthday, which excludes Gershwin, Malcolm X, Einstein, the Beatles, the Stones and the Who, who are boderline.) Lastly, you must be a Crackpot (definition of “Crackpot” as the staff of “Crackpot Press” deems . They are listed in the order of Induction.
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The Edge... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over.
Hunter S. Thompson, we bestow the Number “1” the same as Billy Martin, because he knew the game was bigger than he was. But that didn’t stop him from kicking some dirt on the plate. They both played with nothing but passion.
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"At the base of it was the urge, if you wanted to play football, to knock someone down, that was what the sport was all about, the will to win closely linked with contact."
George Plimpton, we bestow the Number “24” the same as Willy Mays. Grace, finesse, and guts. They taught us that smarts enhanced physical ability and vice versa.
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“There’s no law, no law anymore. I want to steal from the rich and give to the poor” or “Gabba said ‘ You’re weak, said “You’re weak,”’ said ‘You’re one of us’”
The Ramones, we bestow the number ” 3”, the same as Babe Ruth, because what you do off the field is just as important as what you do on the field. No matter what you do...Power and Volume are important. I just want to have some kicks, I just want to get some chicks.
P.S. 1.2.3.4.
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"You can't always write a chord ugly enough to say what you want to say, so sometimes you have to rely on a giraffe filled with whipped cream." Frank Zappa
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Frank Zappa gets Rollie Finger’s 34, because primo quality DADA requires a serious ˜stache.” Zappa was the greatest mad scientist composer of the 20th century, if you limit the field to junior college dropouts from the San Bernadino Valley.
He gets extra points for hating hippies all the way back in the sixties, before it was cool.
Rollie was known for his “sharp slider,” need I say more?
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Stanley Kurbrik gets the San Francisco Giant Juan Marichal’s number 27. Kubrick used imagery to create some of the scariest yet soulful films of all time.
Like Marichal, he was a master of control, his 47 takes of Jack Nicholson breaking through the bathroom door in “The Shining” is legendary. If a truck was driving his master print, it had to be surrounded by four other trucks in case their was an accident, the other trucks would be smashed instead.
"The foot's up in your face, and that's bad. Then he comes through like a fullback chargin. He lunges off the hill. Sometimes he even stumbles from the force of his delivery. With all that confusion of motion it's a problem seeing the ball. But his control is a bigger thing. He can throw all day within a two-inch space, in, out, up or down. I've never seen anyone as good as that."
— Hank Aaron on Juan Marichal
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JOE STRUMMER gets Lou Brock’s #20. If you don’t shoot me down.I get the glory. He fought the law and the law won…occasionally.
We’re all Clash City Rockers. Lou Brock is the All-Time Base Stealer in Cooperstown. Some have eclipsed his records…they aren’t in Cooperstown…but they are given the “The Lou Brock Award”.
He just liked to live that way… and he loved to steal your money. We’re all lost in a supermarket in a brand new Cadillac..Knowing your rights is knowing your career opportunities.
Like Joe Strummer, Lou Brock stole what he didn’t have and then everyone clapped. He was fast…man, he was fast. Joe Strummer reminded you that the glass was half empty…They both took whatever else they needed to fill the glass back up. Steal to make up what you don’t got. No one’s gonna give it to ya.
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