How Important Is Your / Son's Uniform Number?

My son prefers #5, but upper classmen get first pick. So he has back up choices, #55 or #23, #14 (or anything that adds up to 5)

I think Joe Namath said best when asked how he got the number he got at Alabama as a frosh--"I was a frosh at Alabama I took what number they gave me and said thank you "

Mine always liked 3 or 4 growing up. If they were not available he would add them up and choose 7. In HS he endd up with 1 and now in college is wearing 8. Maybe the next stop will be 9...?
I just conferred with his best friend who confirmed that he is very particular about his number. His best friend was 2 and a catcher so he chose 1 since he was going to pitch!

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Originally posted by crazybaseballmom:
My son prefers #5, but upper classmen get first pick.

Mediumpapi is also #5...except in HS because of a senior. Have to wait one more year!

Son doesn't really care about the number itself, he is more about the look of the number. His freshman year he was #44 but thought it looked too big on his back. This year #13 became available because of a graduation and he took it. In high school he was #7 so go figure.

Given a choice of numbers the past few years, and my son could honestly care less, so long as the number is listed on the lineup card.

Little if any importance. When it looked as if my son was serious about signing a NLI the head coach dangled one more carrot and asked my son what number he wanted -- I JUST knew he would respond with one of his favorite numbers but I was surprised when he said: "It doesn't matter". ------- They gave him #10.

* He wore it --- I framed it.

My son was a freshman in high school last year and had always wore #3 until then. An upper classman already had his number and he ended up with #9. He had a good year and has decided to stick with #9.

The obvious, unless it's not available . He has worn 27 since the age of 11: on both comp-league teams, the "academy" team, the Steamboat Springs team, and all his AAU basketball teams.

For the HS team last fall, he wore #19, and has #23 for his freshman basketball team. It remains to be seen what number will be available for HS baseball this spring.

Which ONE of his numbers?
1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 17, 19, 28, 31, 33, or 54?

My son's obviously never been hung up on a number...but pretty much has settled in on #7 in college. He's just happy to have a uniform on.

My son's baseball number is 17. It comes from Scott Rolen being his favorite player when he was little. Then Rolen got traded and changed to 27. My son kept 17. He's always had it in travel and LL all-stars. Last year on JV was the only time he hasn't had it. The pecking order for uniforms is varsity coaches, varsity players, JV coaches, JV players. The freshmen have the old uniforms. A JV coach got 17 last year. My son didn't care. He took 13. He called himself bad luck for the opponents. He'll get 17 back this year. He joked with the JV coach he'll give it up to him for a Rolex watch (like the MLB'ers).

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Originally posted by Fungo:
They gave him #10.

* He wore it --- I framed it.

I remember having a framed "10" also...

gotwood, that is the BEST picture you have ever posted here!!!!!

My son wears 5 because I wore it. His little sister wears 5 because her big brother wears it.

In my son's first year of t-ball our team was the Mariners. I gave him #5 because John Olerud was #5, and a fellow southpaw. He wore #5 until losing it to seniority ... and John Olerud is still one of his all-time favorite players (autographed picture still on the bedroom wall).

After wearing 2,5,8,10,11,15 & 17 he will wear whatever number they hand him. Given his choice ... he wants to wear 25 (one of my old numbers), 21 (my old HS number), or 44 (his Grandfather's ship # in WWII).

Superstitious ??? ... Heck yes, when the superstitions work for him. Otherwise, they're silly and he sluffs them off. So I guess he's selectively superstitious.

My son's number was 2. He wore it throughout all-stars, travel and American Legion.

In high school, the pecking order was identical to RJM's school with varsity, then JV and freshman had different uniforms. His #2 wasn't available so he ended up with 22.

As an upperclassman, when 2 became available, he didn't take it and stuck with 22. Jokingly, the season after he got 22, one of the underclassmen went for 22 and my son said he told him "don't even think about it"

Anything but #1.

It matters "0". As long as they get a number, they are happy. Especially my boy in the minors.

Anyone on here familiar with Stanford baseball will know that the head coach, forever it seems, has worn #9. He played at Stanford when they were still the "Indians" (football and baseball) and wore #9 then. In fact, his baseball friends in the area and his players all call him "9," not Coach Marquess.

My son also wore and liked the #9 in his youth (12U) baseball days.

On his recruiting visit, we were walking with "9" across campus and the question came up...our son introduced it. "Coach, if I come here there's a number I'd like to have."

Coach: "Sure, what number do you want?"

Son: "9."

I quickly turned to look at my son knowing full well that he was pushing the limits...and noticed a crooked-smile grin on my son's face...he was messin!

Without missing a beat....Coach: "Nope, that number is taken...won't happen...Jack McDowell wanted that number, he couldn't have it either...but you can have 19 if you want."

So our son wore #19...just like Jack McDowell...out of that silly conversation...all 4 years.

My son wore 25 for 5 years of travel ball because he liked Andrew Jones (back when he was good). 10 is his second choice - Chipper Jones. He played on a different fall team this year 25 and 10 were taken so he took 1 (Furcal's # when on Braves). His summer team, 25 was taken so he took 10.

High school this year will be a c*** shoot depending what the upperclassmen have taken. I think he would prefer certain #'s, but when it comes down to it, I don't think he cares a whole lot as long as he is playing.

Son has always worn #13 in football and baseball since the beginning of t-ball and little league football. In high school he had to wait one year for #13 in football and 2 years for #13 in baseball. He wore 11 as a freshman and 10 as a sophomre but I am sure it didn't bother him at all, he was on the field.

Sons number always seemed to be dictated by his size. He liked 13 because it was his birthday but once he got to his first travel team the biggest uniform was #80 and that was a favorite. Once he got to high school unless he wanted to be a wide reciever 80 wasn't available #23 was my first number an that is what he wore. Even at college his number was dictated mainly by his size and he has worn #43.

He never really got hung up on numbers as long as he got one.

For what ever reason son has picked #6 as his preferred number. No rhyme or reason to it. He wears it in baseball and basketball. For Middle School last year #6 was taken by an upperclassman so he took what they gave him #19. This year he'll be the upperclassman and take back his #6..lol.

#2 after his favorite Yankee up until high school. then he started getting last pick for number and it was #15 through high school. He's at the bottom of the totem pole again this year. I am sure he'll cherish any number he gets.

Be glad he has a uniform!!!! and hope he plays well in it

When he was little and in LL, it was always #1 (he loved Ozzie). Then it was 9, because of all the baseball history and associations. So many teams later, if he has a choice 3 or a multiple thereof would be first choice. Superstition.

His first pro uniform, he was given 6 and asked if that was all right. He thought (but obviously would not say) "Musial's number!? Oh yeah that's all right!"

17 for his day of birth. Has been lucky to have it all through high school and before. When he can't get it on travel ball teams and such he tries to get 7 or 27.

Not superstitious, but it has become somewhat of an identity for him. Uses it in his email address "backstop17@" and one of the dads on our team calls him 1-Adam-7 (reminiscent of the Adam-12 series) and when a base stealer is on says jokingly "1-Adam-7, 1-Adam-7 we have a 211 in progress."

Another neat thing is his voice mail on his cell which has nothing to do with his number, but I enjoy it "Hey, its Adam, catch ya later."

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Originally posted by redsox8191:
For what ever reason son has picked #6 as his preferred number. No rhyme or reason to it. He wears it in baseball and basketball. For Middle School last year #6 was taken by an upperclassman so he took what they gave him #19. This year he'll be the upperclassman and take back his #6..lol.

How can he wear "6" in basketball in school ball? It's an illegal digit. In high school and college the only allowable digits are 0 through 5. It's so the refs can signal fouls with their fingers. It's an old silly rule, but it exists. It's why my son couldn't wear 17 for basketball.

The player makes the number, not the other way around.....

My son likes # 24 because I wore it playing basketball. I wore 24 because my favorite player was Billy Melchionni.
Anybody from Phila or NY area remember him?

My son wears '12' if available because his birthday is 12/12. Otherwise, it doesn't matter and he wears whatever's available.

RJM

He wears # 6 during basketball because he plays rec hoops not school hoops

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Originally posted by sitdown:
The player makes the number, not the other way around.....

I like that idea! Welcome to the hsbbweb sitdown

he's had every number under the sun at one time or another, however when he has a choice, he chooses #31 since his grandfather wore that number when he was with the phillies.....

There is no question that a majority of players are "particular" about THEIR number.

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Originally posted by L8 Breaking:
he's had every number under the sun at one time or another, however when he has a choice, he chooses #31 since his grandfather wore that number when he was with the phillies.....

L8 Breaking - welcome to the hsbbweb!

Very clever screen name btw I was always a fan of someone who had that "late breaking" stuff in their arsenal. Is your son a pitcher?

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Originally posted by ClevelandDad:
L8 Breaking - welcome to the hsbbweb!

Very clever screen name btw I was always a fan of someone who had that "late breaking" stuff in their arsenal. Is your son a pitcher?

thanks a bunch cd....i've been lurking for awhile but i'm just amazed at how helpful and supportive everyone is.

my son is a 17yo rhp.

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i've been lurking for awhile but i'm just amazed at how helpful and supportive everyone is.

This is the premier baseball site on the planet imho. One of the strengths of the site is that we get equal contributions from the Mom's as we do from the Dad's. All we ask is that people are nice

13,9,39,3. In that order were my choices.