Comments on: Mixed Emotions on Vizquel http://southsideswingers.com/2010/02/10/mixed-emotions-on-vizquel/ Just another Fanball Blogs weblog Mon, 06 Sep 2010 18:30:33 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Howard http://southsideswingers.com/2010/02/10/mixed-emotions-on-vizquel/#comment-85 Howard Wed, 24 Feb 2010 17:06:02 +0000 http://southsideswingers.com/?p=246#comment-85 Thanks for the input, Lucy. I hadn't seen the first interview in '92, so I appreciate you helping with additional facts. I'm still not a fan of un-retiring numbers at the request of players. Like I said, what was Aparicio going to say? A team retiring a number is tribute enough to a ballplayer and his career. While I've always liked Vizquel, to me, he should have enough respect to let it stand as is and find a more suitable number to wear. Thanks for writing in. Thanks for the input, Lucy. I hadn’t seen the first interview in ‘92, so I appreciate you helping with additional facts. I’m still not a fan of un-retiring numbers at the request of players. Like I said, what was Aparicio going to say? A team retiring a number is tribute enough to a ballplayer and his career. While I’ve always liked Vizquel, to me, he should have enough respect to let it stand as is and find a more suitable number to wear.

Thanks for writing in.

]]> By: Lucy http://southsideswingers.com/2010/02/10/mixed-emotions-on-vizquel/#comment-83 Lucy Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:51:27 +0000 http://southsideswingers.com/?p=246#comment-83 Howard, I agree with your reasoning and all of your points, however, I don't believe you have all of the facts. In the first interview I read from Omar Vizquel, in 1992, he mentioned Aparicio, specifically stating how proud he was of the Venezuelan tradition and that while Concepcion was his hero, Aparicio was his father's. They first met in Caracas years before Vizquel reached the Majors. The research he was referring to was done over twenty years ago. Vizquel has a great deal of respect for him and I am certain that requesting #11 was not done as an afterthought. Howard,

I agree with your reasoning and all of your points, however, I don’t believe you have all of the facts. In the first interview I read from Omar Vizquel, in 1992, he mentioned Aparicio, specifically stating how proud he was of the Venezuelan tradition and that while Concepcion was his hero, Aparicio was his father’s. They first met in Caracas years before Vizquel reached the Majors. The research he was referring to was done over twenty years ago. Vizquel has a great deal of respect for him and I am certain that requesting #11 was not done as an afterthought.

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