Pull out the hanky, Conger wears Mister Anderson’s #

I am sure you were all wondering (not!) where is the Angels blog? We all had a few days off so maintenance could be done on the site. I think a lot of our posters were scared that this site was gone, but I knew better (not!). The people that run this are outstanding, so I really did know that we would be back real soon. And we are!! I’ll touch on a few things that stood out to me over the weekend. Hank Conger wears #16. Isn’t there a former high profile Angel that used to wear that number? Yes, there was, and his name was Garret Anderson. Do you read anything in to that? I do. How many people wore Nolan Ryan’s or Rod Carew’s number after they left the Halos? The Angels didn’t start retiring #’s until 1982, but no one used Carew’s #29 after he retired in 1985. The #30 used by The Express was used by 6 players, until 1991. In this day and age though, if the team respects a player, and all their accomplishments, then that players uniform # is ...