Bruce Sutter Elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

Submitted by Brian C on Tue, 2006-01-10 13:30.

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Congratulations to former Cub Bruce Sutter for his election to the Baseball Hall of Fame today. I was all of two years old when Sutter was traded to the Cardinals, and as such he's best known to me for allowing those two homers in the Sandberg game in 1984.

If anyone has any better Sutter memories, please share them here.

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Will the Cubs retire Sutter's number?

Submitted by diana on Tue, 2006-01-10 15:39.

Any word on the possibility of the Cubs somehow retiring Bruce Sutter's Cubs jersey number?

I'll have to look thru my photo collection to see if I have any pics of of Sutter wearing Douglas Adams' favorite number. I know I've been to games where Sutter pitched for the Cubs.

Quote from:
List of Major League Baseball retired numbers
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

On April 15, 1997, Jackie Robinson's #42 was retired by Major League Baseball, meaning that no future player on any major league team could wear it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Maj...

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RE: Retiring Sutter's Number

Submitted by cubsnet on Tue, 2006-01-10 22:47.

I doubt it. Despite entrance into the Hall-of-Fame, five years in a Cubs' uniform isn't long enough for the Cubs to retire his number. If they did that, they'd have to retire Kiki Cuyler's number, too, as he was in a Cubs' uniform longer.

Sutter, Krukow quotes

Submitted by diana on Wed, 2006-01-11 18:14.

Sutter in Hall on 13th try
Lights-out closer lone choice for 2006

Bruce Sutter, baseball's latest Hall of Famer, recalled on Tuesday when he and Mike Krukow pitched their way through the Chicago Cubs' minor-league system.

"All we ever wanted to do was pitch one day in the major leagues," Sutter said. "Once we both did that, then we wanted to give up 100 home runs in the big leagues. Because we figured if we could stick around to give up 100 home runs, we could stick around awhile."

Sutter, who made all of his 661 appearances in relief, surrendered 77 homers. Krukow, a starter, gave up 196.

"Krukow's an overachiever," Sutter said.

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