I have always felt a great sense of pride when a player I like retires and dons the cap of my franchise in his photo for all eternity. Usually, I have been able to mostly guess which team a player will "choose" when retiring. That's why I felt jilted and personally attacked when Cotton Pickle retired with a Montreal cap over a Colorado one. Nothing against Montreal, but Colorado is where he: spent the most time, was the most celebrated (awards), was the most productive (is arguable), and won all 3 of his WS rings.
Why does he hate us/me? Is there an equation for this? Is this a Tampa Bay/Wade Boggs type situation?
How are retirement caps decided?
Re: How are retirement caps decided?
He spent the most time with the Milwaukee/Montreal franchise (it looks like they moved to Montreal after the 2023 season) so ABE chose that franchise (11 seasons vs 8 seasons).
Going forward will wear whatever is the current hat of the franchise regardless of the city, ABE looks at whoever he spent the most seasons with, and I believe ancedotally that service time is the tie breaker (I could be wrong on that)
Going forward will wear whatever is the current hat of the franchise regardless of the city, ABE looks at whoever he spent the most seasons with, and I believe ancedotally that service time is the tie breaker (I could be wrong on that)
The Land of Pleasant Living
Re: How are retirement caps decided?
Thanks, John. I took a look at it, but didn't bother to suss out that Milwaukee **was** Montreal. Thought that the codebit had played for three teams.
Now it all makes sense.
Now it all makes sense.
Re: How are retirement caps decided?
What I really need to do is give the HOF Admin/Commish power to change the retirement cap in case the system guesses wrong.
Chris
Chris
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Re: How are retirement caps decided?
Oh, duh. I should have been able to notice that. Thanks for the info!