Love them or hate them, you have to respect the legacy of the New York Yankees who may have the most colorful history of any North American sports franchise. The Bronx Bombers added to that with the official retirement of former Outfielder, Bernie Williams’s number #51 yesterday.
Williams was a member of the Yankees in all of his sixteen seasons in Major League Baseball and was a member of four World Series Championship Teams. He would win the American League Batting Title in 1998, the Silver Slugger Award in 2002 and won the Gold Glove Award four consecutive seasons from 1997 to 2000.
The Puerto Rican becomes the 18th man to have his number by the New York Yankees. Williams will not be the last former Yankee to be honored in the Bronx as Andy Pettitte and Jorge Posada will also be receiving similar accolades this year, and it is expected that Derek Jeter will be also gain that honor soon.
While we here at Notinhalloffame.com may not necessarily be fans of the New York Yankees, we do look to make a pilgrimage at one time to Monument Park. Congratulations to Bernie Williams and the Yanks in general as when we begin ranking the North American sports franchises that do the best job honoring their own, it is difficult to see anyone surpassing the baseball team from the Bronx.
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