non-KG/Gorman question

[Kim Malo]

At 05:21 PM 12/3/2007, douglas342 at aol.com wrote:
>Kim, didn't I read somewhere that Red said he'd retire his number if he
>acceded gracefully to the trade?  I amy be wrong, but that's what I
>remember.
>
>Of course, what choice did Ed have but to accede?  Players weren't
>overly endowed with inalienable rights back then.

Not that I've read, although that doesn't make it impossible. But did 
they even retire numbers back then?

But I think the problem is you're starting from an assumption he had 
to be talked into it. Look, Ed WANTED the trade. at least to the 
point of being happy about it even if he didn't necessarily instigate 
it.. He was from the St Louis area and his wife (I think it was his 
wife, could have been one of his kids) was very ill. He was happy to 
go back and didn't need to be convinced

Kim