Was the Aaron Theory incorrect in claiming that the Numbers were \retired Yankee jerseys\?
Apparently so, according to dozens of e-mails we received from various New York Yankees fans and astute sports nerds. Paul Bosler wrote: ”…the number 42 is NOT retired. It is still worn by Mariano Rivera, the Yankees’ closer. Major League Baseball has requested that every team retire 42 because of Jackie Robinson. As far as I know the Yankees are the only team that has not done so.” We stand corrected, though in our defense, the Aaron Theory survives this inaccuracy, because it argues that The Numbers were a string of arbitrary digits that originally had no intrinsic meaning or function, but became ”cursed” as a consequence of a psychic catastrophe. Nonetheless: We should have been more careful with our facts and words, especially around touchy Yankee fans. We’re sorry. Now: Can you stop flooding my e-mail box with Bronx cheers? BURNING QUESTION: Why couldn’t Doc Jensen just make it easy on himself and fall back on the Purgatory Theory to explain everything? ANSWER: Purgatory is,
