Per the university, there will be a ceremony before Friday's baseball game to retire Kip Bouknight's jersey. Bouknight won the 2000 Golden Spikes award and still holds the school records for inning pitched and stirkeouts in a career.
South Carolina to retire Kip Bouknight's Jersey
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It's the jersey being retired, per the releases we've gotten at least. Would assume that's the case.
Honest question because I don’t know. - how many have been retired ? Has USC retired a lot of Jerseys? I’m guessing it’s a big deal for Kip and probably Tanner too.
We and others have retired a few numbers in the past - in various sports. That's the way it ought to be done. That's true homage. Now they retire "jerseys" instead so that he can promise those numbers to snot-nosed kids. It's a sham, no more meaningful than retiring a jockstrap that the school supplied a player.
Furthermore, this is the way it ought to be. Rodgers knows. https://nypost.com/2023/04/26/aaron-rodgers-jets-gesture-touched-my-heart-joe-namath/amp/
So what that they aren't retiring his number. They are recognizing him for accomplishments. Too bad everything somebody does has to be criticized by a couple of bitter old men. "get off my lawn!!!!" Have a great weekend, and make sure you show up when anyone recognizes you.
I understand the debate of retiring # vs Jersey on message boards but don’t agree with one meaning nothing. One is a bigger honor but both are great accomplishments.
Kip had a great career . There were some great team members on the team. I didn’t realize he had 12 or so complete games. That is pretty big time. Even for that era of baseball.
Go Gamecocks. Hope we can finish strong and have a few younger guys to step up when needed .
People are too inclined to settle for an inferior option. There's no sense in it when the superior precedent has already been enacted. Retiring jerseys is thus rendered a diminishment of the honor. Any keen critical thinker can see it. The honor has been downgraded.
Taking a shot at our age, wow. The "get off my lawn" quote was a nice touch. You left out "Grandpa".
I am 58 years old. I think it's great that they are honoring one of our distinguished former players. I dont care as much about the semantics of retiring his jersey or number. He's a Gamecock homer and I like it. I'm sure if we look hard enough we can find something to be critical in just about everything.
Like King said, it diminishes the retiring of a number. It's a half banner type of deal.
