31.   The Garden rafters no doubt have retired numbers of other players who did bad things.

32.   The Lakers held a ceremony to retire his number and Larry Bird flew to Los Angeles for the final farewell.

33.   The number had been retired by Niagara and hangs from the rafters at the Gallagher Center, but the school offered to let him use it.

34.   The only other Miami player to have his number retired is Rick Barry, who is in the Basketball Hall of Fame.

35.   The NHL retired his number around the league before the game.

36.   The plaza also honors four former Orioles whose numbers were retired by the organization.

37.   The Suns, for whom he played his finest basketball, decided last season to retire his number, warts and all.

38.   There are plans to retire his number in Philadelphia.

39.   They all showed up to salute Larry Dierker, who Sunday became the sixth Astro to have his jersey number retired.

40.   Would the new ownership consider retiring his number here someday?