46

In 1984, on the World Champion Detroit Tigers baseball team, Dan Petry was the second starting pitcher after Jack Morris. Peaches, Dan's nickname, was solid behind the Hall of Famer Morris.

While watching the Stanley Cup Finals in July 2021 in Hessel in da U.P. in 2021, which was weird (thank you COVID) I noticed a Montreal Canadiens player named Jeff Petry. An odd surname, methinks. So I looks it up. And lo and behold, he's the son of that same Peaches. 

Then here we go this past Tuesday, August 15, and the hometown Detroit Red Wings hockey squad acquire by trade Jeff Petry, who asks to wear number 46, the jersey number of his Pops. And I think, serendipity. 

All right, not so much. But Jeff wearing his old man's number on a team from the D, maybe it is. Surely it's a wink at the past. A very much appreciated wink.