Seeing as there is enneagram love moving in a mexican wave across the board I thought I would bump this thread.
Here is some trivia about
niners...
* Nine ball is the standard professional pocket billiards variant played in the United States.
* In association football (soccer) the centre-forward/striker traditionally (since at least the fifties) wears the number 9 shirt.
* The car number of the 1988 NASCAR Nextel Cup championship-winning team, when Bill Elliott won the title. He used this number again from 2001 to 2003. Kasey Kahne has driven the 9 car since 2004.
* In baseball, nine represents the right fielder's position.
* The retired uniform numbers of former baseball players Ted Williams and Roger Maris. Reggie Jackson also wore 9 with the Oakland A's for nine years and is now retired.
* The San Francisco 49ers are sometimes referred to as the "niners".
* The number worn by current NBA player Tony Parker of the San Antonio Spurs, MVP of the 2007 NBA Finals.
* The number worn by Roy Hobbs in the movie The Natural.
* In rugby union, the number generally worn by the scrum half.
* In rugby league, the number generally worn by the hooker.
* The number worn by both Michael Jordan and Dwyane Wade in the U.S. Olympics Team.
* Nine Men’s Morris is a European board game known since Roman times.
* In professional ice hockey, number 9 is perhaps best known as the jersey number of Gordie Howe and Maurice Richard, and the number has been retired in their honour by the Detroit Red Wings and Montreal Canadiens, respectively.
* 99 is the highest valid jersey number in the NFL
I love being a nine. Repressed anger is a mighty force.