Active North American major sports athletes wearing THIS NUMBER include Tim Lincecum and Joe Blanton (MLB), Niklas Kronwall (NHL), and Joakim Noah (NBA), while in the NFL it was retired posthumously for Junior Seau. Though also associated with Tom Waits, the Eagles, and Sammy Hagar, its relation to this quiz is that it's the number of the FDNY Engine Company Buscemi served with in the early 1980s.
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