Retired Numbers

Last time we discusses the great braves of the 1990s-2000s. But the team had its share of icons before that: Dale Murphy, Phil Niekro, Warren Spahn, Eddie Matthews, and of course, Hank Aaron.

Over half of the Braves retired numbers are from a single era: Jones, Jones, Maddux, Glavine, Smoltz, and the late Bobby Cox. Zach and Leo talk about how the combination of these players is a rarity they can only appreciate in hindsight.

Red Sox fan and longtime listener David Rosenbaum joins us to begrudgingly discuss Wade Boggs, and laud over Carl Yastrzemski (along with Pedro Martinez, David Ortiz, and Ted Williams).

The Red Sox are one of baseball's most iconic teams, yet Joe Cronin, Bobby Doerr, and Johnny Pesky remain lesser known figures in baseball history.

Frank Robinson is one of the greatest baseball players ever, but he takes a back seat in Reds lore to the trio of Joe Morgan, Johnny Bench, and Pete Rose. We discuss these guys along with the "other" Barry from the 90s.

Baseball's oldest team is perhaps best known for its stars from the 1970s, including Tony Perez, Dave Concepcion, and manager Sparky Anderson. They are amongst the 10 retired Reds numbers, but so are Fred Hutchinson and Ted Kluszewski.

Mark Buerhle was too consistently good to be great (does that even make sense?). Zach and Leo also discuss White Sox legends Minnie Miñoso, Ted Lyons, Luke Appling, and Frank Thomas.

Zach and Leo discuss the recent Hall of Fame vote, setting up the discussion around players like Harold Baines, and Nellie Fox (alongside Paul Konerko, Billy Pierce, Carlton Fisk, and Luis Aparicio).

The Tigers' retired number wall includes seven baseball greats who didn't have regular numbers. Zach and Leo discuss a prolific grass-chewer, the all-time triples king, and, finally, baseball's most mythologized player, Ty Cobb.

Zach and Leo move on to four "classic" Tigers: Gehringer, Greenberg, Newhouser, and Kaline.