Retired Numbers

From Maris to Mattingly, the Yankees' pantheon goes beyond the megastars. Zach and Leo also discuss Bill Dickey,Thurman Munson, Phil Rizzuto and Whitey Ford.

The storied Yankees have retired numbers in honor of a whopping 24 individuals. While all were great baseball figures, they aren't all megastars. Zach and Leo discuss Reggie Jackson, Paul O'Neill, Ron Guidry, Billy Martin, and Elston Howard.

Who was the greatest Cardinal ever? Most would say Stan the Man, but he has some competition, particularly from a legendary second baseman known as the Rajah.

Zach and Leo move on to actual Cardinals' (and Cubs') players; Bruce Sutter, Ken Boyer, Ted Simmons, Dizzy Dean, and Lou Brock.

The Cardinals have retired 14 "numbers," four of which weren't worn by Cardinals players. Today we discuss the signifiance o Gussie Busch, Jack Buck, Whitey Herzog, and Tony La Russa.

The greatest Brooklyn Dodger was from LA (Jackie Robinson), and the great LA Dodger was from Brooklyn (Sandy Koufax).

Join us as we discuss two pitchers named Don, and three stars from Brooklyn's Golden Generation.

Today we begin looking at Brooklyn and LA baseball icons including two dynastic managers, Brooklyn's hometown favorite, an elite utility man, and a Mexican legend.

Say hey! We're talking Barry Bonds, Willie Mays, and also dabbling a wee bit in some soccer talk.

In today's episode we focus on individuals associated with the Giants' New York era, which lasted from 1885-1957. Amongst the New York Giants greats were Bill Terry, Monte Irvin, Carl Hubbel, Mel Ott, Christy Mathewson and John McGraw.

The Giants rank second in all time winning percentage, so it's no surprise they have a long list of retired numbers. Zach and Leo begin by focusing on some legends from the San Francisco era: Jeff Kent, Will Clark, Juan Marichal, Orlando Cepeda, Gaylord Perry, and Willie McCovey.

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.