Retired Numbers

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.

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

Zach and Leo discuss the comparatively recent figures amongst the Detroit Tigers's retired numbers: Willie Horton, Jim Leyland, Sparky Anderson, Jack Morris, and double-play duo Alan Trammell and Lou Whitaker.

Zach and Leo discuss three hall of fame position players, and the challenge of playing for one of baseball's, allegedly, most difficult fanbases.

Zach and Leo discus four Hall of Fame pitchers: Roy Halladay, Jim Bunning, Robin Roberts and Steve Carlton.

Not every number retirement involves a retired number. Zach and Leo discuss the oldest stars of one of baseball's oldest teams, most of whom never wore a uniform number at all.

Join us as we round out our Mets discussion by looking at the careers of Mike Piazza, Keith Hernandez (yes, first base defence is. thing!) , David Wright, and Tom Seaver .

Today we meet the Mets, specifically Yankees (and Mets?) legend Casey Stengel, Giants (and Mets?) legend Willie Mays, Dodgers (and Mets?) legend Gil Hodges, Jerry Koosman, Darryl Strawberry and Doc Gooden.

In this episode we discuss four hall of famers. They range from Paul Waner, who even Pirates management hadn't heard of until very recently, to Roberto Clemente, the face of humanitarianism in sport.