True. And it's a shame because they had some really good players over the years. Tim Wallach was one of my favorites as a kid.

And that wasn't even the dumbest jersey retirement in FL history. That would be the Heat retiring #23 in honor of Michael Jordan. Who played a total of zero games for that franchise.

How about Andre Dawson though? It seems like more people associate him with the Cubs at this point due to that MVP season even though most of his truly great years were in Montreal.

Hack Wilson, I miss you more than all the others. This song is for you, my brother!

The Rays did retire Wade Boggs's number because he got his 3000th there. They wanted to be on his HoF cap too before the powers that be intervened.

Right after they retire Mike Piazza's number

I don't know if it's different in St. Louis but it seems like Hornsby is one of those all-time greats who has kind of fallen off the radar for the average baseball fan. The guy's numbers are staggering and he played into the early 30's but he doesn't get anywhere near the recognition of a Cobb, let alone a Ruth or…

The single strangest jersey sighting I've ever had was someone wearing a Gretzky St. Louis jersey in suburban Boston. Must've been on sale somewhere.

They can have Cap Anson though.

Nope. He just dusts off a column from 1987 and changes the names from Roger Clemens and John McNamara to David Price and John Farrell.

Yet the hosts will use the opinions of those idiots to characterize all fans of a team when making their straw man arguments. At least the ones around here.

They're not even that clever. They just go for the rhyming mantra of "The cap is crap!"

I try to veer from conspiracy theorizing but, given just how off the polling was, and how much deeper the Russian involvement seems to get by the day, I do wonder if any voting numbers were actually meddled with. We know they got to voter rolls in at least a few places. It's not a leap of monumental proportions to…

I kept telling my wife after the election that Trump fucked with the wrong people by continually going after the IC. They have very long memories and no qualms whatsoever about doing whatever they need to do to take someone down. He seems to be reaping that whirlwind on a daily basis now.

A) The salary cap is "crap" to use their phrase, B) almost every other team is dumb, C) cheating when that fits their narrative, D) Belichick is very good but let's not overdo it. Like I said, it's terrible radio.

Because it drives ratings, I guess. I dunno. It makes for awful radio though.

So far today, it's been Five Leaves Left by Nick Drake and I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got by Sinead O'Connor. It's dreary here and has been a very very long week that still isn't over. The music fits the mood well.

Every time I see a list of the best albums of the 90's, I feel the need to complain in my head "Where the hell is Copper Blue???". It's a top 10 for the decade to me. Easily.

The Wagon just might be their best song.

Stands for Decibels is one of my favorite albums ever. In fact, I think I'll listen to it again today. Thanks for the inspiration!