With Omar Vizquel joining the White Sox, he knew he had to choose a new jersey number. The number 13 he's used to wearing currently belongs to skipper Ozzie Guillen, who wasn't going to give it up. Instead, Vizquel asked another one of his fellow Venezuelan shortstops if he could borrow his number. Said Vizquel, "One day I was hanging out with Luis Aparicio and I had the courage to ask if I could use his number. He thought about it for a while and with a little smile said it would be great." With Hall of Famer Aparicio's blessing, the White Sox will "un-retire" the 11 jersey for Vizquel to wear in 2010. more ›

The Cubs announced this week that on May 3, they will retire jersey #31. And while they will be increasing the number of numbers from four to five, the club of honorees will be increasing by 50%. This retirement ceremony will be unique, in that two players will be having the number retired in their honor. Fergie Jenkins and Greg Maddux -- perhaps the best two pitchers ever to wear Cubs pinstripes -- both wore the number during their days in Chicago and will see it hung at Wrigley in their honors. more ›