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1. After winning numerous home run crowns, and being the king of baseball for a number of years with the Yankees, they didn't want him any longer. Babe Ruth retired with which team in 1935?
2. 18-season third baseman Wade Boggs made his name with the Red Sox and the Yankees, hitting under .300 only twice in those 16 seasons. Feeling that Wade was all used up in 1997, the Yankees let Boggs go to retire with which team?
3. After Steve Carlton made his name for the Cardinals and Phillies, Philadelphia thought that he was washed up. They released him in June 1986. Two weeks later, the Giants signed him as a free agent. A month later the Giants let him go too, and Carlton signed as a free agent with the White Sox. Chicago let him go to sign as an Indian free agent, then traded him to with which team where he retired in 1988?
4. The great Harmon Killebrew spent 21 loyal seasons with the same franchise, the Senators of Washington and the Minnesota Twins. When the Twins thought that 'Killer' was over the hill, they let him go to which team?
5. Reggie Jackson played for 21 seasons throughout his career. He earned the nickname 'Mr. October' for stepping up in the late seasons to hit some big home runs. He began his career and played for many seasons with the Athletics, and played with the Orioles for one year before signing as a free agent with the Yankees. Amongst Reggie's pinstripe accomplishments were five home runs in the 1977 World Series. The Yankees, feeling that Reggie was not worth the money any longer, let him go to sign as a free agent with the Angels. He hit 123 home runs for the Angels in five seasons before retiring with which team in 1987?
6. After breaking Babe Ruth's home run record by hitting 61 in 1961, the Yankees held on to Roger Maris until 1966 after he hit only two home runs in the season. Figuring that Maris was washed up, which team did they trade him to for third baseman Charley Smith where he retired in 1968?
7. With the great one-two punch of Ernie Banks and Billy Williams for 16 seasons, it is hard to imagine that the Cubs never saw a World Series game with them on the roster. After Billy almost hitting 400 home runs for the Cubbies, they let him go to which team to in 1974 because they thought he was gone?
8. Rickey Henderson spent his first 15 seasons with the Athletics and Yankees. They both thought that Rickey was all used up, and he was traded to the Blue Jays in 1993. In the following 11 seasons, Rickey moved nine times, then finally retired with which team in 2003?
9. One of the greatest left handers in history, Warren Spahn spent 20 loyal seasons with the Braves. After winning only six games in 1964, the Braves sold him to the New York Mets in 1965, who then released him after appearing in 20 games. Which team signed Spahn as a free agent where he retired in 1965?
10. After 14 seasons with the Los Angeles Dodgers, they didn't think that Steve Garvey had anything left and let him go to free agency. Which team signed him where he played for five seasons before retiring in 1987?
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