Boston Globe's Nick Cafardo brought up an interesting point in his Sunday notes column this week when he wrote, "With Larry Lucchino out, maybe now the Red Sox will properly honor Wade Boggs and retire his No. 26."

Lucchino wanted no part of Boggs' number being retired for the obvious reason. Boggs left Boston as a free agent following the 1992 season to sign with rival New York Yankees.

That said, Boggs was inducted into the Hall of Fame wearing a Red Sox cap. And he ranks second in Red Sox franchise history in batting average (.338), fifth in hits (2,098), fifth in doubles (422), seventh in runs (1,067) and eighth in games played (1,625).

What do Red Sox fans think? Should the organization retire his No. 26? You decide: