Doug Drabek Reminds Me of Someone
Robin Yount and Doug Drabek have always looked the same to me. It’s just something I will have to live with.
1993 Finest Refractors
Tim Wallach, Relief Pitcher (and Third Baseman)
Position players performing mop up relief duty is one of the greatest things to watch.
More 1993 Finest: David Cone
I stared at a David Cone card every time I awaited my turn to play Nintendo.
Artificial Intelligence Writes About Jeff Montgomery
ChapGPT provides a description of the Royals’ pitcher. Amazingly things didn’t get as weird as one of his baseball cards from the 1990s.
Bringing in the Closer (to Pinch Hit) with the Bases Loaded
You will never see this again: With bases loaded in extra innings of a tied World Series game, the Minnesota Twins brought in a relief pitcher as a pinch hitter.
Vagaries of “The Best”
Roger Clemens is the greatest pitcher of all time, no matter how I weight the inputs.
In the Argument of Griffey Vs. Thomas, I Always Selected Thomas
Griffey has clearly ascended to a higher plane of baseball popularity, but Frank Thomas has always been my favorite of the two most popular sluggers of the mid-1990s.
A Baseball Card?
Baseball collectors looking Deion Sanders’ refractor have to contend against hordes of football collectors to land a copy.
King of the Firemen
The hobby never quite knew what to make of reliever Lee Smith. Opposing batters didn’t either.
Darren Daulton Was…Interesting
So what’s so intriguing about a sub-.250 catcher that had a knee surgery every 129 games?