Top Model: Baseball Card Edition
An unexpected fashion show 20 stories above the streets of New York leads to the tale of how a baseball card photo became the center of a Mets clubouse controversy.
Set Collecting
The Downfall of Jerry Five Bats
Fantastic second baseman / Terrible extortionist: Phil Rizzuto’s double play partner once threatened to blow up a cruise ship.
Andre Dawson is Not Coming For Your Refractors
Common knowledge isn’t necessarily correct. Everybody knows that.
Stealing Home (and Getting Away with It)
If you’re only going to attempt to steal one base in your career, make it a good one.
A Little Background About My Baseball Glove
My Little League baseball glove was based off the model used by a guy who literally broke into the Astrodome to make his first pitching start.
Extra Letters and Extra Bases
“I don’t think there’s any question, but the names on the Cubs are a lot easier to pronounce and they seem to be more like baseball players’ names.” – Bill Murray, April 1987. Also included in this post: Some random 17th century piracy.
Baseball’s Other Mike Tyson
We all have a name, and we all have a hobby. Sometimes these things intersect with Mike Tyson.
Peter Pan in Dodger Blue
A monster card added to the 1952 set building project, one that is twice as scarce as Mantle or Jackie.
“I Pitched to Eddie Gaedel”
Bob Cain was a frequent signer on the autograph circuit of the ’80s and ’90s. Every item bore an inscription about the same event.