I Know That Guy! Never Mind, It’s Just Carl Erskine Being Awesome
One of the nicest guys in ’52 Topps looks exactly like the nicest person I know.
1993 Finest: Jeff Bagwell
Pull up a stool, or just step into the batter’s box and pretend you’re perched on one. It’s time to discuss Jeff Bagwell.
There Once Was a Man Named Puckett…
It’s funny how you can have a mental image of a person that persists long after things have changed.
When Ramon & Pedro Became Known as Pedro & Ramon
A pair of brothers with exceptional pitching skills came out of the Dodgers organization in the early 1990s.
Double Rated-Rookie Got Paid Then Didn’t Pay
Danny Tartabull’s professional baseball-playing father once attributed his son’s prodigious power hitting ability to his mother. I presume she was also better with finances.
The First HR-Hitting Shortstop Was in ’52 Topps
Home runs didn’t come from shortstops until Junior Stephens got to the majors.
Two and Half Complete Games (At Once)
Complete games have become a rarity. How about throwing one that lasts 22 innings?
Don’t Kill Seagulls When the Home Team is Named After a Bird
This advice would have served Dave Winfield well in a trip to Toronto.
1993 Finest: Harold Reynolds
Harold Reynolds is the only guy not named Rickey Henderson to lead the AL in stolen bases during the 1980s.