Catcher v. Catcher
Ed Fitz Gerald may be the only catcher to hit a home run off another catcher.
Ed Fitz Gerald may be the only catcher to hit a home run off another catcher.
Chick Chakales had a great line that he used to introduce himself.
Lots of athletes supplement their income with sales jobs in the offseason. This one sold pickles.
One of the briefest careers captured in 1952 Topps ended with a whole lot of seafood.
While Topps wouldn’t introduce its “Traded” cards for two decades, the card manufacturer frequently highlighted midseason trades on the back of cards as far back as 1952.
One of the shortest players of all time appeared on a baseball card one year after Eddie Gaedel made his debut.
Disaster struck a ballplayer who left the game in hopes of saving his life.
A fan of the game for as long as he could remember, Kelly approached his time in the majors like a fan getting a fantasy camp experience.
Sometimes players just known when it’s time to do something else.