What’s Wrong With This Card – Lou Brock

First, the card. This Lou Brock issue is among the sharpest 1971 Topps cards I’ve ever seen. Every collector I know has it in for baseball cards with black borders. Any nick, scrape, ding or crease is there for all to see, sabotaging the card’s appearance and value. Among the

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2011 Top Relievers Of The Year

The Baseball Bloggers Alliance gives its Goose Gossage Award to the top relief pitcher of the year.  From time to time relievers reach a level of success that borders on the other worldly. A recent example is Brian Wilson of last year’s World Series Champion San Francisco Giants. Looking back,

Goose Gossage

SMOKE Smoke. One word. That’s what I used to say whenever Rich “Goose” Gossage entered a Yankees game. Smoke. Blazing speed. Over powering speed. Lightning speed. I was happy to see it too, because his tenure with the Bronx Bombers coincided with my six-year stint as a died in the

2011 Top Rookies of the Year

The Baseball Bloggers Alliance gives its Willie Mays Award to the top rookie of the season. Mays was a dazzling baseball presence whose skills had to be seen to be believed. He stole bases, was a superb center fielder, had a rocket arm, hit for a high average and possessed breathtaking

2011 Top Managers of the Year

Baseball Blogger’s Alliance members participate in a variety of polls the organization conducts throughout the year. With the end of the 2011 regular season, it’s time for me and my colleagues to cast our votes for five outstanding individual performers in several significant categories. In this post, I will state my

Nationals Park

Now Batting Clean Up: This was the last stop on my east coast ball park tour. I had a lot of rainy weather during my journey, so by the time this date rolled around I was armed with an umbrella. I had intended to visit five ball parks, but due

Orioles Park at Camden Yards

Orioles Park at Camden Yards I got to the stadium grounds on a breezy, overcast Saturday night in September. The weather service said there was a chance of a shower, which given my luck with Mother Nature on my extended road trip, meant that there would be a shower. Never

Three Cheers For Bryan Stow!

Father, husband and San Francisco Giants fan Bryan Stow stated his first words in almost six months yesterday. For more information on this thrilling development in his recovery, here is the link to the story I read on Yahoo’s MLB page yesterday: http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/Giants-fan-Bryan-Stow-speaks-his-first-words-sin;_ylt=AgOptxpLAlPmLo5P2cg90R8RvLYF?urn=mlb-wp20472 Here is the link to the family

Historic Baseball Treasures

Stars from the Philadelphia Phillies Hall of Fame Rube Waddell Judy Johnson Jim Bunning Roy Campanella Mickey Cochrane Billy Hamilton  Richie Ashburn Frank “Home Run” Baker Robin Roberts Reggie Jackson

Citizens Bank Park

Follow The Crowd: Finding a team’s ball park is the easiest thing in the world if you get off at the right station. Unlike my home town, I got it right on my first attempt so all I had to do was follow the sea of red. When I got