Several readers solved the riddle posed by this infamous card, which credited the wrong catcher. It was Catcher Ron Hassey who partnered with Lenny Barker to craft this perfect game, not Bo Diaz. Hassey enjoyed a fourteen-year big league career, logging most of his innings with the Cleveland Indians, Oakland
What’s Wrong With This Card – Lenny Barker
Even though I have issues with this 1982 Fleer card, I really like it. Here’s why: The card commemorates the perfect game thrown by Cleveland’s Lenny Barker on May 15, 1981. Perfect games, where twenty-seven players come to the plate to take their at bats without any of them getting on
Arizona Fall League – 2011 Rising Stars Game
This evening I watched the Rising Stars Game, where the best Arizona Fall League players competed against each other. I enjoyed seeing it even though the West Division (Phoenix Desert Dogs, Surprise Saguaros, and the Peoria Javelinas) defeated the East Division (Mesa Solar Sox, Salt River Rafters, and the Scottsdale Scorpions) by
What’s Wrong With This Card Solved – Lou Brock
The solution to “What’s Wrong With This Card # 3” eluded many readers. After initial, partially-correct answers, my friends Barry & Gary, of the outstanding Mets Musings Podcast, came up with the solution. This card wasn’t issued by Topps. It was put together by a fan of baseball cards. In short, the
Arizona Fall League – Part 2
Dateline – Phoenix: I’m in the Valley of the Sun for three more days. Because the Arizona Fall League (AFL) does not play games on Sundays, my plan was to see games on Saturday, October 22nd and Monday, October 24th. However, I’m having such a blast with the sisters that
The Arizona Fall League – Part 1
Dateline-Phoenix: Last week I combined two joyous parts of my life, family and baseball, by visiting my two older sisters and watching several Arizona Fall League baseball games. Last year my sister Nancy retired to Sun City West, joining my sister Susan, who nine years ago retired to nearby Surprise, both
The 2011 World Series
For me, each new World Series is like a holiday gift. You never know what you’re going to get. Will it be fun? Will it be enjoyable? Will it be memorable? As I sit down to watch the first game of this year’s World Series, I can’t resist the urge
Top Players Of The Year
The Baseball Bloggers Alliance give its Stan Musial Award to the top player in each league. This is the last of the five post-season awards that I will be voting on. As was the case with the other awards, for a variety of reasons I like to discuss the career
Progress Report # 2
In late March I invited a group of friends to voice their opinions on a series of predictions pertaining to the San Francisco Giants 2011season. This took the form of responding to a series of statements with one of three opinions, “under,” “the same” or “over.” On August 6th, I
2011 Top Pitchers Of The Year
The Baseball Bloggers Alliance gives the season’s top pitchers its Walter Johnson Award. Johnson was a tall right hander who threw with a side-arm motion and was equipped with blazing speed. He toiled for decades for the Washington Senators, a team that would often put the “L” into losing. What
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