On September 18, 1987, veteran Tigers slugger #DarrellEvans etched his name into the record books. In a tight 7–6 win over the Milwaukee Brewers, Evans launched his 30th home run of the season, becoming the first player in Major League history to hit 30 homers in a season at age 40 – which is crazy […]
On September 18, 1984, Sparky Anderson’s Detroit Tigers sealed their dominance over the American League East with a 3-0 shutout against the Milwaukee Brewers. Rookie pitcher Randy O’Neal made his first major league start and delivered a gem, with seven innings of four-hit ball, striking out future Hall of Famer Robin Yount to kick things […]
Happy 78th birthday to Ken Singleton, born June 10, 1947! Is it just us, or is something just a little off with the inset action artwork for his 1982 Donruss Diamond Kings card? Maybe it’s understandable that Dick Perez didn’t quite know who Ken Singleton was. He’s not exactly a household name outside of Baltimore, […]
1982 Topps Nolan Ryan Highlights baseball card #5.
Isn’t it interesting how some ballplayers have that one HUGE season in an otherwise average or slightly above-average career? Case in point, Darin Erstad. who turns 51 today. Erstad was an excellent player both offensively and defensively. He wasn’t a superstar but put up solid numbers for much of his 14-year career with the California Angels (Anaheim Angels, Los […]
Has any number one draft pick been hyped – and fallen – harder than Brien Taylor? Taylor was drafted out of high school by the New York Yankees on June 3, 1991. And if you were a baseball fan or collector at the time, everything was Brien Taylor, Brien Taylor, Brien Taylor. And his minor […]
Ken Griffey Jr. was drafted first overall by the Seattle Mariners on June 2, 1987, meaning he was just 17 and a half when he began his professional baseball career. Not every number one draft pick is a lock for the big leagues, but even at 17, Griffey was as close to a lock as […]
Long before we watched Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa’s PED-enhanced chase for 61 in 1998, there was an even more intense chase for 3,508 – the all-time strikeout record held by Walter Johnson from his retirement in 1927 until 1983, when Nolan Ryan, Steve Carlton and Gaylord Perry all made a run to be crowned […]
Donruss done Bobby Grich wrong in 1986! You can’t convince us that their layout and design department didn’t notice this unfortunate placement of the California Angels logo on the 6-time All-Star and 4-time Gold Glove winner’s card. What they had against one of the finest all around second basement of the 1970s and 80s we will never know. But it brings up […]
Were there ever players you knew about as a kid that you sort of assumed were big stars and were shocked to find out they weren’t? For us, Ozzie Virgil Sr. fit that bill. We’d seen him on the 1985 Topps father/son card with Ozzie Jr., who at the time wasn’t a half bad power hitting catcher for the Philadelphia […]
