This may be my favorite of the five autographed cards I received from Alan this week. Scott McGregor's 1988 Topps card rekindles a lo...

Last night, Manny Machado became the second Oriole third baseman to ever win a Gold Glove. Of course, the other guy won 16 at the hot corn...

My mother is retiring next month, so she's been doing a lot of cleaning, organizing, and dumping. Yesterday afternoon she handed me a ...

I didn't expect to still be receiving wedding gifts six weeks after saying "I do". But today, a plain white envelope arrived...

In a little bit, I'll be driving down to the Baltimore Arena to see Pearl Jam in concert for the second time in my life, and the first...

Out of baseball in 2013. Reached AA Bowie for all of 16 games in 2010, where he posted a .477 OPS at age 27. Bowman, you've done it ag...

You spend your childhood dreaming about having your picture on a baseball card, and finally it happens. Then some punk-ass kid gets his gr...

Jeff Conine had many talents as a ballplayer, but chief among them was his ability to look disgusted and vaguely annoyed approximately 100...

It's been 20 years to the day since Joe Carter hit his famed walkoff three-run homer off of Mitch Williams to clinch the Blue Jays...

Melvin Mora never was the fastest runner on his team. Maybe it had something to do with the black metal bar fused to his rear end.

Your quote of the day, from a Roch Kubatko interview with Rick Dempsey : "I go back to 1986 when at the end of the season with the...

Last night as I came to terms with the inevitability of a Cardinals-Red Sox World Series, which was the matchup I least wanted to see at t...

I'm probably repeating myself - after blogging on a near-daily basis for almost six years, I'd be surprised if I wasn't - but ...

If anybody needs me today, I'm combing through a 3000-or-so-count box of well-used 1970s Topps commons on loan from my buddy Ed. In ex...

I'm sure I'm preaching to the choir here, but on the off chance that any of you know the parties responsible... For goodness...

It has been exactly 30 years since Scott McGregor pitched the game of his life, permitting seven Phillies baserunners (five hits, two walk...

It's Jim Palmer's 68th birthday today. He won exactly 2 68 total games as a major leaguer. He had an earned run average of 2. 68 ...

This monster cold/virus/whatphlegmyever is wreaking havoc with my blogging schedule. That's my story and I'm sticking to it. With ...

(When I was whining about being sick on Wednesday night, I had no idea that I wouldn't be able to keep any food or drink down for most...

"Winner*", this card declares. I certainly don't feel like a winner tonight. I've been forced to stay home from work for...