Category: Baseball

IBWAA All-Star Ballot (Pitching Edition)

 paul  June 10, 2021  2 Comments on IBWAA All-Star Ballot (Pitching Edition)

Tired of me wanking on about my All-Star votes yet? No? Wow. Okay, here we go. We have 16 picks…

My IBWAA 2021 All-Star Ballot

 paul  June 10, 2021  3 Comments on My IBWAA 2021 All-Star Ballot

I wanted to share my 2021 All-Star ballot that I’m submitting to the IBWAA. We’ll start with the American League….

Out of Storage: My Hall of Fame Bat With 29 Autographs

 paul  June 8, 2021  2 Comments on Out of Storage: My Hall of Fame Bat With 29 Autographs

In the 80’s, as a kid, my family and I went to hundreds of baseball card shows. Our biggest project…

Stadium Visit (Wayback Machine Edition): Cardines Field, Newport Gulls (NECBL)

 paul  June 8, 2021  0 Comments on Stadium Visit (Wayback Machine Edition): Cardines Field, Newport Gulls (NECBL)

My first experience with New England’s collegiate baseball culture was in Newport, Rhode Island. Sat back off the water, blocks…

Stadium Visit (Wayback Machine Edition): McKeon Park, Hyannis Harbor Hawks (CCBL)

 paul  June 8, 2021  0 Comments on Stadium Visit (Wayback Machine Edition): McKeon Park, Hyannis Harbor Hawks (CCBL)

Amanda the Librarian, our dog Ollie and I visited McKeon Park in June 2019. I don’t know why I didn’t…

Stadium Visit: Frawley Stadium (Wilmington Blue Rocks)

 paul  June 7, 2021  0 Comments on Stadium Visit: Frawley Stadium (Wilmington Blue Rocks)

Finally, The Rock has returned to Wilmington. It’s been a long, awful 15 months since our last stadium visit and…

Full Pull Set: 1992 Sky Box Double-A Minor League Box

 paul  May 20, 2021  0 Comments on Full Pull Set: 1992 Sky Box Double-A Minor League Box

The same trip that netted a 94% complete ’86 Donruss book found a 1992 Sky Box “Pre-Rookie” Double-A minor league…

Stop Looting Target

 paul  May 20, 2021  0 Comments on Stop Looting Target

Twitter is infuriating. Also, the sky is blue. Water is wet. Winter is coming. Twitter is infuriating. I saw a…

Mail Day: Darren Daulton PC Jump Start & Jai Alai Cards? (Jai Alai Cards.)

 paul  May 7, 2021  0 Comments on Mail Day: Darren Daulton PC Jump Start & Jai Alai Cards? (Jai Alai Cards.)

I’ve been fascinated by jai alai since I saw the scene in the opening montage of Miami Vice. Compared to…

1986 Donruss Binder – Flea Market Find

 paul  April 30, 2021  2 Comments on 1986 Donruss Binder – Flea Market Find

Last week my fiancé and I  were out and we ended up dropping into an, I don’t know, not quite…