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Agreed.
What a great story about a lifelong obsession with an assist from one of the best baseball historians!
Mad props, @justmckinney.bsky.social - well done.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/704...
I’m pretty much against all melons, but cantaloupe is the worst.
I also killed a few hours today with the tale of Billy Blair, who was released by Zanesville for not wanting to share his uniform with another player. Blair's tale is short, in part, because just as he was about to sign with a #mlb team, fate intervened.
mightycaseybaseball.com/2026/02/22/b...
Trying to remember how to do this writing thing... Anyway - I was able to help correct the historical record regarding the death date of Negro League pitcher Alex Albritton.
mightycaseybaseball.com/2026/02/20/t...
I wrote about this in regards to a sixteen year old in the 1800s being the earliest of the the early major leaguers (at the time) figuring Campanella would likely beat Nuxhall. Thanks for sharing.
We had plenty of prospects who didn’t live up to the hype. Karl Pagel, for example. I rooted for him to become a Cubs star but it didn’t happen…
Jose Cardenal or Shawon Dunston?
The left handed Bret Saberhagen. If he got to the mound, he’d likely win. Miss them both.
Too many missed opportunities to put points on the board. It’s okay to kick field goals…
A friend of mine is a video editor who just edited a commercial where all of it was assembled by AI. Script, shots, actors… All those jobs that went to writers, videographers, special effects people and actors are gone.
As a south Florida guy - tons of upside, sparks of IL time, and an inexpensive player for a couple more years.
He will have a 14-6, 2.85 season on the back of his baseball card one day. Not sure he will have more than two if he can’t stay healthy.
He’s the new Francisco Liriano?
I understood it to mean they no longer had music video programming on any of their channels.
While playing racquetball, I played a shot behind my back.
The racquet hit me from behind over my left eye, leaving me a bloodied mess.
And I failed to impress the girl I had a crush on…
I did get the point, though.
I sold a TV antenna to Walter Payton during the off week in the 1985 playoffs. I asked him if he planned on watching the Super Bowl on TV. He smiled, said no and thanked me for my time.
He was shorter than me, and I was barely 5’10”
I literally ran into Alan Thicke at LAX. He was exiting a kiosk while on the phone and I was exiting my plane looking for the way to baggage claim.
He was taller than I imagined.
We both apologized and continued on our ways.
Sorry - hadn’t read the whole of it.
Cheers!
I’m with you, Mike. I enjoy an old fashioned from time to time. Preferably with Angel’s Envy. The bourbons I tend to drink neat are smaller batches and/or at least another price level up…
It lasts, like, 23 minutes long… And it sounds like the piano being banged on is the old rickety upright piano from my aunts house. Of course, nobody could play that piano all that well…
Why do I think Dan Uggla was a rule 5 pick? Had a nice career and was my kid’s favorite player…
KU football star Steve Renko… Rock Chalk!!!
Gives new meaning to the term “Michigan Man…”
I saw some note that he would be the second grandfather to play and was surprised it was Favre and not Blanda…
Just trying to see the big picture…
I’d buy the second one, too…
Ray Oyler. He was a Pilot but Pilots count as Brewers…
If you want a SS who played in Milwaukee, Bob Heise got on a few games there.
I practically stopped writing after finishing my book. Then someone I worked with said “How can you call yourself a writer when you’re not writing?” I started blogging to stay in practice.
I took a needed break with a job change. Everything is just random when I write. I find a name on a birthday or death day list and find an obit and hope it’s interesting. Then I go from there. Most of these I try to write in under four hours. Some deserve more time so I might go further.
Cheers, sir!
Had no idea anyone was looking for it. I thanked the woman who uploaded it to Ancestry, though. How are you?