I'm still basking in the glory of Jack Morris and Alan Trammell being elected into the National Baseball Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committe on Sunday night.
July, 2018 can't get here soon enough for all of us Tigers fans.
🌲 Here's some other baseball stuff I've come across on the old Internet. 🌲
⚾️ Today's Happy Baseball Birthday! includes Redleg Snyder (1854), Pee Wee Waniger (1902), Buzzi Bavasi (1915), The Road Runner, Ralph Garr (1945), and former umpire Tim Mclelland.
⚾️ On this day in 1975 my Detroit Tigers stunned my 15 year old baseball fan heart by trading 1968 World Series hero Mickey Lolich to the New York Mets for Rusty Staub.
Lolich won 207 games for the Tigers, including a A.L. league leading 25 games in 1971.
Between 1964 and 1975 Mickey won at least 12 games each year, and his 2,679 strikeouts are the most in Tigers history, and until 2017, those 2,679 K's were the most by a left handed pitcher in American League history , until the Yankees C.C. Sabathia broke his record.
Staub, was a terrific Tigers outfielder and DH, batting .277, with 582 base hits, 70 HRs, and 358 RBI in 4 years in the Motor City.
⚾️ I guess I have to mention the Angels signing of Japanese star Shohei Otani by the Angels, and the Yankees acquisition of Giancarlo Stanton from the Marlins.
My wife and I first saw Michael Stanton play for the Jacksonville Suns, smacking 2 homers in a game we attended, and we became instant fans...and she isnt one bit happy that he's now wearing the Yankee Pinstripes.
Stanton's first Yankees baseball card...its a Topps NOW card, of course.
As for Otani, well, the folks over at the MLB Network couldn't stop drooling about the pitcher/DH playing with analytics poster boy, Angels CFer and league MVP Mike Trout.
⚾️ Josh Jackson of MiLB.com has a terrific article on the Old Hollywood Stars PCL baseball team.
⚾️ The Jacksonville Dolphins Baseball Team released their 2018 schedule, and I absolutely LOVE IT!
I lived in JAX for 36 years, and saw quite a few ball games on that beautiful campus, including watching a young JAX native named Daniel Murphy do his thing on his way to the big leagues.
⚾️ I'll late in posting this, so my apologies to the guys at the Hall of Very Good.
Remember The Famous San Diego Chicken?
The most famous mascot in sports history was on the HOVG podcast, and to help Go Fund Me efforts, signed 40 baseball cards to the first 40 folks to give at least $5.00...its a worthwhile donation for sure.
How could you not want a autographed card like of The Chicken...AWESOME!
⚾️ I hope to post a few more times before Christmas, including another update of the great blogs that I follow.
Until next time... PLAY BALL!
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