Happy Baseball Birthday- "Oil Can " Boyd is 65 today!

A very special Happy Baseball Birthday! to former big league pitcher, Dennis "Oil Can" Boyd, who's 65 today! 

⚾️ "Oil Can" has a prominent place in the ever growing Boyd Binder, second only to Matthew Boyd in the amount of cards for a player with BOYD in their name. 

👉 Because the binder with his cards are in storage, the images on this post are all from Trading Card DaDatabase.

🎂🎁🥳 Have a great day, Mr. Boyd, we love you and we appreciate you!

Play BALL! 🪔🛢⚾️

ALDS Game 1 Starter- Tyler Horton

 I have no Tyler Holton baseball cards, and, that needs to change. 

Hopefully, Tyler will be in Topps update, or, in 2025 Topps Series One. 

Tigers at the Guardians, 1 pm this afternoon. 

Go Tigers, and, remember, as always,  Play BALL! 🐅⚾️

Football Card Friday- Greg Landry (1946-2024)

Tigers Card Tuesday- Tarik Skubal / Game 1

It's a very special day as my beloved Detroit Tigers take on the Houston Astros in Game 1 of the American League Wild Card Series.

     Tigers Card Tuesday!           2024 Topps NOW                                  #773

🏆 Tarik Skubal, the American League Triple Crown Pitching winner for 2024 takes the ball for first Tigers playoff game since 2014.

     2024 Topps NOW 

          Detroit Tigers

                  #765

Games are all on ABC at 2:30 pm Eastern time. 

Have a great day, and, Go Tigers! 🐅⚾️

Happg Baseball Birthday! Riley Greene

A special Happy Baseball Birthday! post this Saturday morning to Detroit Tigers left fielder, Riley Greene, who's 24 years young today. 

The former #1 pick in the draft in 2018, Riley is having his best season so far, leading the Tigers to a wild card playoff berth this year. 

Have a great Saturday! 

Tigers Card Tuesday- Mr. Tiger from Cigar Box Cards

This week's Tigers Card Tuesday! is a variation of the 1950s Red Man cards.

🐅⚾️ This card of Detroit Tigers great Al Kaline was made by Cigar Box Cards, and cost me $5.00

⚾️ Such great work done, as always, go and give him a follow on Twitter/X.  

Ya'll have a great week...Play BALL! 

Tigers Card Tuesday- Topps Living Set- Sparky Anderson

Before I forget and today gets completely away from me, here's this week's post for Tigers Card Tuesday! 

Topps Living Set Card #738

Sparky Anderson 

Artist Jared Kelly. 

Jared's Website

Sparky was a great manager, taking the Tigers from being a terrible club in the mid-late 1970s, to a World Series Champion in 1984.

I absolutely love the Living Set, and I have all 22 Detroit Tigers cards that have been issued.

Thanks for taking time out of your day to read this post, it's much appreciated. 

Have a terrific rest of your week...Play BALL! 🐅⚾️

Blogger National 2024

Well, it's time again for Cards Over Coffee's annual Blogger Bat Around for 2024.

Even though I live between both Cleveland and Chicago, I haven't been able to get to any of the most recent Nationals.

👉 My last National is still the one in Atlanta in the 1990s. 

🐅⚾️ The Detroit Tigers had two All-Stars this season, and, both actually played in the 5-3 American League victory.

⭐️ LHP Tarik Skubal pitched a 1-2-3 2nd inning in his 1st ASG.

⭐️ Outfielder Riley Greene was 0-2, but did make a terrific play in left field in his 1st ASG. 

⭐️ Riley is my favorite baseball player and I try to collect as many of his cards as possible. 

My latest Riley card is easily the coolest of all his cards in my collection. 

2023 Topps Chrome Ultra Violet

 All Stars

#UV-13 Detroit Tigers 

I have a lot of Tarik's card also... this just might be my favorite. 

2022 Topps Archives #35 Tarik Skubal

🤔 Are yout going to tye National this weekend?

If not, and you're a blogger, make sure to do the Bat Around, I look forward to reading them all. 

Hope ya'll are doing well. 

Play BALL!  ⚾️ 

Tigers Card Tuesday-Gio Urshela Walk-Off

Got to go to Comerica Park on Saturday to watch the Los Angeles Dodgers play my Detroit Tigers.

🐅⚾️ The Tigers trailed the Dodgers by 5 runs (9-4) entering the bottom of the 9th.

Detroit tied the game up in an amazing comeback finished off my a Colt Keith 2-run HR w/ 2-outs to get the game to extra innings. 

Then, after a great double play to retire LA, Gio Urshela, w/ the Dodgers implementing the 6 infielder alignment, hit a 2-run HR to finish off an amazing comeback for the Tigers. 

        2024 Topps NOW 

        #414 Gio Urshela 

💙💜💛 Also got a cool color variation from a BUNT trade.

Saturday was so much fun, and I hope to make it back go the Motor City for another fame this season.

🤔 Have you been to a big league game this year?

👉 Let me know in the comments. 

As always, thanks do much for taking part of your day to check out my blog, it's much appreciated!

Play BALL! ⚾️

Tigers Card Tuesday- 2024 All-Star Riley Greene

Riley Greene will represent the Detroit Tigers is next Tuesdays All-Star Game in Arlington, Texas. 

Play Ball! 🐅⚾️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️