Card On The Table (3/23-29/2026)

              Happy Tigers Card Tuesday! 

Baseball games that count will be played this week, and my Detroit Tigers will start in San Diego vs. the Padres on Thursday afternoon. 

             This week's Card on the Table 

Tarik Skubal, fresh off back to back America League Cy Young Awards, will take the ball for Detroit. 

Tigers Card Tuesday/Card on the Table (3/17-22/2026)

 It's a cool combo today on ye olde blog, a two fer' Tuesday, if you will. 

I've combined Tigers Card Tuesday & Card on the Table for one post, because, well, I was battling fibromyalgia for a few days and didn't have the energy. 

🐅⚾️Any time I can feature a card of the greatest hitter in Tigers history, it's definitely a good thing. 

🍑 The Georgia Peach won 12 American League batting championships, hit .366 for his entire career, and, was, fittingly, the first player elected into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown.

                  Tyrus Raymond Cobb.

If you're a baseball card fan, and youre on TwitterX, you should, hopefully, been following Cigar Box Cards for great hobby content. 

Also, the Olde English D wood block is from Cash Lumber , a Christmas gift...or, his website, here. 

Have a great week, and, as always, I appreciate you taking time out of your day to stop by and read my blog. 

Play BALL! 🐅⚾️🍑

Freehan on Friday, March 13? 2026

 

Bill Freehan won 5 consecutive Gold Glove Awards (1965-69), the first big league catcher to do so. 

              #FreehanOnFriday on TwitterX 

Freehan on Friday, 3/06/2026

My Aunt Arlene's Birthday 🎂 is today.

When she was a young woman, William Ashley Freehan was her ballplayer crush

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     🐅Denny McLain's win #27 in 1968. ⚾️

Bill Freehan with another complete game behind the dish. 

Card Show Saturday- Mike Squires

 We had a card show in Kalamazoo today.

Former big leaguer Mike Squires was the guest signer. 

Had a chance to sit and talk for a bit while he was in between signing things for fans. 

Mike played at Kalamazoo Central High School, then went on to play for Western Michigan University.

Mike was drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 18th round of the MLB player draft by the Chicago White Sox.

Mike won the Gold Glove Award for American League Baseman in 1981. 

Hope everyone had an awesome Saturday, and, as always, thanks for taking time out of your day to stop by and read my blog. 

Play BALL!  ⚾️ 

Tigers Card Tuesday- 1980 Jack Morris

Tigers Card Tuesday! 

           1980 Topps #371, Jack Morris

Card on rhe Table (2/2/2026)

This week's Card on the Table celebrates my favorite big league pitcher, Matthew Boyd, who turned 35 yesterday. 

This is one of my absolute favorite cards of Matthew, card #1 of just 3 copies! 

             2022 Topps Triple Theads, #1/3 

 That awesome piece of the famous Olde English D really makes this card special.        

             

Here's hoping that Matthew, and all of today's Happy Baseball Birthday! friends had a magnificent day.

Play BALL! ⚾️ 

Freehan on Friday

No idea what year/game this photo is from, however, as I continue to battle left arm/shoulder pain from a fractured elbow, it seems appropriate for today's Freehan on Friday! 

Have a fabulous Friday! 

Card On The Table

Each Monday morning I change my Card On The Table. 

This week's card is my 2019 Topps Living Set Matthew Boyd, the only card of the set that's graded. 

Hope everyone has a wonderful week, and, fir those of you, who, like myself, are living in the frigid Midwest, try and stay warm, and, please, , please, be safe. 

Freehan on Friday- A look into the Future

                 Happy Freehan on Friday! 

                      Spring Training, 1968.

Courtesy of my friend Paul Mayne on TwitterX.