Baseball Bulletin... February 23, 2018

It's been a while since the last Bulletin, but today actual spring training baseball games are being played, and that's a good reason to post again.


My Detroit Tigers are playing the New York Yankees in Tampa, and Ill be watching the game on FOX Sports Detroit at 1pm.

📰 Here's some baseball stuff to get you ready for the start of your Grapefruit and Cactus League seasons.

⚾️ In honor of the victims of the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, big league teams will wear Stoneman Douglas Baseball team caps.

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⚾🏆 The Sabremetric Community has honored the latest recipients of the Henry Chadwick Awards.



                    ⚾️🎂🎁  Happy Baseball Birthday! 🎁🎂⚾️

44 different big leaguers were born today, starting with former infielder Lew Camp in 1868.


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                                     This absolutely needs to be a Topps NOW card! 

                                   
                                     Photo from Justin Verlander on Twitter.



⚾️💻 The guys from the Hall of Very Good podcast talk baseball with legendary Dodgers fan Larry King.


⚾️🐯 Tigers players Daniel Norris, Jacoby Jones, and Mikie Mahtook open up a box of 2018 Topps Series One Baseball cards.


⚾️☕ If you love baseball and coffee, here your chance to drink a cup made by Hall of Fame catcher Pudge Rodriguez.

⚾️🇺🇸 America celebrated Presidents Day this week...here's a fantastic article on relationships between our Presidents and baseball.


⚾️💻 Baseball Reference now has Baseball Box Scores dating back to 1908.


⚾️🃏 New Philadelphia Phillies manager Gabe Kapler opens up 25 year old baseball cards with Mike Oz of Yahoo.




⚾️🇺🇸 I love anything that helps bring attention to the old Negro Leagues, and  came across these two things that you should check out...

📌The Other Boys of Summer  is a magnificent look at the Negro League by filmmaker Lauren Meyer, who interviewed some of the surviving players to tell their stories.

📌The Kansas City Star wrote a excellent piece on the 100th Anniversary of the Negro Leagues in 2020.


●We, as baseball fans, need to do all we can to help this 100th Anniversary celebration happen.

The Negro Leagues produced many Hall of Fame ballplayers, including Jackie Robinson, Larry Doby, Ernie Banks, Henry Aaron, and Roy Campanella.

Do what you can to help promote on Social Media by using the hashtag #NegroLeagues100 





Have a great weekend...and Play Ball! ⚾️💛💙