Blog Bat Around- Alphabet Challenge

Here's my entry into Nacho Grande's Blog Bat Around.

J- Jon Jay

O- Orestes Destrade

H- Hank Aaron

N- Nellie Fox

S- Sandy Koufax

 

B- Brennan Boesch

I- Jose Iglesias

G- George Sisler

L- Chet Lemon

E- Earl Averill

A- Tony Armas

G- Charlie Gehringer 

U- Cecil Upshaw

E- Eldon Auker

B- Matthew Boyd

A- Jesus Alou

S- Sixto Lezcano

E- Luke Easter

B- John Boccabella 

A- Aaron Judge

L- Buck Leonard

L- Larry Sheets

B- Bill Freehan 

L- Lamarr Hoyt

O- Ed Ott

G- Hank Greenberg

Really had fun with this, and I hope you'll join in.

Have a wonderful Wednesday,  and, as always,  Play BALL! ⚾️

Happy Valentine's Day!

Hope ya'll are having a terrific Valentine's Day!

     From the Detroit Tigers                 Twitter Page...Yeah, BOYD! 

Happy Baseball Birthday! The BOYD is back!

HappyBaseballBirthday! wishes go out to my favorite big league pitcher, Matthew Boyd! 

4️⃣8️⃣ Matthew has resigned with my beloved Detroit Tigers, after spending a year away in the San Francisco Giants organization and then pitching for the Seattle Mariners on September of 2022.

🐅⚾️ As Matthew is my favorite big league hurler, I certainly didn't stop collecting his baseball cards, and last month I hit the 2️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ unique card mark on Trading Card Database.

🐅⚾️  A special shout out to my friend Michael Miller, for surprising me in January with the above autographed photo of Matthew...thanks, again, appreciate you thinking about me.

⚾️ I'm not sure what to expect when 2023 Topps is released in a couple of weeks, but I'm sure hoping that Matthew has a Mariners card, because I'm hoping that means he gets in Topps Update at the end of the year. 

Here's to hoping the winter wisks by fast, so we get the 2023 season off and running! 

Happy Birthday, Matthew! 

Play BALL! 

Tigers Card Tuesday- Topps Living Set Cecil Fielder

Wednesday is Topps Living Set Day, and so I thought I'd make a quick post for Tigers Card Tuesday! on the last Detroit Tigers player to be added to the set.

Cecil Fielder, a.k.a. BIG Daddy! 

Cecil is the-

19th different Tigers player in the set, and my 19th Tigers Card.

The 14th different Tigers position player//batter in the set. 

The logo in the bottom left is the 3rd different Tigers logo to be used in the set.

As February arrives, we're just a few weeks away from pitchers and catchers reporting to Tiger Town Spring Training in Lakeland, and I'm hoping we'll see another Detroit player in the Living Set.

Have a great week! 

Play BALL! 🐅⚾️ 

2023 Hall of Fame Ballot

Another year has passed, an that means another Hal 9f Fame announcement.

For me, if I could vote, these are the ballplayer that I believe belong in the hallowed halls of Cooperstown. 

• Todd Helton

• Jeff Kent

• Scott Rolen

• Jimmy Rollins

• Gary Sheffield

• Mark Buehrle

Happy Hall of Fame Day....Play BALL!