Happy Baseball Birthday, America!

Happy Baseball Birthday, America! 

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2025 Topps Archives Cyber Stats

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McGonigle Monday-

The Tigers did not play well last week at home, going 2-5 vs the Yankees and Astros. 

Kevin McGonigle walked 3 times yesterday. 

😵‍💫 Kevin committed his 9th error of the season yesterday vs Houston. 

9️⃣- You have to know he was at Yankee Stadium early today working on his defense. 

I added my 2nd card of Kevin this past week, from a contest I won on TwitterX. 

Have a great week, and, as always, Play BALL! 🐅⚾️

Tigers Card Tuesday- Keider Montero

Tigers RHP Keider Montero makes his debut on Tigers Card Tuesday! 

Montero has been filling on the rotation spot for the injured Justin Verlander. 

Keider is 3-5 this year, but his ERA is 3.68, and he has won 2 of his kast 3 starts. 

Absolutely love this edition of Topps Chrome Platinum, I got most of the base cards from the same guy that I talk with about the Living Set cards.

Hope all of you fabulous bloggers are 

Kazoo Card Show

Going to the monthly card show here in Kalamazoo this afternoon. 

No funds to buy any big cards, mainly going to look around and hang with Dennis and Jeff. 

Have a great Saturday, and, as always, Play BALL! ⚾️ 

The Summer of Boyd

As of today, I'm officially proclaiming this is the Summer of BOYD! 

With the arrival of this card in today's mail, it's time to build as much of the rainbow 🌈 as I can of Matthew Boyd's 2025 Topps Chrome Platinum. 

                            2025 Topps Chrome 

                                Platinum Prism- 

                            #212 Matthew Boyd 

🐻⚾️ This card is my 274th unique/different card of Matthew Boyd in my collection, per TCDB.  

👀 Card Show here in Kalamazoo on Saturday, maybe Ill find something cool there. 

Have a terrific Thursday night, and, as always, Play BALL! 🐅🐻⚾️ 

Tigers Card Tuesday- Colt Keith

                 Tigers Card Tuesday! 

You just never know what's gonna happen in a baseball game.

Last night in Houston, Tigers 3rd Baseman Colt Keith joined an exclusive Detroit Tigers club last night, hitting three home runs. 

                        2025 Topps Heritage

                             #255 Colt Keith        

 🐅⚾️ After not hitting a home run until last week, Colt has 4 dingers in his last 4 games played, and all Tigers fans are hoping he keeps it going the rest of the season. 

3️⃣ HRs in a Game, Detroit Tigers. 

Play Ball! ⚾️

Happy Baseball Birthday!- Lance Parrish

Today we send out Happy Baseball Birthday! Best Wishes to former big league catcher Lance Parrish. 

                                  🐅  1987 Topps #791 

                                    Lance Parrish ⚾️

"The Big Wheel" on the 1984 World Series Champion Detroit Tigers, Lance was a terrific backstop, who's 19 year career saw stops in Anaheim, Philadelphia after 10 years in the Motor City.

Lance finished up with one year stops with the Blue Jays, Mariners, Pirates, and Indians. 

Lance hit 212 of his 324 homers playing for the Tigers, the most for any Detroit catcher (Bill Freehan-200). 

Hope Lance his celebrating a big milestone Birthday today. 🎂 

Enjoy the rest of your Monday night, and, as always, Play BALL! 🐅⚾️

McGonigle on Monday (6/15/2026)

 "...its just another McGonigle Monday."

Balloting for the 2026 All-Star Game in Philadelphia is underway. 

Vote 🗳 here! 

Tigers rookie Kevin McGonigle is 3rd in ASG Voting so far. 

He won't catch Bobby Witt, but its nice to see him in 3rd place. 

Hopefully Tigers fans will keep getting those 5 votes in every day. 

Have a great week, and, remember, get those votes in for your favorite players. 

Play BALL! 🐅 ⚾️ 

Happy Flag 🇺🇸 Day!

Here's to the Grand Olde Flag! on this magnificent day across America! 

I had to find a good card to post today.

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Have a great day, and, as always...Play BALL! ⚾️

That Friday Flair

Some of the cards that I've received this week of my All-Time favorite wrestler, the legendary Charlotte Flair! 

Digital- Topps SLAM

WOOOOOOOO!

Tigers Card Tuesday- 1981 Drake's Steve Kemp

Food cards are fun.

This week's Tigers Card Tuesday! is my 1981 Drake's Steve Kemp. 

                1981 Drake's Big Hitters 

                         #27 Steve Kemp

✅️ 1981 Drake's Big Hitters on TCDB.

🐅⚾️ Steve is one of my All-Time favorite Tigers outfielders.

Kemp, Rusty Staub, and Jason Thompson were smashing lots of home runs in old Tiger Stadium in the late 1970s. 

🍰 Do you have any Drake's, or, other food related cards? 🍔

Enjoy the rest of your Tuesday.

Play BALL!  ⚾️ 

McGonigle Monday

 "...its just another McGonigle Monday."

Been thinking about a new Monday post to start the week. 

Then, yesterday, I saw this, and, well, this young Detroit Tigers fan sealed the deal. 

🥽 Hope young Cece applied for that patent pending after creating MCGONIGOGGLES.

Kevin McGonigle has that rare quality is a young prospect...he absolutely loves to play baseball. 

My only card of Kevin is his base Topps NOW card of 2026. 

👀 Doing an ebay search this morning shows plenty of affordable Bowman base cards of the native from Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania...McGonnigoggles not included. 

🥽 Certainly like the Flying Tigers card of Kevin.

Hope that each and every one of you has a wonderful week, and I thank you for taking time out of your day to stop by and read my blog.

Play Ball! ⚾️

Boyd Binder- More Oil Can

Until searching through eBay last week I hadn't remembered this 1991 Topps Stadium Club card of Oil Can Boyd before. 

📱(Please remember that I only have my phone to take pictures)

It's easily the coolest card of his, a nice in action photo of him and former big league catcher Mike Fitzgerald after what was an obvious complete game victory (you kids can look that up). 

It's now secured in the binder, a great purchase of $1.67... ##yeahBOYD! 

Have a great rest of your day and thank you for taking time out of your day to stop by and read my blog. 

Play BALL!  ⚾️ 

Kyle Busch, 5/2/85-.5_21/26

                            Devastating. 

                          #RIPKyleBusch 

Tigers Card Tuesday- Riley Greene

The Tigers are not playing well.

After last night's 8-2  loss to the first place Cleveland Guardians, the Tigers are now 2-8 in their last 10 games.

Riley Greene had two hits last night (yes, he did get picked off 1st Base. 😐)

                    Tigers Card Tuesday!

Riley Greene. 

Happy Baseball Birthday-OTD- Brooks Robinson

 

2022 Topps Living Set #483

Brooks Robinson 

Brooks Robinson was born on this date in 1937, in Little Rock, Arkansas. 

Blog Batt Around- UGH, those Twins

If you're old enough to remember the 1987 American League Championship Series, well, then, you'll understand my response to the latest Blog Bat Around. 

I started disliking/disgust of the Minnesota Twins in that '87 ALCS, and, as a result of that ugly 5 game series loss by my beloved Detroit Tigers, the Twinkies officially replaced the New York Yankees as the team I disliked the most. 

The fact that the Twinkies won the World Series in '87, and, again in 1991, with former Tigers ace and future Hall of Famer, Jack Morris.

The last half of the 1990s were not good for the Tigers, especially when facing them Twins Ace Brad Radke. 

I don't own this 2005 Fleer Ultra card of Brad Radke, but, its a cool baseball card, and, I wouldn't mind having one

 

The reign of terror continued in the 2000s with sluggers Justin Morneau and future HOFer, Joe Mauer.

In the 2010s it was Brian Dozier crushing baseballs against, seemingly, every Detroit pitcher. 9

I was born in 1960, is my favorite of all the Topps cards of the decade. 

When he's healthy, Byron Buxton is a magnificent ballplayer.

Check out these Love/Hate Blog Bat Around posts.

Night Owl.

Fuji. 

Baseball Cards.

Well, that's it, appreciate Night Owl for starting this Bat Around.

As usual, thanks so much for taking time out of your day to stop by and read my blog. 

Have a great weekend, Play BALL! ⚾️

No Card on the Table (5/4-5/10/2026)

We moved this week. 

From three years living in Motels in Kalamazoo and Battle Creek, we've moved into a home and are renting a room.

And this point, there's no room for a table, but, hopefully, that'll change in the coming weeks. 

Here's two card, no table. 

These 1969 Milton Bradley game cards were gifted to my by someone on TweetX. 

Thanks, and, as always, thanks for taking time out of your day to stop by and reading my blog. 

Play BALL! ⚾️

Tigers Card Tuesday-Topps Now Kevin McGonigle

                                Tigers Card Tuesday 

Opening Day, March 26, 2026

Detroit Tigers rookie Keving McGonigle had a big league debut to remember. 

#TigersCardTuesday on X

Happy Jackie Robinson Day (04/15/2026)

                     Happy Jackie Robinson Day!

Freehan on Friday (04/03/2026)

 

FREEHAN on GOOD FRIDAY

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Tigers Card Tuesday (3/31/2026)

14 year big league veteran and former Tigers catcher, John Flaherty, is this week's feature for #TigersCardTuesday 🐅⚾️

              N  1996 Topps Stadium Club #397 

                                 John Flaherty 

Freehan on Friday

Happy Freehan on Friday!

You know me, I'm not an analytical person.

Bill Freehan is on the list on this Sporcle quiz for his 1967 season.

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! 🐅⚾️🍑