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I dont remember his name, a relief pitcher, about 7 years ago or so.....he had like a 0.000001 ERA in the minors and got called up. And he was a huge MLB disappointment. I thought for sure he would be our closer for the next 10 years or so. Its one of the many reasons I dont put much stock into MiLB stats. They can be very misleading.

I'm probably with you on that. We didn't have nearly the information or the cynicism we have now. Can you imagine the webz today if a team likw 1968 was running out a ss/3B combo batting .135 & .200? With OPS of .399 & .556? Yet somehow that team won 103 games. I thought then with all the youngsters coming up Les Cain, Tommy Matchick, Wayne Comer, Jon Warden that it would go on for years.....but alas. Others were talking about their 1st game, I knew mine was in '67 and a DH vs the Indians. This seems to have been it since it was around my birthday and on a Sunday when my Dad could have taken me. And all through my younger years he liked getting value for his dollar and going to doubleheaders.

"That catcher hurt his knee. Not his left knee or his right knee. His weenie"

If you can find one person in 20 that cares about these I'd be surprised, but just keep worrying what color sandals the toga set is wearing if it takes your mind off Rome burning. 🙄

Great stories @Motor City Sonics. Pocket schedules. Oh man, just like chips, you couldn’t take just one when you found them. You had to grab a few because you needed to have them in different locations and/or spares just in case. But you’d be cool about it. You’d grab a couple here, s couple there, another couple from somewhere else. You wouldn’t empty out the first box you saw. You couldn’t do that to the next person needing their fix.

Niekro with the little smirk when they saw it fly.....

But do we know if they pitched with their usual pitching arm?

I mean, sure, gotta keep subscriptions up somehow, right?

This list goes on and on apparently. https://www.medicinenet.com/what_are_the_72_other_genders/article.htm

I was a little too young to really appreciate the Bad Boys so I didn't become a fan until the Grant Hill era. He became my favorite player and I was really bummed when he left for Orlando and all we got was this no name undersized center who couldn't score. That probably has to go down as one of the best sign and trades of all times.

June 28th is the 50th anniversary of that Yankee Monday Night game. The whole game is on You Tube (I think they cut the commercials out, though). I am going to re-watch the entire thing. That was wild. Nobody left until he took that curtain call and he was totally freaked out by it. I don't think he understood what he really meant. You have to remember, the year before that Kaline retired, the team was 57-102. Three game short of a full season because they were so bad they didn't need to make up rain outs? They lost 19 in a row that year. And then BOOM. Here comes Fidrych, LeFlore and Staub and they had a winning record again. The rest of that team in 1976 wasn't very good. Aging Bill Freehan, Mickey Stanley and Willie Horton. Tom Veryer and Pedro Garcia up the middle. Yuck. Starting rotation was The Bird, Dave roberts, Vern Ruhle and Ray Bare (with Joe Coleman getting traded). They had a losing record but it's hard to remember it like that because Fidrych made it so exciting. I still remember one of his commercials, sort of. It might have been for Highland Appliance, were he's on the mound telling the ball about all the great deals, then he throws the pitch, you hear a loud knock and Fidrych watches the ball sail away and says "Hey, Ball, where ya goin?" - then the announcer says "that balls headed to Highland Appliance" - or whatever it was. Here's part of a commercial clip, for something else, who knows what

Don'cha feel like, maybe other than Barry Zito, the innocence of the game kind of died out with Fidrych and Fernando Valenzuela? They were too young and naive to be cynical. They just went out and played with no pretense. Barry Zito was a bit of a weirdo, but I'm not sure how genuine that was, even though it was entertaining.

Listening to Holmes on NFL radio, he said this was their best UDFA haul since he's been here.

May 16 https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/may-16

Little Caesars Arena - Detroit, MI Watch: Prime

Wallace and Ausar share a lot of characteristics..they both have 7ft+ wingspans, they both had superior quickness and hops and most importantly, they both have tremendous defensive instincts. Duren has long arms as well...he has a lot of bend too so when he decides to drive to the hoop, he's handling the ball down by his ankles..that is tough to deal with

Vest and Brieske both pitched for the Hens last night - as far was we know neither had their arm fall off.

Riley's such an odd bird, and bird is what come to mind because he just doesn't move like a typical athlete - you can't even say if it's necessarily an asset or a deficit but there is nothing typical about his kinesiology. But whatever, it's really nice to see him hitting more like the promise of 2024.

Obviously it's only 13 games, but Cade is now shooting 43% from three on 7.3 attempts per game. Not bad for a guy who's best season from three is 35% and in 6 playoff games last year shot 17% from three.