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Pittaro and Lovullo, both earmarked for greatness by Sparky

Just saw that Denver plays the Bucks tomorrow so like Boston they'll be on a back to back. If they beat Denver I think they'll truly be the talk of the league along with Cleveland and of course LAL

Mankowski is on a few cards. Basher that he was. I may have once had his autograph

It's rare to see such a young team gel like this. Like a well-oiled machine. Cade's pace and poise are a pleasure to watch. "The Pistons win again!"

I'll throw out a guess, Joe Coleman (senior, not the 1970s pitcher). He pitched in 17 games for Det in 1955. I'm sure there are plenty of guys who played longer but it would take too long to research

Don't have a guess - been thinking about players detroit signed and then traded in the first season. No luck. My hunch is it's someone from the mid 50s. It was common for some players to not have a card in every set. Now it seems like every player and their mother has a card in some set.

Both are beautiful sets, congrats!

You can get cards that have small pieces of game used bats and jerseys. I have a few of those for Kaline.

They were at his first game. Mom is attractive

After several years of bottom dwelling in all 4 Detroit sports, good times are definitely back, better than ever because it's spearheaded by the Lions. Cade has such incredible body control. When he is near the basket he's able to work around and through the D, including rim protectors. He almost reminds me of Adrian Dantley with pg skills and perimeter touch. In the Spurs game Avery Johnson called him a maestro

With the 3 batter minimum, lefty specialists are not in as hi of a demand as they once were. Still, hard to believe no team wanted to give him a contract. I agree, nice signing

Unfortunately the 87 sets aren't worth very much, factory sealed typically go for about $40. If one of the sets is the "tiffany" set, that's more rare and worth closer to $400. Cards from the mid 80s to mid 90s were overproduced. You can still find boxes and packs at most flea markets.

Too many card sets to track these days imho. Give me 1956 topps any day

Manning is a future Rays all-star.

On Tigers Territory today Cody Stavenhagen talked about Jobe. Cody is in Lakeland and is seeing the workouts up close. He said Jackson's new curve is crazy. He said his stuff is elite and he's above where Skubal was in the same place in his development. I hope his pitching session shows up on youtube. Would love to see that. Cody isn't a homer. He stays objective imho. He believes he is so good, Harris and AJ will have to bring him up with the team out of ST. Imagine the front end of the rotation if guys can stay healthy!

I lived in Seattle from 1992-2000 and went to a few hundred Mariners games. Always tried to go when Randy Johnson pitch still the nastiest pitcher I ever saw in person. I was actually at Nolan Ryan's last game when he blew out his arm. Yes, Griffey owned that town. People were shocked when he wanted to leave for Cinncy.

The Red Wings tried to get Salma Hayek to advertise and boost octopus sales

This past election I did a write-in and voted for Pedro

I might still have a Charles O Finley orange baseball somewhere. At least Oakland gave us those.

Watched that about an hour ago. Should be a nice ride over the next several years

FG seems to value the power tool the most

On Foul Territory AJ Pierzynski said the same. He said you don't want to piss off Devers who has 10 years left on his contract, and Bregman might only be there a year. The other guys disagreed and said you field your best team, period. Cora will have fun managing this

Eric Munson - there's a name from the past. 3rd overall pick. Had hi hopes for him.

Jeimer has had some good stretches

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