Skip Schumaker: MLB Worst Free Agent Signings
On November 18, 2013, Cincinnati Reds General Manager Walt Jocketty made one of the strangest free agent signings I’ve ever seen. While it certainly doesn’t go down as an all-time front office misstep, it certainly had a pretty bad ending to a respected role player’s career. Here’s what I had to say about it at […]
The Career Year – Sonny Siebert with the 1971 Red Sox
The Boston Red Sox had some pretty good baseball players back in the 1970’s. But, one you may not have heard much about was Sonny Siebert. A starting pitcher who was better known for his strong first few years with the Cleveland Indians, Siebert was mediocre in two of his four full seasons with the […]
My 2022 Baseball Hall of Fame (BBHOF) Virtual Ballot
I’ve never bothered to actually write an article about the upcoming Baseball Hall of Fame election each year, despite being extremely interested in the ballot tracking and reading the arguments for and against each player on the ballot with keen attention. What makes this year different is that there are ten players that I decided […]
Pedro Martinez: Baseball Hall of Fame Pitcher
Is Pedro Martinez a Hall-of-Fame Pitcher? Yes! As one who grew up watching the exploits of Pedro Martinez on the mound for the Boston Red Sox, I can say without a doubt that he’s the greatest pitcher I’ve ever watched. I can quote a bunch of numbers from Baseball Reference that are pretty impressive. But, […]
Matt Diaz Was a Good Major League Baseball Player
When I was perusing Google Trends for article topics in January 2018, I noticed a couple of names among trending baseball players that surprised me. These names were Rich Hill and Matt Diaz. I quickly realized that the trend for Rich Hill had to do with the documentary film that shares his name. However, former […]
Scenes from the Baseball Hall of Fame
Taken at the Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown, New York, USA
Junk Wax Baseball Dynasty – Dale Mohorcic and his 1987 Career Year in Relief
Relief pitchers are hardly a big deal in the baseball card hobby. Of course, guys like Dennis Eckersley and Lee Smith have their fans and collectors. But, a lot of the best relief pitchers out there, even the most consistent, don’t have much of a following. Still, when you’re building a dynasty baseball team out […]
Baseball Bios – Jason Varitek
The Red Sox Team Captain and His 2004 Career Year The last team captain of the Boston Red Sox, Jason Varitek spent parts of 15 seasons with Boston. He made his major league debut with a base hit in his first and only major league at-bat in 1997. Varitek was acquired by the Red Sox […]
Brief Baseball Bios – Earl Wilson
While the 1960 Topps baseball set is rightly better known for a much more valuable Red Sox rookie card in Carl Yastrzemski, another Boston rookie card also deserves attention: that of starting pitcher Earl Wilson. The right-handed Wilson actually didn’t start off that well in his two first two Major League Baseball stints in 1959 […]
Brief Baseball Bios – Scott Seabol
Not many people probably remember the baseball player Scott Seabol. He was drafted by the New York Yankees in the 88th round in 1996. That’s an absurdly late draft pick, and the MLB draft never goes that far anymore. Seabol had a couple of big minor league seasons in the Yankees organization before being called […]