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Louis Varland coming through for his old teammate, giving up a single also to make it a 2 hitter.

‘80s BoSox were a pleasure; once they won the WS, the whole brand became insufferable. One note, I think in the late ‘70s it became the...

I'm not sure what I was more enamored with as a fan...the Green Monster or the Jim Rice/Fred Lynn/Carl Yazstremski starting outfield...

Cecil Fielder, Darrell Evans, Ron Kittle, Steve Balboni, Matt Stairs, Rob Deer, Andre Thornton! Remembering some guys who wouldn’t look...

Dave Kingman. Greg Luzinski. Bob Horner. Dale Murphy. Andre Dawson. Great memories as a little runt when it comes to these abusers of...

Just took a look at the All Star game box score and I hope the NL can get a hit or two in the 8th/9th inning. Through 7 innings they’ve...

I was thinking of Ortiz as a comparison, especially given their similarities-best positioned at DH, garrulous hometown favs, postseason...

I finished watching the HR Derby tonight (my boys were entertained by the opening round and wanted to see the conclusion) and I got to...

The Blyleven trade back to Minnesota on August 1, 1985 had to be the most encouraging trade in my entire Twins fandom up to that point...

During this All-Star break, if you’re looking to fill your baseball diet, I can recommend this podcast on Bert Blyleven’s career, a...

Already used two today (Tigers C Dingler and Miami’s 2B Otto Lopez)

There's a New Player bounty to be had just by scanning the Rosters for tomorrow's 2026 All Star Game.

Twins on the Grid again, and I was able to scrape some unique players with Wolfe and Gant, plus Jarvis, who pitched very briefly and...

Northfield HS Alum (born in Winona) Zach Thornton is my New Player #2100 today. Thornton has made 2 starts for the Mets this season...