My life and times in sports and baseball cards
Yesterday Ivan “Pudge” Rodriguez returns to Arlington where his Major League career began. When I first heard the news I was a bit troubled. I mean the Rangers have such a good thing going right now and sometimes when you make a player move it sours the punch a bit. But that feeling soon subsided [...]
Today was a wonderful day, the rain stopped the sky was blue, the birds were chirping and Pudge Rodriguez signed with the Astros. I had given up hope that Pudge would be an Astro and I had resigned myself to the possibility of him being a Marlin again. Or even worse, still looking for a [...]
Maybe you are tired of hearing about the surprise box from Dennis but do we ever really get tired of reading about baseball cards? There were about ten Pudge cards in the box and six of those somehow had not found there way into my Ivan Rodriguez player collection. That means that I am six [...]
Well, its over and the Phillies are the new Champions of the Baseball world. They put it together when and where it counted and they are very deserving of the title. On paper there may be better teams out there but thank goodness Championships are settled on the field.
I would have preferred a seven [...]
The air is cooler, the tension is tighter and baseball history is waiting to be written this fall. None of my favorite teams got in this year but I still love this time of year. If you were to sit around a sports bar very long and the conversation started up about baseball inevitably it [...]
As most of you have probably heard by now that Hall of Famer Carl Yastrzemski had triple bypass heart surgery yesterday. By all accounts that I have read so far the surgery went well and he is resting comfortably. Yaz’s birthday is coming up on Friday he will be 69 years old.
Yaz is one [...]
Of all the frustrating things that have happened for the Rangers this year this one really bothers me now that the Rangers really can’t make a case for being considered in the Wild Card Race. Ian Kinsler was placed on the 15 Day Disabled List today with a Sports Hernia. He will be examined on [...]
This one totally caught me by surprise but I am absolutely giddy with excitement. I was expecting the Yankees to get a current Rangers catcher not a former one. One of my All Time Favorite players is now wearing the Pinstripes. Besides being in the Playoff hunt and getting to wear Pinstripes and squat behind [...]
I didn’t plan on watching the whole Derby tonight but my daughter came home and was excited to see that Josh Hamilton was in it. After just getting to see him hit a homer that counted less than a week ago she was pretty pumped. We sat in the living room and marveled at the [...]
I was sitting at my computer desk working on a project for work when I heard some strange commentary coming from Josh Lewin and Tom Grieve during the Rangers and Mariners broadcast tonight. I looked up to see players all over the mound pushing, shoving and mouthing at each other. Tom Grieve was talking about [...]
Okay, I know that we have already had Opening Morning and Opening Night but today is Opening Day for the rest of us. I am so excited. It is my most favorite day of the year. One of these years I am going to plan ahead and take a vacation day and just sit in [...]
This morning I awoke just like I do every weekday to the sound of my alarm clock at 6:00 am Texas time. But this day was different, it was Opening Day for Major League Baseball !!!! Boy was it different, instead of watching SportsCenter and getting ready for a great day of Baseball I turned [...]
I have been writing about some of the guys in my binders that are not necessarily the biggest names in baseball. Today, I thought I would take a different look at a player that the only reason he is in a binder or box is because he appears in a set I have built or [...]
Continuing my look at players that may not be in the majority of collectors want lists we come to one of the better known players that will be appearing in this series. His name is Jim Abbott and what most people remember him for is that he was born without a right hand and still [...]
I took a vacation day on Monday as I have almost a weeks worth of vacation left and only a short time to use them before the end of the year. I figured it would be a good day to figure out what happened to the main part of my website. For the last few [...]
