February 14, 2024, Happy Pitchers and Catchers Day to all who celebrate!
John's Big League Baseball Blog
A life long baseball fans love of America's National Pastime
Wednesday, February 14, 2024
Tuesday, January 23, 2024
Tigers Card Tuesday- Bazooka Bill Freehan!
This terrific card arrived just in time for another Tigers Card Tuesday!
👉 As I was telling Jeff and Dennis on Saturday, I was hoping it would get here by today, because, well, it's just a cool find and eBay bid winning card!
1968 Bazooka Bill Freehan
🐯⚾️ As you all know, Bill Freehan is my favorite baseball player of All-Time, since I was 7 years old, when I attended my first Detroit Tigers game ever, at old Tiger Stadium.
🐯⚾️ I couldn't believe that a card like this cane up for auction, and I was more shocked to find out that I'd actually won!
👉 I was more than happy to pay a small price for such a cool card from my childhood.
👉 Its not all that easy to find a card of Freehan that I don't already have and, that I can afford to purchase.
👉 I'm usually bogged down trying to add to the Boyd Binder, or add8ng cards of Miguel Cabrera and Riley Greene, and I'm lucky that I saw this auction.
Thanks for taking part of your day to stop by and read my blog, it's much appreciated!
Have a great week, and, of course, Play BALL! 🐯⚾️
Sunday, January 21, 2024
Card Show Boys
A great time on Saturday w/my card collecting freinds, Dennis, and Jeff, at the twice a year show in my hometown of Kalamazoo, Michigan. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🚫 Not pictured- Jeff's cousin, Kevin, part of Sluggos Sports Cards
🚗 🥶 It was very nice of Dennis to make the trek from Ann Arbor to the east, braving the freezing temps, and, to give me a ride home after the show was over.
👉 He also found two very cool cards of Tyler Boyd in Jeff's dollar boxes, they'll go into the ever growing BOYD Binder today.
Have a terrific day, and, hopefully, another post will be coming up soon, featuring yesterday's pick ups and a much awaited mail day from ye Olde PO Box.
Play BALL! 🏈⚾️ 🏒🏀
Tuesday, December 12, 2023
Tigers Card Tuesday-
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This special Bill Freehan card was made for me by Cigar Box Cards via his X page
Hope all of you are doing well this Holiday Season.
Play BALL
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Sunday, November 5, 2023
Friday, September 8, 2023
Football Card Friday- Goff Leads Lions over KC
The NFL is back, and my beloved Detroit Lions went into Kansas City and beat the defending Super Bowl Champions, 21-20.
📺 Detroit/KC television ratings was up in 2023.
9️⃣0️⃣ 2023 is the 90th Anniversary of the Lions.
🦁🏈 Lions QB Jared Goff , in his 3rd year wearing the Honolulu Blue, was 22-35, 253 yards, and one TD pass, to, of course, 2nd year wide receiver Amon- Ra St. Brown.
🐻 I've been a fan of Goff since he came into the league in 2016, the 1st overall pick in the NFL Draft by the Los Angeles Rams from the Cal Golden Bears.
2022 Panini Prism Mosaic #64
Camo Pink
In 2022, Goff was traded to the Lions for QB Matthew Stafford, who, after 12 years in the Motor City, led the Rams to the Super Bowl title.
👉👉 Got these cool Panini Mosaic Goff cards from Jeff of My Sports Card Obsession earlier this year at a card show in Indiana.
Hope all of you are enjoying the end of summer, as the big league regular season is ending, and college & pro football are beginning.
As always, thanks for taking part of your day to stop by and read my blog.
Play BALL! 🏈
Saturday, July 8, 2023
Tigers Trio No-Hits the Blue Jays!
It's been a tough year in the Motor City this baseball season, w/ my beloved Detroit Tigers sitting at 38-49 before Saturday's game against the visiting Blue Jays.
After being pounded around their own ballpark Friday night, 12-2 vs Toronto, the Tigers lived up to the old "put it behind us" "baseballism," with a 2-0 win over their Canadian counterparts, making history along the way.
Three Detroit pitchers, starter
Matt Manning, reliever Jason Foley, and closer Alex Lange, no-hit the Blue Jays, the first time in Tigers history that the team had a "combined" no-no!
🐅⚾️ The feat was the 9th no-hitter in Tigers history, and, just the 20th time in big league baseball history that a combined no-hitter was pitched.
2️⃣- It must be noted that the man wearing the "tools of ignorance," catcher Eric Haase, was also the backstop that caught the last Tigers no-no, by Spencer Turnbull, on May 19, 2021, and he's the only catcher in club history to catch to no-hitters.
👀👀 Looking forward to tomorrow's Topps NOW card release to see what the No-Hitter card looks like.
Hopefully, the card is a good one, although, I'll certainly have to get one of them, regardless.
🐅⚾️ Have a great rest of your weekend, and, of course, Play BALL!
Tuesday, June 27, 2023
Tiger Card Tuesday- Jake Rogers
Last night in Arlington, Texas, my Detroit Tigers beat the Rangers, 7-2, partly due to catcher Jake Rogers, who had two hits, including his club best 10th HR.
🐅⚾️ Today's Tigers Card Tuesday! subject was acquired by the Tigers in the 2017 Justin Verlander trade with the Houston Astros, and is in his 3rd season with the Detroit.
😡 Jake is a good catcher, who's battled injury, including the entire 2022 season.
🐅⚾️ The Tigers have been very inconsistent at the catcher position since the James McCann days, and it's good to see Jake returning, and, although he's struggling at the plate batting average wise, his defenive caught stealing percentage is just a tick under the league average, at .21%.
5️⃣7️⃣%... In 2021, in 35 games, Jake's caught stealing was an amazing 57%, w/ a fielding percentage of .997%!
🐅⚾️ Tigers fans are hoping that he continues to improve in the second half, and that by 2024, he'll be one of the best defensive backstops in the big leagues.
🐅⚾️ Heck, he may even be an All-Star before his career is over.
Have a fantastic week, and, as always, let's Play BALL! ⚾️
Tuesday, May 30, 2023
Tigers Card Tuesday- Miggy Goes 3/3
A quick Tigers Card Tuesday! post in honor of the great Miguel Cabrera going 3/3 today, collecting his 1,135th career extra base hit, moving him into 15th place.
🐅 2023 Topps Heritage #151 🐅
Wednesday, March 1, 2023
Blog Bat Around- Alphabet Challenge
Here's my entry into Nacho Grande's Blog Bat Around.
J- Jon Jay
O- Orestes Destrade
H- Hank Aaron
N- Nellie Fox
S- Sandy Koufax
B- Brennan Boesch
I- Jose Iglesias
G- George Sisler
L- Chet Lemon
E- Earl Averill
A- Tony Armas
G- Charlie Gehringer
U- Cecil Upshaw
E- Eldon Auker
B- Matthew Boyd
A- Jesus Alou
S- Sixto Lezcano
E- Luke Easter
B- John Boccabella
A- Aaron Judge
L- Buck Leonard
L- Larry Sheets
B- Bill Freehan
L- Lamarr Hoyt
O- Ed Ott
G- Hank Greenberg
Really had fun with this, and I hope you'll join in.
Have a wonderful Wednesday, and, as always, Play BALL! ⚾️
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