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Today’s #Bravescardoftheday is of Christian Pache. It’s a double card day since I missed yesterday! He played in ATL ‘20-‘21. He wore uniform number 25 to honor former Braves center fielder Andruw Jones. He’s also played for Oak, Phil, Bal, and Miami. What’s your Pache story?

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Today’s #BravesCardoftheDay is Hector Olivera. He played in ATL ‘15-‘16. Defecting from Cuba, he signed with LAD & was traded in a 3 team deal to ATL, who got the worse of the trade. Dang dodgers. He was arrested for domestic violence & suspended. He only played 30 games for ATL.

Pack Rippers weekly meeting is in the books! We went over the past few weeks vocabulary, added new vocabulary, showed a few 1/1 printing plates, played games, oversaw lots of trades & handed out a lot of cards. These kids are sucking me dry on Buffalo Bills & Phoenix Cardinals 😂

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Today’s #BravesCardoftheDay is of Allan Winans who played for ATL from ‘23-‘24. He also played for the NYY and is currently on the Saitama Seibu Lions of the Nippon Professional Baseball League. Before the majors he was a pitching instructor and substitute teacher.

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Today’s #BravesCardoftheDay is of Joey Wentz. On July 11, 2025, Wentz was claimed off waivers by ATL. He made his Braves debut the next day, pitching three scoreless innings & recording six strikeouts, establishing the franchise record for strikeouts in a debut by a reliever.

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Today’s #BravesCardoftheDay is of Dion James. He played for ATL from ‘87-‘89. During a game vs the Mets he hit a flyball to center field . As centerfielder Kevin McReynolds positioned himself to catch the ball, it hit off of and killed a dove in mid-air. What’s your James story?

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Today’s #BravesCardoftheDay is of James Parr. This thread will have recognized players and some not as recognizable. But they are still Braves! He played from ‘08-‘09 with ATL. In ‘16, Parr founded Pro4mer, a business to develop young athletes on and off the baseball field.

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Today’s #BravesCardoftheDay is of All Star, Golden Glove & World Series Champion Adam Duvall. He played for ATL from ‘18-‘20, ‘21-‘22 & ‘24. One of my favorite memories was Game 5 2021 World Series, he hit a two-out, first-inning grand slam on the first pitch of Framber Valdez.

It was a super long day that ended with an emergency C-section, but praise the Lord, mama and baby are okay! #Grampy

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Today’s #BravesCardoftheDay is of Mark Eichhorn. He is more known for his years with the Blue Jays as a 2 time World Series Champion. He played the 1989 season for ATL with a 4.35 ERA in 68 1⁄3 innings. The verse underneath his signature is my favorite part of this card!

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Today’s #BravesCardoftheDay is of Mark Lemke aka “The Lemmer”. He played for ATL from ‘88-‘97. He played in 62 postseason games and appeared in four World Series (1991, 1992, 1995, 1996), ultimately beating Cleveland in the 1995 World Series. What’s your Lemmer stories

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Today’s #BravesCardoftheday is of Terrell Wade. He earned a World Series ring by pitching in three games in 1995. He was also a former player of my local team the Idaho Falls Braves, now the @ifchukars. He played with ATL from ‘95-‘97.

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Today’s #BravesCardoftheDay is of Paul Runge. He played his entire career with the Braves as a utility infielder from ‘81-‘88. Of special note to me, in ‘93 he managed my local team, the Idaho Falls Braves, who are now know as the Idaho Falls Chukars. Please share your stories about him!

Today was the second week of card club today. We reviewed last weeks vocabulary, introduced new vocabulary with TTM emphasis. They wrote their letters to their athletes today. We played some games, gave out a bunch of cards and let them make some trades.

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Today’s #BravesCardoftheDay is of Charlie Puleo. He played for ATL from ‘86-‘89. Puleo has the rare distinction of being the only pitcher other than Don Sutton to allow a HR to Nolan Ryan. He also played for the Mets and Reds.

Please pray for one of my closest friends. He had a stroke yesterday. He has movement in his extremities but his cognitive functions are in question. He can’t talk or communicate at this point. He’ll have a MRI this evening that’ll be huge next step to determine the damage to his brain.

Today’s #BravesCardoftheDay is of Zane Smith. He played for ATL from ‘84-‘89. In 1987 he led the Braves with 15 wins, nearly twice as many as any other Braves pitcher on a team with only 69 wins. Thats 21.7% of all wins that season! 😬

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Today’s #BravesCardoftheDay is of Paul Zuvella. He played with ATL from ‘82-‘85. Did you know game footage of Zuvella appears in Ferris Bueller's Day Off. In the film, the character Mr. Rooney is watching a game between the Braves and the Chicago Cubs on a television in a tavern

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Today’s #BravesCardoftheDay is of Gene Garber who played in the MLB from ‘69-‘88. He was with ATL ‘78-‘87. With 141 games saved for the Braves, Garber ranks third on the team's all-time saves list behind only Craig Kimbrel (186) and John Smoltz (154).

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Today’s #BravesCardoftheDay is of All Star & 3 time World Series Champ (unfortunately all those accolades were with the Yankees) Mike Stanton. He played from ‘89-‘95 with Atlanta. He was traded in the middle of ‘95 to the Red Sox but Atlanta gave him a ring anyways.

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Today’s #BravesCardoftheDay is of Jim Acker. He was drafted by ATL in 1980 MLB draft. He was drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays from the Atlanta Braves in the 1982 Rule 5 Draft but eventually was traded back and played for ATL ‘86-‘89. What’s your Jim Acker story?

It’s not always my wife’s school kids that get cards. Clinic kids at work get a piece of the action as well. It’s always cool when the parents call & say the child looks forward to their box of medication so they can go through their new cards! Thanks again to all who support us!

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The #BravesCardoftheDay is of two time all star Bruce Benedict. He played for the Braves from ‘78 to ‘89. Did you know that he was also a college basketball referee? I saw him call several games when I was a student at Auburn (Roll Tide anyways!)

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Today’s #BravesCardoftheDay is of Brad Komminsk. He played for Atl from 1983-86. He was the 4th pick by Atl in the ‘79 amateur draft. In ‘15, The Sporting News characterized Atl’s selection of Komminsk over Andy Van Slyke as 1 of the 5 worst draft decisions in franchise history!

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Today’s #BravesCardoftheDay is of Oddibe McDowell. Who doesn’t love a bubble gum card & a bonus personalized card? He played from 1985 to 1994 for the Texas Rangers, Cleveland Indians, & Atlanta Braves. He won the golden spike award in ‘84 best amateur baseball player in the USA.

Card club begins in 15 minutes! I walked into the room to set up and looked like a rock star my wife told me 😂. I told her the kids might love me more than her at the end of the year 😂. She promptly denied that! 😆

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Today’s #BravesCardoftheDay is of 1990 All Star Greg Olson. He played from 1990-93 for Atlanta. A broken leg from a collision with Ken Caminiti in 1992 definitely hurt his career path & a guy named Javier Lopez was ready and waiting to be the next guy in ‘94. I love the ATV card!