Food card Friday! #cardsky

It is worth noting that Pitching has not been the Tigers issue the last couple years and they badly need a RH power bat, especially on their offensively useless left side of the infield, but also, nice job signing Framber!

Oh dang, Tigers! I was about to make a post today about your shitty offseason complacency!

The Hall of Fame remembers 1968 World Series MVP Mickey Lolich, who passed away Wednesday at the age of 85. A three-time All-Star in Detroit, he rallied the Tigers to the title with three complete-game victories in the Fall Classic – including the clinching Game 7.

Fun bit of trivia. His home run in game 2 of the 68 World Series was his only home run across all levels of baseball.

I'll add that when Mickey Lolich retired, he had more strikeouts than any Left Handed Pitcher ever, is still number 5 on the all time list, and still holds the record for the most strikeouts in the American League by a lefty. And for fun, here's another baseball card - 1968 this time.

Just seeing the Mickey Lolich news 😞 RIP to one of the greatest pitchers to ever don the Old English D

Just noticed that the 2024 and 2025 Topps cards for Andy Ibañez use the same photo. Not shocked, not outraged, no SMH, just here to share

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One of Baltimore's best bars unexpectedly closed today and I am reminded how important it is to go to the places we love, or be prepared to let them go. They can't stay in business on our warm memories of days gone by.

Endorsing this

Paul Blair, Baltimore Orioles, 1966 Topps

I don’t especially like Suarez and didn’t feel like the Tigers should have signed him per se, but also they have no 3B and needed a RH power bat, so at 1/15M it seems crazy that Detroit didn’t do this deal

This year there were six (SIX!) Tigers autographs in Allen & Ginter so it took me a little longer than normal to collect them. Carpenter and Dillon are welcome additions. The others will likely follow questionable A&G choices like Dawel Lugo, Matt Manning and Buck Farmer into obscurity.

Just wanted to recommend a great source of prewar cards that doesn't list on eBay. Here is the website of longtime collector Ed Hans. A handful of my T205, T206, and T207 Brooklyn cards have come from his site. Lower priced raw cards usually listed at bottom of each page. t206.monkberry.com

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My favorite fictional Tigers season ticket holder. #RIP Catherine O’Hara

1954 Topps & Bowman Tiger team sets

Bad news for my Thanksgiving! Frozen OJ concentrate is a key ingredient in our family’s stuffing recipe!

A new photo has emerged, moments ago, of Jim Creighton ... the first in 160 years. It is only a snapshot but its provenance is impeccable (you'll have to trust me).

Happy large boulder the size of a small boulder day for all who celebrate

Hey Baltimore- Falkenham’s is having a sidewalk sale with snow shovels and salt If you need it. @bartenderhemry.bsky.social @baltoskyline.bsky.social @rudbeckia.bsky.social @nafer.bsky.social

Jack Cover, curator who shaped every major exhibit at the National Aquarium, dies at 69

A sampling of Alan Trammell and Lou Whitaker Topps cards. They both should be in the HOF. Really hoping Lou gets in soon. #Tigers

Here's the book I want someone to write: a history of Topps cards; yes, all the sports ones, but also the oddballs (Batman TV show, Evel Knievel, Mars Attacks, ad infinitum). I don't have a title yet! But man, what a story it might be.

Great idea for a screwball comedy: thief steals $100m in jewels, gets arrested, realizes his only chance is to engage with the dumbest and most incompetent group of fuckheads on earth (ICE) and get himself deported so he doesn't go to jail. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

One of my favorite things about @cooperstowndave.bsky.social is the relentless beating of the drum for Charlie Bennett to get some Hall of Fame recognition.

Let us all make sure we give thanks for the amazing work from @notmrtibbs.com and his team during HOF SZN.

Most interesting to me here is next year’s ballot. Utley still needs to flip a lot of votes to make it but is in striking distance. Pettitte and Felix would need to set a % gain record. But next year is really weak, with only Posey having much of a case among newbies.

Congrats to the two newest members of the Baseball Hall of Fame!

Incredible stat

Full voting results per the BBWAA:

Sickos like me will, of course, realize that the move is to buy BOTH Juan LeBron's card, and Carlos Beltran's card (picturing Juan LeBron) and then put them both in the same binder sleeve so that you have the right picture on the front and right text on the back.

😍😍 Is this replacing the O's cap?? 🙏🙏

Hall of Fame results are tonight and it's going to be a big night for Juan LeBron baseball cards

Posting this to X, Threads, and Bluesky as an experiment

I just stumbled upon wedding photos for former Tiger All-Star and World Series winner Aurelio López so now you get to see them

To be clear, Disney asked for quotes, then deleted the post because folks passed the vibes check 😂

My COMC order from Thanksgiving just arrived! It’s going to take me a while to get through it, but thought I’d pull out a relevant group: an OLD Hall of Famer, a new Hall of Famer, and a few guys that might end up there before you know it

SquashWise finds its home inside Howard Street’s old bus depot

This 1961 Topps Al Kaline card arrived today. Working on my run of Mr. Tiger cards. His '54 Topps rookie card is my dream card. Gonna be awhile before I'll be able to get that. Still have several others on the list. Gonna see what doubles I have and see if anyone wants to trade. #CardSky #Tigers

One of my favorite stories of the year, and somehow the 11th time I've done it: Who are the Hall of Famers you'll see on the field in 2026? 40 stars, in 11 tiers: --> www.mlb.com/news/future-...

Nice shoutout for my favorite writer @clairemtaylor.com's forthcoming book in today's newsletter!

Alex Bregman, Chicago Cubs

I got this fun Kirk Gibson first pitch card today, and I’m not sure that I’ve ever been more bothered by a card back in my life. His ‘88 home run is not why this makes sense! That makes no sense at all! It was the 40th anniversary of his ‘84 World Series Home Runs! THAT MAKES SENSE ARRGH

Fun card discovery today! I bought this 2001 Tigers team set off eBay - it was a stadium giveaway and no checklist appears to exist anywhere - not knowing what I’d find. For my trouble I found at least two cards of Tigers players that have no other Tigers cards at all. Amazing!

I don't really make New Years Resolutions, but on this Monday of email inbox bloat I realized there is one easy one to make: clean up my saved eBay search list, some of which have been active for years (and I already have the cards I wanted!)

Putting this out there again because I really could use some advice/sense of what to expect…

Happy Birthday to one of the best there ever was

Having some fun with cards over here as I slowly but surely catalogue by Alan Trammell collection. Today's discovery? One at-bat captured across 5 different 1988 cards! (click photo to expand)