papalawrence Posted February 13 Posted February 13 Recent card purchases (I also collect non-sport) 1935 Goudey 4-in-1 Tigers 1929 Navin Field postcard 1942 Gum, Inc James Doolittle 1933 National Chicle Skybirds Red Baron 1911 T201 double folder Nap Lajoie 1 Quote
TJ Rollercoaster Posted February 25 Posted February 25 The Cleveland Guardians announced the death of owner Larry Dolan on Monday. Dolan, who purchased the team in 2000, was 94. Dolan's ownership of the club was the longest tenure in the franchise's history. “We are saddened by the loss of our Dad, but lucky to have him as part of our lives as long as we did,” Guardians chairman and Dolan's son, Paul Dolan, said in a statement. “He was a loving husband, father and grandfather who was passionate about his family, work, our community and his love of our local sports teams, including owning the Cleveland Guardians." A native of Cleveland Heights, OH, Dolan bought the team through a family trust from Richard Jacobs for $323 million. Forbes' most recent valuation of the team in March of 2024 listed the Guardians at $1.35 billion, the 24th-most valuable franchise in Major League Baseball. Under Dolan, the team reached the playoffs on three occasions and reached the World Series in 2016 where it lost to the Chicago Cubs in seven games. Dolan was the brother of Charles Dolan and the uncle of New York Knicks and New York Rangers owner James Dolan. Quote
IdahoBert Posted February 26 Posted February 26 I’ve had this for a few years and hadn’t really read it, and read the 1980 Joe Falls article about Kaline. I didn’t realize Kaline was such an odd bird. Didn’t know much about his upbringing, his working class origins, or about his moodiness and ill-tempered outbursts. Didn’t realize that when he came up the Tigers only played a handful of night games so he spent his time in a hotel room not knowing what to do with himself. 2 Quote
papalawrence Posted March 3 Posted March 3 Learned a couple facts about Hank Greenberg today. He served more months (47) during WW2 than any other player. Also, he was offered a contract by the Yankees out of high school, and he declined and chose college instead. He was intent on playing first base, and the Yanks had Gehrig. After his freshman year of college he signed with our Tigers. 1 Quote
Sports_Freak Posted March 3 Posted March 3 On 2/26/2025 at 11:37 AM, IdahoBert said: I’ve had this for a few years and hadn’t really read it, and read the 1980 Joe Falls article about Kaline. I didn’t realize Kaline was such an odd bird. Didn’t know much about his upbringing, his working class origins, or about his moodiness and ill-tempered outbursts. Didn’t realize that when he came up the Tigers only played a handful of night games so he spent his time in a hotel room not knowing what to do with himself. I read once that the sportswriters thought Kaline was full of himself because he never talked to others. It turned out, he was painfully shy. He was just a kid at the major league level, having no experience in the minors. Signed by Detroit and came right to Detroit. Pretty amazing... 1 Quote
1776 Posted March 3 Posted March 3 This book releases tomorrow. The pre-release reviews are very high on the book. I’ve never been very knowledgeable of Weaver’s history so I’m ordering this one to get up to speed. I really wish someone would write a book on Sparky comparable to what this author has attempted to do for Weaver. Quote
papalawrence Posted Sunday at 07:28 PM Posted Sunday at 07:28 PM Saw this on FB, pretty darn funny https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1062039925968217&id=100064866573416&post_id=100064866573416_1062039925968217 Quote
IdahoBert Posted Sunday at 08:23 PM Posted Sunday at 08:23 PM 53 minutes ago, papalawrence said: Saw this on FB, pretty darn funny https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1062039925968217&id=100064866573416&post_id=100064866573416_1062039925968217 That’s pretty funny. In case you don’t have a Facebook account. 1 1 Quote
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