Monday, April 20, 2026

Seen 'em

Starting Line-Up

1.  Rickey Henderson - R - DH


2.  Tony Gwynn - L - RF











3.  Barry Bonds - L - LF











4.  Mike Schmidt - R - 3B











5.  Jeff Bagwell - R - 1B











6.  Joe Morgan - L - 2B











7.  Mike Piazza - R - C


8.  Barry Larkin - R - SS











9.  Kenny Lofton - L - CF












Starting Rotation

1.  Steve Carlton - L











2.  Tom Glavine - L

3.  Curt Schilling - R

4.  Johan Santana - L

5.  Jake Peavy - R


Bullpen

Trevor Hoffman - R - Closer




 







Goose Gossage - R - Righty Set-Up

Dave Righetti - L - Lefty Set-Up

Francisco Rodriguez - R - Bridge

Dennis Eckersley - R - Long Relief


Bench

Ted Simmons - S - C











Pete Rose - S - U

Chase Utley - L - 2B

Scott Rolen - R - 3B

Jimmy Rollins - S - SS

Robin Yount - R - CF / SS

Ichiro - L - RF


-  Two cards means I saw the player play for both teams.

-  My memory for specific games sucks, so it's possible I omitted a deserving player.  But I know I didn't see Rivera when I saw the Yankees at Petco and I'm about 90% sure Jeter was injured.  So I don't know who's making this team other than a starting pitcher.

-  I don't call for blog bat-arounds, because readers can use my ideas whenever they want as long as they're not monetized.  But this would be a good one, I think.  At least for the starting line-up, if not the whole team.  Ha.

-  Card images from TCDB, per usual, and all are cards in my collection.        

Friday, April 17, 2026

Elliptical Man: Fashionista!

 


Ranking the best players for throw-back jerseys:


Phillies

1.  Mike Schmidt











2.  Steve Carlton

3.  Garry Maddox

4.  Chase Utley

5.  Lenny Dykstra


Lesser MLB Teams

1.  Willie Mays (Giants)











2.  Roberto Clemente

3.  Ernie Banks

4.  Tony Gwynn

5.  Mark Fidrych


NBA

1.  Julius Erving (76ers)











2.  Charles Barkley (76ers)

3.  Gary Payton (Sonics)

4.  Dennis Rodman (Pistons)

5.  Reggie Miller



Eagles

1.  Ron Jaworski 











2.  Harold Carmichael 

3.  Brian Dawkins 

4.  Vince Papale

5.  Mike Quick


Lesser NFL Teams

1.  John Elway











2.  Walter Payton

3.  Kellen Winslow

4.  John Unitas (Colts)

5.  Pat Tillman


Hockey

1.  Bobby Clarke











2.  Ron Hextall (Flyers)

3.  Bobby Orr (Bruins)  

4.  Mario Lemieux

5.  Ken Dryden  

Wednesday, April 8, 2026

NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament Contest Winner

The winner is RJ Sahl, who correctly picked Michigan to win the national title.


1.  Champion - Michigan

2.  Lowest seed to make the Final Four - #3 Illinois    

3.  Biggest Upset - #11 Texas over #3 Gonzaga and #9 Iowa over #1 Florida

4.  Most points in one game - Florida, with 114 in the first round

5.  Most Upsets - #9 Iowa, with 3.  They beat a #8, a #1, and a #4.    


I have his address, so unless he's moved, he doesn't have to email me.

He may choose between the following:

Junk Era Basketball

More Recent Basketball

Hockey (because I don't do hockey contests) 

Monday, March 30, 2026

Baseball Contest Winner

Congratulations to John Sharp, with 5 of 6 correct.     


I need a mailing address.  

morganyud at protonmail dot com


He can pick from the following:

1.  Junk era

2.  More recent

3.  1993 Donruss (set building)

4.  2024 Topps (set building)

5.  2025 Topps (set building)

6.  2026 Topps (set building)

Tuesday, March 24, 2026

Play Ball!

 











Pick the winners of six (6) MLB games on March 26.

Deadline:  9:00 AM Petco Park time on the 26th.

Playing for a PWE of baseball cards.

U.S. addresses only.    




Sunday, March 15, 2026

Get Me On the Court and I'm Trouble

Last week - messed around and got a triple double.  - Ice Cube  

  











Give me the following for the NCAA men's basketball tournament:

1.  National Champions

2.  Lowest seed to reach the Final Four

3.  Biggest upset by seeding

4.  Team that scores the most points in a single game

5.  Team that pulls off the most upsets by seeding


U.S. addresses only.

Winner gets either a PWE of basketball cards or a PWE of hockey cards.

Entry Deadline:  4:00 PM Pacific on March 17