ryan fagan @myjunkwax
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@ryanfagan did a great job on this article. Looking forward to being back in studio @MLBNetwork !! See y’all tonight!
@ryanfagan did a great job on this article. Looking forward to being back in studio @MLBNetwork !! See y’all tonight!
You got some of these details very wrong. Here’s the original post. And this “collector” owns an LCS.
You got some of these details very wrong. Here’s the original post. And this “collector” owns an LCS. https://t.co/vJOqHN1buI
#RFpod: 1990 Topps tell me your favorite story about one of these players or these cards
上段の右から3人は日本でプレーする。 #NPBでプレー #1991fleer #ジャコビー #インカビリア #カール・ローズ #タフィー・ローズ #中日ドラゴンズ #千葉ロッテマリーンズ #大阪近鉄バファローズ #読売ジャイアンツ #オリックスバファローズ
@myjunkwax @ryanfagan @umsl I once asked Charlie Hough about the best conditions to throw a knuckleball. He said, “indoors, at night, with the lights out.”
When the Phillies were in town, I had @MattStrahm — y’know, the host of the awesome @TheCardLifeTV show — open a few 2024 packs for me (Series 1 and Big League) and tell me a story about one of the guys in the packs.
@myjunkwax They also had an actual Whitey card.
it's ... strange that this is the last baseball card with Whitey Herzog's picture to be released while he was still alive.
it's ... strange that this is the last baseball card with Whitey Herzog's picture to be released while he was still alive.
Personal news: Started my new job yesterday, on the Marketing and Communications team at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. Very excited to write about the great stories on campus! And, of course, #walletcard Bo is joining me at @umsl. Of course.
I've been planning this release for a long time. I'd love it if you'd take a look and follow @QuillPigPuzzles for future releases (2nd and 4th Sunday of each month). ❤️⚾️🧩
I've been planning this release for a long time. I'd love it if you'd take a look and follow @QuillPigPuzzles for future releases (2nd and 4th Sunday of each month). ❤️⚾️🧩
Yes!
#RFcod: 1981 Topps/Donruss, 2024 Leaf Joe Charboneau Super Joe was in the bigs before my time, but i read about him as a kid and i was completely fascinated by the legend of his rookie season in Cleveland. so, yeah, when i saw he had a Leaf auto this year, had to snag one.
yes! that's the one. very cool.
Lots and lots of amazing people in this hobby with lots and lots of amazing things happening. Please share something that you have seen someone doing to make an impact recently for today’s #RAKoftheDAY.
none of you are gonna be shocked that i have a little pile of these immortal treasures on my desk right now …
none of you are gonna be shocked that i have a little pile of these immortal treasures on my desk right now … https://t.co/sprdEbF5Wj
#RFpod: 1991 Fleer Special treat! I recruited Phillies lefty @MattStrahm to open today’s junk wax pack of the day. As always, tell me your favorite story about one of these players or these cards
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My dad passed away 1 year ago today. There are so many times I want to tell him something & I can’t believe he’s gone. I think about the memories we shared, the advice he gave me, & all the things we laughed about. And even though he’s not here, I’m still trying to make him proud
@myjunkwax 1989 was the last year I collected baseball cards.
@myjunkwax Seeing Nolan in this set reminded me…got a box of this for Christmas in like 91…pulled the Nolan Ryan Legends Series card…had no clue what it was. Kept it basically mint and just recently graded it (a 9)…one of the only cards I will never sell.
@myjunkwax @MattStrahm For no reason at all I was a massive Bobby Witt fan growing up. My dad took me to Fenway to see him pitch against Boston…got an auto as well but of course lost it over the years.
@myjunkwax Dan Gladden literally walked into Minnesota Twins lore after scoring to win Game 7 in 1991. He was a Tiger the next Spring. That’s a really cool ending.
@myjunkwax Sitting in the front row in the bleachers at Arlington Stadium, giving Gary Ward a hard time. He’s chatting us up a little bit and proceeds to go 3-4 with 4 RBI or something like that. He was very pleased with himself coming out for the 9th.
@myjunkwax Pirates fan. Carmelo played for the 90 Bucs. He hit a ball to the warning track in game six 9th with a man on down a run. I met him in ST 1995 and said “Carmelo, I thought you get enough of that one in Cincy game 6”. He looked at me sadly and said “ I did too”.
@myjunkwax Bruce Ruffin has a pretty sweet pair of overalls in his 1987 Phillies yearbook photo
@HomePlate76 @Bond_OO7_James @myjunkwax That was my first thought when I saw Charlton.
@myjunkwax I’m from Pittsburgh and R.J. Reynolds is the first Pirate I remember getting in a pack of cards at the snack bar after one of my little league games.
@myjunkwax Frank Tanana, Vince Coleman, and Mel Stottlemyre signed my ball at Olympic Stadium one afternoon. It was a couple days before the Vince Coleman firecracker incident.
@myjunkwax 1990 The nasty boy... W.S. Champion .. Greg Jeffries I had his name on my little league glove
@myjunkwax I had the entire 1990 set but lost them during a move a while back. Still heartbroken.
@myjunkwax My favorite minor league stat: Marcus Lawton with the 1985 Columbia Mets in the Sally League: 111 SB, 8 CS, 93% Teammate Jeff Gardner slashed .294/.483/.322 - only 10 XBH, but 142 BB and 5 HBP
@myjunkwax Frank Tanana. Oct 4th, 1987. Tanana vs. Key. Frank shuts out the Blue Jays, 1-0, to complete the two-week comeback and take the East. What a beauty of a game. Key gave up one run, a solo homer to left from Larry Herndon in bot 2nd, and only two hits beside. That was a duel.
@myjunkwax Charlton would run over Mike Scioscia that summer
@myjunkwax A lot of good stories in that photo - bugs, a Q-tip and a nickname off the top of my head.
@myjunkwax Sometimes when things come easy (i.e. not very often), I think of how easy Dan Gladden jogged home to score the winning run of 1991 WS