Not too many big leaguers hail from Wyoming, like the New York Mets’ Brandon Nimmo, who…
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Asking for Accountability From a POC Isn’t Bigotry
I don’t think of myself as bigoted. I view myself as one of those tree-hugging, goodie-goodie liberals…
Continue ReadingA Valentine’s Appeal to Tony Clark, Executive Director, Major League Baseball Players’ Association
Mr. Clark, Well, it’s happened again. I just learned that another of the pre-1980 players without…
Continue ReadingMLB: Pre-1980 Players Without a Pension List Now Stands at 525
Four years after they first compiled a record of what they believed was the penultimate list…
Continue ReadingHe Gets No Pension Because Nobody in Baseball Has Character
The resume of David Machemer, a Benton Harbor resident who attended Central Michigan University, boasts more…
Continue ReadingHow to Put a Smile on the Faces of 600+ MLB Retirees
Even the most knowledgeable baseball fan probably doesn’t remember Nieves Mardie Cornejo, who played in the…
Continue ReadingThe Say Hey Kid’s Doppelganger Isn’t Getting a MLB Pension
Eighty-seven-year-old Carl Boles, who resides in Tampa, Florida, had the proverbial cup of coffee in the…
Continue ReadingPeaches and The Good Book
John Werhas, who resides in Sisters, Oregon, was once the Pastor Emeritus of a church in…
Continue ReadingBaseball’s Bullet Bob
Even the most knowledgeable baseball fan probably doesn’t remember “Bullet” Bob Reynolds, who once starred at…
Continue ReadingWill Max be Mad about this situation?
Scherzer owes riches to old-timers, but what’s their payoff? In recently signing Max Scherzer to a…
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