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Luke Epplin @lukeepplin.bsky.social · 6h

I wrote about Ned Garver, a pitcher who won 20 games on a team that lost 100, and a dwindling breed of baseball players: those who spent their long careers on teams that never sniffed the postseason. Includes some of my interview with Garver from a decade ago: substack.com/home/post/p-...

Baseball’s Vanishing Despite Player

Or, Ned Garver’s Miraculous 1951 Season

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Beauty of a Game @beautyofagame.bsky.social · 1d

How a @sabrbbcards.bsky.social presentation reminded me of college. With Michael Lewis, Eric Kittelberger and Tim Carroll, Anthony

@mightylark.bsky.social

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EidMar @eidmar.bsky.social · 1d

#cardsky

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SABR Baseball Cards @sabrbbcards.bsky.social · 1d

#OTD in 1988 this guy did something. But for a different team.

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SABR Baseball Cards @sabrbbcards.bsky.social · 1d

#OTD in 1946.

1967 Laughlin WS - 1946 Slaughter mad dash home from first

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Mark Hoyle’s Impossible Dream @markhoyle4.bsky.social · 1d

You bet 👍

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SABR Baseball Cards @sabrbbcards.bsky.social · 1d

In case you missed the Saturday zoom… #CardSky

youtu.be/NHvRqfG8Hbo?...

SABR Virtual: A Celebration of Baseball Card Art Panel

YouTube video by SABRvideos

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Tim Jenkins @tjpilotsfan.bsky.social · 2d

Your Cards of the Day: Topps gave the first League Championship Series (1969) the full treatment in the 1970 set. Note that all the photos of the Mets and Orioles are at home, despite the first two NLCS games being held in Atlanta and game 3 of the ALCS in Minnesota. @sabrbbcards.bsky.social

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BaseballObscura @justmckinney.bsky.social · 2d

Am giving a Zoom talk tonight at 8PM Eastern about the collapse of the Brooklyn Atlantics, who won the greatest game in baseball history on June 14, 1870 ending the Cincinnati Red Stockings 84 game win streak, but by 1875 were the worst team in baseball history. Sign up: sabr.org/19th-century...

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SABR Baseball Cards @sabrbbcards.bsky.social · 2d

We hear @markhoyle4.bsky.social has a pretty deep Red Sox collection, but does he have the 1962 Dutch Gum card of Tony Perkins as Jimmy Piersall in “Fear Strikes Out?” #CardSky

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SPOART @spoart.bsky.social · 2d

I’m not a TV executive, but I’ve stayed in a Holiday Inn Express before and this is the WS I’m wishing for. IYKYK. @sabrbbcards.bsky.social @splitseason1981.bsky.social @number5typecard.bsky.social @markarmour04.bsky.social @phitter72.bsky.social @seank138.bsky.social @jedthorn.bsky.social

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PostWarCards @postwarcards.bsky.social · 2d

Happy Ned Garver Day to those who celebrate! #cardsky

Read more about it in today's Post War Cards Newsletter: postwarcards.substack.com/p/the-post-w...

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Bunt Wax Era @buntwaxera.bsky.social · 2d

Rod Carew 2004 Donruss Classics - Legendary Lumberjacks (/1000)

#cardsky

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SABR Baseball Cards @sabrbbcards.bsky.social · 2d

#OTD 120 years ago, Big Six hurls his third straight World Series shutout against Philadelphia to lead his Giants to the title. 🐘🥚🐘🥚🐘🥚

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Gummy Arts @gummyarts.bsky.social · 2d

Hall of Famer Oscar Charleston, born on this date in 1896

Colored-pencil card drawing of Oscar Charleston

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SABR Baseball Cards @sabrbbcards.bsky.social · 2d

HIGHEST CAREER BATTING AVERAGE, LAST NAME BARGER:

.229 - Addison
.227 - Cy

That’s the list!

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SABR Baseball Cards @sabrbbcards.bsky.social · 3d

Card of the Week, MLB and NCAAF edition. #IYKYK

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EidMar @eidmar.bsky.social · 4d

#cardsky

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Jason T. Carter @jasontcarter.bsky.social · 3d

It was difficult finding anything nice to say about the Indians third baseman. #CardSky

Fun Cards: 1987 Donruss Diamond Kings Roger Dorn

Roger Dorn has had better days in the field and at the plate, but he continues to show up to the ballpark every day, even if he refuses to take part in calisthenics. He has never been a fan-favorit…

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Mark Armour @markarmour04.bsky.social · 3d

RIP to an All-Star who helped raise two All-Stars and stayed in the game for decades. @sabrbbcards.bsky.social

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SABR Baseball Cards @sabrbbcards.bsky.social · 3d

Hot off the presses and just in time for Indigenous Peoples Day!

The newest book from the SABR digital library

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SABR Baseball Cards @sabrbbcards.bsky.social · 3d

#OTD in 1960. Where does the Maz HR rank on your list of all-time great Fall Classic moments? Does anything top it?

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Tim Jenkins @tjpilotsfan.bsky.social · 3d

Your Cards of the Day: The Brewers and Dodgers start the NLCS this evening. The first Dodger to play for the Brewers was Ted Savage The first Brewer to play for LA was Al Downing. If you count the Seattle Pilots, the first two are Tommy Davis and Jerry Stephenson. @sabrbbcards.bsky.social

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SPOART @spoart.bsky.social · 3d

I’m rooting for Seattle and @tjpilotsfan.bsky.social @number5typecard.bsky.social
to bring home the bacon. @sabrbbcards.bsky.social @phitter72.bsky.social @splitseason1981.bsky.social @markarmour04.bsky.social

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SPOART @spoart.bsky.social · 4d

King Solomon couldn’t decide either.

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