Welcome to Opening Day! I got to watch the Braves game with my brother. That was a good thing! The Braves won, that was a good thing too!
Now for a little Opening Day fun.
The hero for Atlanta was a catcher Travis D'arnaud who wasn't catching but DHing in the 8 spot. He went 4 for 5 with 2 rbi's and 2 runs scored. Here is the cool thing. He had an infield single, a catcher by trade, the fun fact so did the catcher for the Nat's. TWO catchers in one game both having infield singles. Of course there were two other infield singles in the game 1 by Acuna and 1 by Smith making it 4 infield hits in one game (2 by catchers is crazy). The game lasted 3 hours and 7 minutes there were 20 hits, 5 errors, 1 violation and an injury. Lots of pitching changes.
The game was in the 4th inning after just an hour when Fried pulled a hammy, speed went out the window then. Anyway for you research nuts when was the last game with 4 infield singles, and when was the last time (if ever) 2 different catchers hit them in one game.
Last night's winner was: RJ
Now for another PAIR of odd ball sets.
Complete intact NL and AL sheets. Three Braves on that first panel. I checked my excel sheets (for the individual cards) and it said that I didn't have them (although I remember having them). Go figure the following week after the Jax show I went to Apopka, and found the singles for those Braves. I guess I kind of spoiled those three cards oh well.
The more I see of those early Star player sets, the more I like them.
ReplyDeleteHooray for Opening Day! And Cracker Jack! But not my Tigers, who were shut out earlier today.
ReplyDeleteI knew Star made a Wade Boggs set, but had never seen the design before now. I like it, very 80's. The pic of him at the bat rack is fantastic!
ReplyDeleteNever seen those Cracker Jacks, very cool!
ReplyDeleteHappy Opening Day!
ReplyDeleteThe Tigers lost.
Congrats RJ!
Thanks John! The Twins actually won.
DeleteYay opening day! Jays are down 9-8 at the moment. That's a lot of failed holds by the pitchers!
ReplyDeleteJust great stuff. I used to hate those 80s oddballs, but not anymore.
ReplyDeleteWent to Rays Opening Day and it was fun. Only made it 7 innings, but made it long enough for Kyler to get a ball and watch Miguel Cabrera get a double and get a few autographs. Speaking of autographs, nice find with the Boggs.
ReplyDeleteI'm really not used to that Star. I definitely came of age in the gradient years. And I love that Cracker Jack set. Have the Mays. Kind of want a full sheet though.
ReplyDeleteI have never seen either of these but totally dig the Cracker Jack design!
ReplyDeleteMatt-SCC
Happy Opening Day! Marcus Stroman was the first pitcher to officially violate the pitch clock. Maybe they'll make a ToppsNow card haha.
ReplyDeleteVery cool Boggs set, especially if the auto is legit!
Cracker Jack cards are cool! Some of my cavities probably came from eating Cracker Jacks. Ready for another snowstorm?
ReplyDeleteLove the Boggs stuff, especially that auto!
ReplyDeleteThose are great Cracker Jacks cards! I don't recall seeing those.
ReplyDeleteLove those Cracker Jack cards.
ReplyDeleteLove infield singles! I'll have to see if I can catch the highlight from that game. Love those Cracker Jack sheets too.
ReplyDeleteThe highlights focus on his double and not the infield hits, the Nats announcers never even said anything about any of the 4 infield hits other than the play by play, infield hit. that's it. They did say on both catchers when they hit them that those aren't catchers legs.
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