#CardCorner: 1990 Topps Gary Pettis
kkundahl
Sat, 2026-10-17 11:00
A center fielder with almost unparalleled range, Gary Pettis played 11 seasons in the big leagues, totaling 354 stolen bases and five Gold Glove Awards.
Craig Muder
The most well-known baseball card featuring Gary Pettis never showed his face at all. But even one of the game’s most famous missing persons stories could not hide a career that saw Pettis become one of the best defensive center fielders in the ...
The Wizard powers up in NLCS
kkundahl
Wed, 2026-10-14 11:30
Folks went crazy on Oct. 14, 1985, when Ozzie Smith hit the defining home run of his career.
Craig Muder
With the 1985 National League Championship Series tied at two games apiece, Cardinals announcer Jack Buck was lamenting his team’s missed opportunities to score in a contest that was knotted at two with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning.
At the plate was Ozzie Smith, who had never hit a home run batti...
After a shaky beginning to his major league career, Bryse Wilson spent 2023 and 2024 as a decent middle/long reliever for the Milwaukee Brewers, recording a 2.40 ERA in 87 games across the two seasons. He moved to the White Sox for 2025 and was far less effective, with a 6.65 ERA in 20 games. […]
Veteran reliever Derek Law is a free agent, per his MiLB.com transaction tracker. The Diamondbacks designated the right-hander for assignment in mid-September. He passed through waivers and was outrighted to Triple-A. Law is now back on the open market. Arizona added Law on a minor league deal in January. He was recovering from flexor tendon […]
Live from Clemson: Dabo Swinney, Tait Reynolds preview Charleston Southern
The New York Rangers will remain patient without Igor Shesterkin in the lineup, but if they need a goalie, they will get one later on.
Welcome to Tuesday A’s fans. The Cleveland Guardians won the first game of the ALCS, beating the Tampa Bay Rays 7-3 thanks to some late offense. That’s put the Guardians just three games away from the World Series. Since the Cubs’ record-breaking World Series win 2016 (over Cleveland of all teams), the Guardians’ franchise is […]
Al-Ittihad Tripoli have excluded South African forward Thembinkosi Lorch from first-team preparations, just one week before the start of the 2026-2027 Libyan Professional League season. The decision was made by coach Fawzi Benzarti after the Tunisian reviewed the club’s foreign players following a series of pre-season friendly matches, according to reports by Eram News. Lorch, […]
The article Thembinkosi Lorch left out of Al-Ittihad Tripoli first-team plans was written by Abdul Karim and fir...
Shohei Ohtani has not hit a home run since the middle of August.
Igor Shesterkin’s injury doesn’t mean it’s time to wave the white flag. It might be the opening the Rangers need to fix more than just their crease.
The MLB offseason is very much on for 26 of the league's 30 teams.
The wounds of a devastating sweep at the hands of the Tampa Bay Rays are still fresh for the Yankees, as they come to terms with another disappointing end to a season this week. As we begin what’s likely going to be a long and dreadfully boring offseason with the impending lockout, it’s time to […]
The Royals’ High-A affiliate Quad Cities River Bandits had an awesome season. They went 70-57 in the regular season and won the Midwest League West Division in the second half of the season. They went a perfect 4-0 in the playoffs to win the 2026 Midwest League Championship. There was plenty of good stuff that […]
Happy Tuesday! The Cleveland Guardians secured an important series lead last night with clutch, late-game hitting and the Milwaukee Brewers’ bullpen continued to dominate in their win. ALCS Game 2 begins at 5 PM tonight while the NLCS will travel to Los Angeles. MLB Postseason scores… In Mariners news… Around the league…
Yesterday saw limited action in the Arizona Fall League, as only one of the three games on the schedule got played – and that game was shortened to seven innings. However we did get to watch a pair of Atlanta Braves prospects as Isaiah Drake got the start in left field for the Glendale Desert […]
Ian Happ is one of the most underappreciated Cubs — maybe ever. He’s played 10 seasons with the team, producing 25.3 bWAR. That ranks 27th among all Cubs position players — ever. He has hit 197 home runs with the team, which ranks 11th in team history — one behind Hank Sauer for 10th. He’s […]
Pirates legend Bill Mazeroski was mobbed by his teammates and fans following the first walk-off home run in World Series history.
Chase DeLauter and Patrick Bailey homered, Nathaniel Lowe's two-run single put Cleveland ahead, and the Guardians beat the Rays 7-3 in ALCS Game 1 for a 1-0 series lead.
The post Guardians Beat Rays 7-3 in ALCS Game 1 Behind DeLauter, Bailey and Lowe appeared first on On Tap Sports Net .
Is Landry Kiffin a single woman?
Now that the National League Championship Series is back at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, the Dodgers will have Blake Snell starting on the mound in Game 3 on Wednesday night, followed by Tyler Glasnow in Game 4 on Thursday. This order could have been inferred after Tarik Skubal and Yoshinobu Yamamoto were tabbed to […]
The Brewers, for the first time ever, are up 2-0 in a seven-game series. The NLCS heads to Los Angeles on Wednesday. 1. Contreras powers Brewers Catcher William Contreras paced Milwaukee’s relentless offense on Monday. He tied the game in the first inning with an RBI single. Contreras knotted the game again in the fifth […]
The Los Angeles Dodgers will be heading home down 2-0 in their series with the Milwaukee Brewers. On Monday, Yoshinobu Yamamoto took to the mound for the Dodgers. Yamamoto didn’t have his best stuff, giving up three runs in just 2.2 innings. Yamamoto was a postseason hero in 2025, including racking up three World Series […]
The post The funky stats behind Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s uncharacteristic flop of a Game 2 start appeared first on ClutchPoints .
Eighty-one appearances is a lot to ask of any reliever. For Brent Headrick, who threw 23 big-league innings the year […]
John Harbaugh settled the Giants‘ center question for this week: Bryan Hudson will start, and John Michael Schmitz will remain […]
A new report sheds light on how the New York Yankees view the Minnesota Twins' biggest free agent, catcher Ryan Jeffers.