In picking five significant players who changed the game in major league baseball, I broke my usual rule of only including those who I’d actually seen play. The contributions of the players included on the list from before my time were just too great and too significant to leave them off. Here are five players … Read More
Month: July 2011
Classic Team Logo of The Day
Logo of a minor league baseball team that plays in the AA Texas League, the San Antonio Missions. They are affiliated with the San Diego Padres, and have been in existence since 1988. The city has actually had a AA team since 1888, and there have been a number of versions that used the “Missions” … Read More
Classic Sports Card of The Day
1963 Topps baseball card of a member of the lovable and laughable New York Mets expansion team of the early 1960s, former catcher Clarence “Choo Choo” Coleman. The Mets had little success in their first few years but Coleman supplied a lot of comedy relief. He was known for outrageous comments and malapropisms. One example … Read More
NHL – Five Players Who Changed The Game
The game that started out being played on frozen ponds in Canada has evolved a great deal over the years. Here are five players who changed the game in professional hockey: 1. Jacques Plante – the veteran Montreal Canadiens’ goaltender changed the game forever when he became the first to don a mask on a … Read More
Classic Team Logo of The Day
Logo of a National Hockey League team that, as of the start of the 2011/12 season will cease to exist – the Atlanta Thrashers. The Thrashers entered the NHL as an expansion team in 1999 as the city’s second attempt to sell the sport in the Georgia city. Atlanta had previously lost the Flames to … Read More
Classic Sports Card of The Day
1988 Opeechee hockey card of former NHL player Mark Napier, courtesy of www.CheckOutMyCards.com . Napier played 19 seasons of pro hockey, starting in 1975 with the World Hockey Association before moving to the NHL. He was a part of Stanley Cup winning teams in Montreal and Edmonton. He did a lot of charity work with … Read More
NFL – Top Five Head Coaches of All Time
Picking the top 5 NFL head coaches of all time was a difficult task, so difficult that what I wound up doing was splitting the list into two categories. There are some glaring names missing from this particular list, but that’s because even though those names, it could be argued, belong on this list, they … Read More
Classic Team Logo of The Day
An “alternate” logo of the old Houston Oilers football team, used in 1964 and ’65, when the team was a charter member of the American Football League. The team, after winning the first 2 AFL titles, was in a downward spiral during these 2 seasons, finishing 4-10 both years under coaches Sammy Baugh, the legendary … Read More
Classic Sports Card of The Day
With the recent unveiling of the team’s new uniforms, a good sports card to feature is this 1974 Topps football card of former Buffalo Bills quarterback Joe Ferguson. The team will return to the white helmets this season, and also to their more traditional blue. The Bills originally changed their helmets from white to red … Read More
NBA – Five Players Who Changed The Game
Professional basketball has evolved more than any other sport over the years – from a game dominated by white, two-handed set shot players to the athletic players of today. The three-point shot altered the game also, as did the outlawing, then re-instituting, the use of zone defense. Here are 5 players who changed the game … Read More
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