In this regular feature, we will help you acquaint yourself with some of the finest practitioners of the most thankless task in baseball to ever don the “tools of ignorance” for our beloved Chicago Baseball teams. This week we feature George Dickey. When you think of great catchers of the 30s and 40s, certain names […]
In this regular feature, we will help you acquaint yourself with some of the finest practitioners of the most thankless task in baseball to ever don the “tools of ignorance” for our beloved Chicago Baseball teams. This week we feature Ray Schalk. “Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.” –Thomas Jefferson When the […]
In this regular feature, we will help you acquaint yourself with some of the finest practitioners of the most thankless task in baseball to ever don the “tools of ignorance” for our beloved Chicago Baseball teams. This week we feature J.C. Martin. Luck is where preparation meets opportunity. – some motivational poster or something. J.C. […]
In this regular feature, we will help you acquaint yourself with some of the finest practitioners of the most thankless task in baseball to ever don the “tools of ignorance” for our beloved Chicago Baseball teams. This week we feature Steve Christmas. Look, we do CotW on Wednesdays, Christmas is on a Wednesday, and there’s […]
In this regular feature, we will help you acquaint yourself with some of the finest practitioners of the most thankless task in baseball to ever don the “tools of ignorance” for our beloved Chicago Baseball teams. This week we feature Marv Foley. Usually, Catcher of the Week posts on Wednesday. Here it is on Friday, […]
In this feature, we will help you acquaint yourself with some of the finest practitioners of the most thankless task in baseball to ever don the “tools of ignorance” for our beloved Chicago Baseball teams. This week we feature Smoky Burgess. “Smoky Burgess was fat. Not baseball fat like Mickey Lolich or Early Wynn. But […]
AJ Pierzynski was either loved or hated, and it usually depended on what uniform he wore, and whether or not you rooted for said team. From shortly after the time he broke into the Majors with the Twins in the 1998 season as a 21 year old, he became a thorn in the side of […]
In this feature, we will help you acquaint yourself with some of the finest practitioners of the most thankless task in baseball to ever don the “tools of ignorance” for our beloved Chicago Baseball teams. This week we feature Duane Josephson. Duane Josephson was a pretty decent catcher for the White Sox and Red Sox […]
If baseball had an award for dumping sports drinks on themselves or random teammates, Yolmer Sanchez would be the annual winner, and probably have the trophy modeled off him. Unfortunately for him, such an award doesn’t exist, but Sanchez earned himself some hardware Sunday, winning the AL Gold Glove Award at 2nd base for 2019. […]
In this feature, we will help you acquaint yourself with some of the finest practitioners of the most thankless task in baseball to ever don the “tools of ignorance” for our beloved Chicago Baseball teams. This week we feature Ed Herrmann. There were few jobs worse or more thankless than catching for the White Sox […]