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 Drafted by the Reds in 1989, Eric Bates pitched for the team's Billings affiliate that year, going 4-2 with a save and a 3.68 ERA in 2...

Outfielder Tom Vilet played in the Phillies organization from 1991 to 1993. In 93 games he hit .191 with 6 doubles, 2 triples, 21 RBI and 1...

Randy Keisler pitched six seasons in the major leagues for the Yankees, Padres, Reds, A's and Cardinals. In 55 games (20 starts) he went...

  JJ Munoz pitched in the Phillies and Royals organizations from 1990 to 1995, and later pitched for the independent Waterbury Spirit. In 1...

 I picked up a small football lot on eBay this week - nothing special but it was cheap. You can't get '60s baseball cards for cheap ...

Outfielder Benny Castillo played 11 seasons of professional baseball, including time in the Tigers, Rangers and Indians organizations. In 4...

May 20-22, 1965 were pretty quiet news days, other than a plane crash in Egypt and unrest in the Dominican Republic. Perhaps things were a l...

The Collector is working on his 2010s Topps setbuilds. I sent him a few and he sent back a few hits to some of my setbuilds. '94 Fleer ...

 This is not really a background item, I guess, but maybe still interesting. Gene Autry, the Singing Cowboy and co-owner of the Angels, is t...

The first Thom McAn store opened in New York in 1922. Named after a famous Scottish golfer, the casual footwear chain peaked at almost 2,00...