I’m leaving baseball cards here and there lately. I hope people find them and get something out of them. The cards are random, and the places where I leave them are random. I pick one out of a ...
As I was waiting for yesterday’s Strat-O-Matic online results to post, I called one of my oldest friends. He isn’t on Twitter or Facebook or anywhere else where I’ve been narrating for seve...
https://cardboardgods.net/2022/06/23/mark-fidrych-and-the-search-for-meaning/
As reported last night, the Worcester Birds have been mathematically eliminated from playoff contention. But one meaningful game remains. Mark Fidrych has won his last 3 starts to push his record...
https://cardboardgods.net/2022/06/22/how-to-watch-mark-fidrych-go-for-20-wins/
The Birds got trounced in games 154 and 155 and fell to 2 games behind in their division. Another loss would put them either 2 or 3 games out with just 6 to go. They needed a strong start from th...
After stopping a losing streak for my imaginary Worcester Birds squad with his 5th straight win in his last 5 starts, Mark Fidrych’s win-loss record now stands at 15-6. Barring injury (always a...
This video clip of a few minutes of a young man playing ball (shared out recently in a tweet by the peerless 1970s baseball raconteur Dan Epstein) is nothing special, and that’s the most amazin...
This image is from an MLB documentary on Mark Fidrych. If you’re familiar with a particular musical terrain, you’ll recognize the band associated with the skull and roses design on his shirt,...
https://cardboardgods.net/2022/05/12/in-and-out-of-the-garden-he-goes/
Through eight innings, Mark Fidrych has not allowed a hit. This breathless moment of anticipation and hope never actually happened in real life. But what even is real life? Everything is always c...
I am building a team around Mark Fidrych. You can do this. You can do everything now. You can bring the Bird back to life. That’s what I’m hoping anyway. I’m doing this through a portal tha...
Mickey Stanley is pretty much exactly what you would get if you mixed together Mickey Mantle and Fred Stanley. I can elaborate, but my back hurts so much. All the elaborating is over when you get...