11 Days of Freehan  Day 11                   Happy Birthday!                William Ashley Freehan                            1941-2021                                                 Go Blue! ???〽️               1960 Michigan Football  Thanks to all who followed ..read more

 11 Days of Freehan  Day 10 Card I'm most Thankful for Bill Freehan  is, as you all know, my baseball hero. ?⚾️ I was going to post his 1963 Topps RC #466 tomorrow, but, when I was scrolling through TweetX and watching today's Bears-Lions game I decided to go with it today My sincere hope that all of you reading this post are healthy and happy. Happy Thanksgiving. ?  ..read more

 11 Days of Freehan  Day 9 Who's ready for Pie?  2001 Topps American Pie ?  Woodstock Relics  #BBWM- BF Bill Frehan RELIC  Happy Thanksgiving ..read more

 11 Days of Freehan  Day 8 ???? In 1968, Bill Freehan has hit finest season as a player in the big leagues, including his 5th straight All-Star Game appearance, winning his 4th Gold Glove Award, and collecting his only World Series ring as the Tiger beat the Cardinals.    ..read more

A very special Happy Baseball Birthday! to former big league pitcher, Dennis "Oil Can" Boyd, who's 65 today!  ⚾️ "Oil Can" has a prominent place in the ever growing Boyd Binder, second only to Matthew Boyd in the amount of cards for a player with BOYD in their name.  ? Because the binder with his cards are in storage, the images on this post are all from Trading Card DaDatabase. ??? Have a great day, Mr. Boyd, we love you and we appreciate you! Play BALL ..read more

11 Days of Freehan.  Day 7.              1967 Topps #48                Bill Freehan 1️⃣9️⃣6️⃣7️⃣ - 155 games/146 hits/20 HRs/ 74 RBI/ .282 average.  ? Bill was hit a an American League 20 times!  ?️ American League All-Star  ?️ American League Gold Glove Play BALL! ?⚾️  ..read more

A visit to the PO Box this morning brings today's 11 Days of Freehan , a favorite card that was gifted to me on TweetX.  ?⚾️ The 1971 Topps Baseball card set is my All-Time favorite, and they have been since this then 11 year old opened up those glorious packs.         ?⭐️? Love 1970s Big League.      Catchers.  Have  great Sunday.  ..read more

11 Days of Freehan  Day 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ These two specially made art cards especially the hand drawn card using the 1960 (year I was born) Topps design are so cool and I really was fortunate to have them made. I don't remember what years these cards were made and I couldn't find either artist,  Card Art Show & Cheap Seats Cards on TwitterX.  ?? I found Cheap Seats cards HERE ..read more

11 Days of Freehan  Day 4 This is a special card. 2005 Topps Retired Signature Edition- Autograph  #TA-BAF  Bill Freehan AU This beautiful card was gifted to me by my friend Dennis , way back when I was much more involved in reading and posting stuff. I've been gifted many a card over my 14+ years, but this was the start, and I'm very appreciative of all of you in our Blogging Community.  Thanks, Dennis, appreciate you!  ..read more

 UNANIMOUS!  Tarik Skubal received all 30 first place votes in the 2024 Cy Young Award balloting the Baseball Writers Association of America.  The Ballots. ?⚾️ Skubal joins the elite of Tigers pitchers to win the Cy Young, joining Denny McLain (1968/1969- Co- Mike Cuellar), Willie Hernandez (1984), Justin Verlander (2011), and Max Scherzer (2013 ..read more