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The Year Of The Card: Al Fitzmorris, 1975

March 21, 2019March 20, 2019 / darinwatson / Leave a comment

The poets (and I guess I consider myself one) will tell you that the beauty of baseball is that it is timeless and unchanging and all that jazz. And in a way, it’s true. I would wager that, were you transported back to 1919 and sent to a baseball, football, and basketball game, you would … Continue reading The Year Of The Card: Al Fitzmorris, 1975

The Year Of The Card–Dan Quisenberry, 1984

February 7, 2019March 5, 2019 / darinwatson / Leave a comment

Note: This post was first published at Pine Tar Press on April 30, 2014. Funny thing about the Royals, although they’ve had some great closers, until Greg Holland came along, they never had one that fit that closer stereotype of a flamethrower who piled up the strikeouts and basically threw one pitch. Joakim Soria threw … Continue reading The Year Of The Card–Dan Quisenberry, 1984

The Year of the Card–Darrell Porter, 1979

January 16, 2019March 5, 2019 / darinwatson / Leave a comment

No accounting of Darrell Porter’s life and career can be complete without addressing his drug and alcohol addictions, and how he seemingly conquered that demon only to have it come back and ultimately take his life. So I will just say up front I find it hard to condemn any player’s drug or alcohol abuse. … Continue reading The Year of the Card–Darrell Porter, 1979

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