4/26/15: Leonys Martin led off the 11th inning with a homer, and the Rangers scored another run on Erick Aybar's error before holding on for a 5-4 victory over the Angels. Neftali Feliz (1-1) pitched two innings for the victory. Nick Martinez scattered seven hits, struck out two.

35 Years Ago Today: San Francisco Giants outfielder Kevin Mitchell makes an amazing barehanded catch of a fly ball hit by STLCards batter Ozzie Smith! (April 26, 1989) #MLB #Baseball #History #SFGiants

Happy 70th Birthday to 1984 Triple Crown winner Greg "Boomer" Wells!

Ken Aspromonte – 7-Yr MLB Playing Career ('57-'63); 3-Yrs As MLB Manager ('72-'74); Also Played in Japan for Chunichi ('64-'65) & Taiyo ('66). Autographs thru the mail. #ttm #ttmsuccess #1972ToppsHighNumber

4/25/06: Kevin Mench extends his home run streak to five games, matching a Texas Rangers record in a 5 - 3 victory over Oakland. Mench becomes the fourth Texas player to homer in five straight games, joining Carl Everett, Mark Teixeira and Alex Rodriguez. #StraightUpTX

New Night Owl Cards blog post: "Fifty-five hundred posts of showing what most consider mindless accumulation" nightowlcards.blogspot.com/2024/04/fifty-…

Jesse Barfield, circa 1985 @BlueJays

Danny Goodwin is the only player in MLB history to be drafted No. 1 overall in two different drafts. Here's his story. 80sbaseball.com/missed-it-by-t… #Angels #MNTwins

Happy 47th birthday to former Ranger outfielder Andruw Jones. Jones played in 82 games for Texas in 2009. #StraightUpTX

#RFpod: 1991 Fleer Special treat! I recruited Phillies lefty @MattStrahm to open today’s junk wax pack of the day. As always, tell me your favorite story about one of these players or these cards

Carpet o’ Cards: Henry Aaron made his Major League debut 70 years ago today. Starting lineups on April 13, 1954 as Aaron went 0-for-5 in Braves’ 9-8 loss to Reds in Cincinnati.

Carpet o’ Cards: Horizontal cards showed up occasionally from 1971-74 as @Topps began increasing its use of action photos. A few gems, many disasters. 🧵

返信先:@BasebaIlKing

Happy 65th birthday to RJ Reynolds. Reynolds made his MLB debut in 1983 and played parts of 3 seasons with the Dodgers before being traded to the Pirates for Bill Madlock. He later spent a season with the Kintetsu Buffaloes in Japan where he was Hideo Nomo’s teammate.

The @WhiteSox take Game 2 of the doubleheader!

返信先:@coopincanadaAh, Willie was my fave and I loved how Eldon extended those vowels!

4/17/18: Matt Moore allowed an unearned run over seven innings in his first start against his former team, and the Rangers beat the Tampa Bay Rays 7-2. Adrian Beltre, Ronald Guzman and Shin-Soo Choo had two RBI each for the Rangers. Kiner-Falefa had four hits, including a double.

Don Money, circa 1980 @Brewers

4/16/72 Goose Gossage makes his MLB debut. Gossage enters in the 4th inning with two on and walks the first batter he faces, Lou Piniella.

4/15/96 The Padres sign Rob Deer as a free agent. He splits the year between Triple-A and the bigs, hitting his final four MLB dingers, and his career is over. Here is the rest of Today in 1990s Baseball: 90sbaseball.com/april15/

Happy birthday in heaven to former Ranger outfielder Willie Davis. Davis played in 42 games for Texas in 1975. #StraightUpTX

4/14/89 The Giants sign free agent pitcher Goose Gossage. Here's the rest of Today in 1980s Baseball: 80sbaseball.com/april14/

4/14/16: Rougned Odor had a tiebreaking 2 run double as part of a Texas rally that preserved a career-best nine-game winning streak for ace Cole Hamels. Odor's double was part of a five-run sixth inning as the Rangers beat Baltimore 6-3. The Texas bullpen threw 3.2 scoreless IPs.

Baseball Brothers: Matty Alou, #Pirates - Felipe Alou, #Braves - Jesus Alou, #SFGiants (1966) #MLB #NationalSiblingsDay

4/9/10: Colby Lewis allowed 1 run on 5 hits in 7 IPs to lead Texas over Seattle 6-2. Lewis (1-0) struck out 3 & walked 4. The 30-year-old right-hander won in the major leagues for the first time since starting for the Rangers and beating Barry Zito at Oakland on April 7, 2004.

Glenn Davis, 1982 Columbus @astros

Today In 1977: Doug Ault hits the first HR in Toronto #BlueJays franchise history during their cold & snowy first game at Exhibition Stadium vs. the Chicago White Sox! #MLB #Baseball #History #Canada #ToTheCore 🇨🇦

Willie Upshaw, circa 1983 @BlueJays

Kevin Mitchell, 1986 @Mets

4/3/94 The Mariners sign Rich Gossage as a free agent. He goes 3-1 with a save in the final year of his Hall of Fame career. Here is the rest of the day in 1990s Baseball: 90sbaseball.com/april3/

Athletes We Remember From The Past #Dodgers #Reds #Cubs #Mets #Washington #MLB #nostalgia

Happy 79th birthday to former Ranger pitcher Mike Kekich. Kekich played in 23 games for Texas in 1975. #StraightUpTx Side note, he looks like Ben Stiller's character from Happy Gilmore.

Happy 60th birthday to the greatness of Pete Incavigilia. Incaviglia played in 694 games for Texas from 1986 to 1990. #StraightUpTX

Happy 57th birthday to Jerry Brooks. Brooks was a really good professional ball player who enjoyed a 13-year pro career. In the MLB, he played just 9 games for the Dodgers in 1993 and 8 more with the Marlins in 1996 before finishing his career in Japan and Mexico.

Happy 60th birthday to Balvino Galvez. Galvez made his MLB debut with the Dodgers in 1986 and played all 10 games of his big league career that season. After stints in the Detroit and Minnesota organizations, he finished his career playing 8 years in Taiwan, Japan, and Korea.

Alvin Davis, circa 1985 @Mariners

You sure he played for them? 1992 Seattle Mariners Kevin Mitchell

George Wright, 1985 @Rangers