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Remembering Phil Bradley for no reason at all

By john • Sep 24th, 2008 • Category: baltimore orioles, chicago white sox, phil bradley, philadelphia phillies, remembering for no reason at all, seattle mariners

It’s been ages since I’ve writing one of these but I remember the last time I thought about writing one of these it was about former Oriole outfielder Phil Bradley. That was because I found a half sized card of the Indiana native while moving stuff around after our move to Indiana.
Odd I suppose, even [...]


Remembering Steve Wilson for no reason at all

By john • Feb 4th, 2008 • Category: matt thornton, remembering for no reason at all, steve wilson

Today we honor Steve Wilson. The baseball player not the jazz musician which would have been more productive to write about.
For those unfamiliar with Wilson he was a left hander from British Columbia who spent six seasons in the majors splitting time with the Texas Rangers, Chicago Cubs and the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Drafted by the [...]


Remembering Spike Owen for no reason at all

By john • Jan 30th, 2008 • Category: remembering for no reason at all, spike owen

So while cleaning upstairs I grabbed an over sized box of baseball cards from the last couple of decades. I told Carrie to reach in and pick a card and that this would be the latest report on remember for no reason at all.
Spike Dee Owen either holds the record for most dogs named after [...]


Remembering Darren Dreifort for no reason at all

By john • Nov 27th, 2007 • Category: darren dreifort, los angeles dodgers, remembering for no reason at all, scott boras

For Los Angeles Dodger fans the Darren Dreifort story is one of trips to the DL, wasted money and frankly a guy who didn’t have half the talent they claimed he did.
As being the 2nd overall pick in the 1993 draft the right handed Dreifort was in the majors in 1994. I bet it really [...]


Remembering Sean DePaula for no reason at all

By john • Nov 9th, 2007 • Category: remembering for no reason at all, sean depaula

Eight years ago, maybe more, I was in AOL chatrooms talking trade with other kids. We were all competing for the same thing, to win a simulation baseball league. Looking back it seems kinda nerdy. Ok yes it is nerdy and there are guys about 40 doing it today. Heck, my wife and I sometimes [...]