Eric Vickrey

I've stumbled across many bizarre headlines during my baseball research, but this one may take the cake.

I went with my dad to Game 1 of the 1977 World Series. This is my ticket, please note face value (a decent seat too)

Please take a moment to remember former Cardinals outfield prospect Oscar Taveras who died in a car accident 12 years ago today. He was just 22. As a teen, Taveras spent four years in Montréal and competed in Baseball Québec’s Midget Triple-A League with Marquis de Montreal.

I have a *new* Pete Crow-Armstrong poem published in the World Series issue of The Twin Bill with AMAZING original artwork by a Canadian illustrator! Check it out!

I wrote about why the '82 Brewers kept Rollie Fingers on the World Series roster even though he couldn't throw a baseball.

Eleanor Rigby, 8 months.

Enjoyed the conversation and hearing about the Satchel Paige Project. Right up my alley.

These abandoned Little League fields near my house feel post-apocalyptic. On the bright side, they’re a great place for my dog to run.

Harvey’s Wallbangers had one of the great team nicknames of all time. Has there been another team nickname since then? Might I suggest…Murphy’s Ballbusters?

You know the situation is bleak when THE LIBRARY is posting through it. www.instagram.com/p/Deh7wr0hbaz/

The Olympic Peninsula is so much fun to explore, especially with good company.

I suppose today’s #MailDay instantly qualifies as one of the more unique items in my collection, not to mention a Dodger collectible even the great @dodgers-cards.bsky.social might not have.

Someone at Major League Baseball came to their senses, as a proposal for a Grand Teton National Park exhibition game was officially withdrawn by officials. #MLB #sportsbiz #baseballbiz Full story here: ballparkdigest.com/2026/10/07/m...

Kiké Hernández has now homered in 5.7% of his postseason at-bats. Hank Aaron homered in 5.4% of his career at-bats.

I connected with Fred Claire while working on a Dodgers-related book and found him to be incredibly kind and generous. The former sportswriter-turned-baseball executive wrote about his inspiring cancer journey in the book Extra Innings. He donated all proceeds from the book to City of Hope. RIP.

Player of the game.

Found the one baseball-related item at the National Nordic Museum in Seattle. Children of Finnish immigrants playing sandlot ball in Askel, Michigan, circa 1915.

The American League West will play zero games in October, deservedly so.

The Seattle Mariners have completed 50 seasons and won zero pennants. They could go 162-0 for the next two seasons and their franchise record would still be below .500. And yet, for a meaningless game on the final day of the season they outdrew every other team. PNW baseball fans deserve better.

Born on September 23: John Coltrane Ray Charles Bruce Springsteen Jim Morrison

De Niro to star in the long-awaited movie about the 1970 @spokaneindians.bsky.social?

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Sweet mail day! A travel scorebook from @thirty81press.bsky.social and the latest book by @zakford.bsky.social.

“Tough one tonight” has been a recurring staff joke for the last 2 seasons and someone finally made a super cut, hats off bc this was a huge pain in the ass I’m sure #Mariners youtu.be/SdgtIXuuB2I?...

Arte Moreno bought the Angels in 2003 (the year after they won the Series) for $184 million. He then spent 23 years running them into the ground, let the stadium decay, wasted Trout and Ohtani, and sold for $4 billion. And the owners are crying poverty and threatening to kill baseball next year.

Sign the petition to rename Nashville airport in honor of Dolly Parton here: c.org/cGYwyrjYzW

You'll want to witness the bat flip on Tai Peete's second homer of the night for Double-A Springfield:

So much more than a Country Music Superstar. Philanthropist, humanitarian, defender of diversity & fierce advocate for the working class, she helped fund the Moderna Covid vaccine & donated 332+ million books to children. Thank you, Dolly. We will always love you.♥️ #RIP

The enshittification of professional sports.

These teams are carrying eight relief pitchers. The Mariners had Monday off,, and Wilson skipped over six actual rested pitchers to bring in Rivas. I go back to my very simple rule: If you’re carrying 13 pitchers, you are not allowed to use a position player to pitch.

I’m 100% convinced Ichiro in his prime would have won the MLB home run derby if given the opportunity. We got a glimpse of it tonight in Seattle. 8 homers in the M’s alumni derby…at age 52!

Ichiro is going through a warmup routine for the Mariners alumni home run derby as if it’s a game. Playing long toss and throwing lasers from the warning track to the first-base line.

Tonight was only the third time in Yankees history in which both teams hit five or more home runs. One of the other two was this slug fest, featuring 3 home runs by Lou Gehrig!

Impromptu home run derby in the Bronx. It's stretch time, and the Cards and Yankees have combined for 10 home runs, including 3 by Alec Burleson.

Tyler Wells Taylor Walls Tyler Wade Taylor Ward There’s an Abbott and Costello routine here somewhere.

Six years ago, I wrote this article about cup-of-coffee New York Yankee and longtime minor-league manager Frank Verdi, who once took a bullet to the head in Cuba. This morning, I received an email from a relative thanking for me for the time I put into it. Made my day. sabr.org/bioproj/pers...

A week after the Dodgers announced the signing of Jackie Robinson, Dan Daniel of The Sporting News wrote, "It is quite inconceivable that the story has received far more attention than it is worth. ... Robinson ... insofar as can be discerned, will never play for the Brooklyn club." Wow.

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Devastating news out of Spokane...

Sending good vibes to everyone in the Spokane area.

One of these years I’ll make it to SABR’s national conference. From all the posts I’m seeing, sounds like a great time.

24 teams within 4 1/2 games of a playoff berth. I know I keep hammering this point, but it's because parallel to this, MLB has built an entire labor strategy, including a media campaign, around this not being true.

The Seattle Mariners just won at Dodger Stadium for the first time in 6,239 days.

One of my favorite daily sights in Cooperstown: Ichiro heading out to take batting practice!

For subscribers: Dodgers go out of their way to visit White House, stab fanbase in back. open.substack.com/pub/mollykni...