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Cleveland native. Texas citizen. Hockey broadcaster. Baseball geek. Football fan. Autograph guru. Political libertarian. Punk rocker. Multi-instrumentalist.
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Dark Sky, Dark Water, A Dark Night
Mar 31st
By Drew Pelto aka *censored*
Twenty years ago, my view of baseball– and life as a whole– changed forever.
On the morning of March 23, 1993, I woke up, had an Eggo waffle with cinnamon and sugar sprinkled on it, and prepared to enter another day of the hell known as third grade. Sitting on the couch in my living room in the far-east Cleveland suburb of Painesville, Dan Patrick delivered the morning’s sports news. Baseball season was only a few weeks away as I started my first Little League practices. My Cleveland Indians were still in the middle of a lengthy More >
The Greatest Pitcher You Don’t Know
Oct 25th
by Drew Pelto, AKA *censored*
Some called him Lefty.
Some called him Red.
Some called him crazy.
George Brunet was a well-traveled pitcher, and one you’ve probably never heard much about; mostly because he was a pretty good pitcher who got stuck on some really bad teams. Over a major league career that went through parts of fifteen seasons, George compiled a record of 69-93 with a 3.62 ERA and 921 strikeouts.
There’s not a whole lot of anything up in Keweenaw County, MI. Sure, there’s fishing and hunting, old copper mines and the logging industry, snowmobiling and cross-country skiing. Michigan Technological University is just More >
60 Years of Topps Baseball Countdown – #10: 1983 Topps
Oct 19th
by Drew Pelto, AKA *censored*
Once again, let’s fast forward through the countdown. I’ll eventually make these all public in some way either in blog or book form. Mostly since I really like a bunch of these sets.
#24. 1973 Topps #23. 1992 Topps #22. 1963 Topps #21. 1999 Topps #20. 1982 Topps #19. 1960 Topps #18. 1980 Topps #17. 1961 Topps #16. 1974 Topps #15. 1967 Topps #14. 1975 Topps #13. 1958 Topps #12. 1959 Topps #11. 1965 Topps
And so, as the 2011 World Series begins today, We will kick off the Top 10 of the countdown with… well, set #10 More >
60 Years of Topps Baseball Countdown – #25: 1972 Topps
Oct 18th
by Drew Pelto, AKA *censored*
Wow. Been a while, hasn’t it? I’ve been a tad busy with work and travel and the hockey season starting (actually the three are synonymous for me) and now that the World Series is about to start, it’s time we go warp speed through the countdown and start with the Top 10 on Wednesday, hopefully. Let’s fast forward from #34 on down to #25.
#34. 1996 Topps #33. 2006 Topps #32. 1997 Topps #31. 2005 Topps #30. 1968 Topps #29. 1989 Topps #28. 1971 Topps #27. 1969 Topps #26. 1976 Topps
#25. 1972 Topps
I once tried to put More >
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