So, I was a Video Game Producer and our company had a booth at E-3 (Electronic Entertainment Expo) in Los Angeles and at another companies booth they were promoting a baseball game where Orlando Cepeda was appearing live! The deal was if play the video game with Orlando and if you hit a home run that he pitched to you… you would win an autographed photo from Orlando!

It knew it wasn’t easy, because I saw Orlando strike out several people before me. So, when it was my turn, it took a couple pitches for me to get used to how the timing of how the game worked. So with his next pitch, I hit a homer! He was very funny and animated with his response to me, putting his hands on his face letting out a loud, “Oohhhhhh! Why did I throw that pitch to you?!?!” I walked over to him, he signed the picture, high fived me and said, “Good eye!”

RIP Orlando!

Roger Maris Hank Aaron

Mr All or Nothing was clutch in the 1985 World Series batting .320 and helping the Royals win the World Series. He hit .243 with 36 dingers and 88 RBi’s. Also led the AL in K’s with 166

Did you know there was a “Curse of the Balboni”? After the Royals won in 1985 no team won a World Series with a player hitting 36 HR’s or more until 2001 when the D’backs won it (LuGo had 57 HR’s that year)

Here’s a link to all the Steve Balboni cards on eBay: https://ebay.us/7NDKaF

Eddie Murray hits his 500th Home Run on this date.

Nice little Find in the Big Lot of sets I bought the other Night 71 Different cards