Adam Darowski

He’s such a distinguished gentleman

Not an interest of mine so I’ll leave that to the stadium experts

Love that. Davalillo is definitely an interesting subject.

I love collecting the great Venezuelan stars from that set, in particular. I’m on the hunt for a César Tovar.

1967 Topps Venezuelan Vic Davalillo

This is Víctor Davalillo. He played 30 seasons in Venezuela, collecting the most hits (1505), doubles (196), runs (668), at bats (4633), and games (1280) in league history. He also played 16 seasons in the majors where he was an All-Star and a Gold Glover. Overall, he had at least 4133 hits.

1967 Topps Venezuelan Alex Carrasquel

This is Alejandro “Alex” Carrasquel. He was the first Venezuelan to play in Major League Baseball when he faced the Yankees with the Senators in 1939. He was also the first Venezuelan player to hit an MLB home run. He won the first game in Venezuela’s pro league in 1946.

1967 Topps Venezuelan Luis García

This is Luis “Camaleón” García. A third baseman, he is the Venezuelan League’s all-time RBI king (516) and is in the Top 5 in hits (1058), doubles (179), home runs (62), runs (451), at bats (3543), an games (961). So far we have 3331 hits and 291 home runs—none in the majors.

1967 Topps Venezuelan Jose Bracho

This is Jose “Carrao” Bracho. His 109 wins, 1769.2 innings, and 91 complete games are the most in Venezuela’s Professional Baseball League. He won six games in the Caribbean Series and another three in the Interamerican Series. He never pitched in the major leagues.

1967 Topps Venezuelan Teolindo Acosta

This is Teolindo Acosta. In Venezuela, they called him “El loquito que inventó el hit” (“The crazy guy who invented the hit”). He had 1289 hits in Venezula, 1371 in Mexico, and another 1353 in the US Minor Leagues. Overall, we have 4213 hits, 421 steals, and an impressive .320 average.

why

Karim Adeyemi take a bow.

Trump makes goo-goo eyes at Mamdani while Reagan’s portrait looks on

Meme of man making goo-goo eyes at passing woman while holding hands with upset girlfriend

Anyone posted this one yet?

Isidro Márquez

Career saves leader in the Mexican League

Isidro Márquez (301 saves)

Career saves leader in the Mexican Winter League

Isidro Márquez (134 saves)

Márquez also pitched 6⅔ IP for the 1995 Chicago White Sox. He collected 44 more minor league saves.

Still need this one!

This feels like a Will Ferrell movie

Comment: Why not include the Little League? My response: If someone collected 4,000 hits in Little League PLEASE tell me about it because that would be the next video.

This comment always makes it’s way in there and I always have the same response.

Oh dang, not only is this generating some comments on YouTube… they’re actually pretty good! 😍

Los Cafeteros de Córdoba! (The coffee growers of Córdoba)

Oh heck yeah, I adore Nelson Barrera.

Vicente Romo

Career ERA leader in the Mexican League, min 1500 IP

Vicente Romo, 2.49 ERA in 2535⅔ IP

Career ERA leader in the Mexican Winter League, min 1100 IP

Vicente Romo, 2.28 ERA in 2970⅔ IP

He won 182 in the Mexican League and 183 in the Mexican Winter League. He also had an 8-year MLB career.

@baseballhall.org Members in the Salón de la Fama del Béisbol Venezolano:

Luis Aparicio

@baseballhall.org Members in the Pabellón de la Fama Del Deporte Dominicano:

Juan Marichal
Pedro Martínez
Vladimir Guerrero
David Ortiz
Adrian Beltré

@baseballhall.org Members in the Pabellón de la Fama del Caribe:

Willard Brown
Tony Pérez
Willie Mays
Rod Carew
Edgar Martínez
Roberto Alomar
Roberto Clemente
David Ortiz

@baseballhall.org Members in the Salón de la Fama del Beisbol Puertorriqueño:

Roberto Clemente
Orlando Cepeda
Willard Brown
Leon Day
Raymond Brown
Josh Gibson
Satchel Paige
Monte Irvin
Roberto Alomar

@baseballhall.org Members in the Salón de la Fama del Beisbol Cubano:

Cristóbal Torriente
José Méndez
Martín Dihigo
Orestes Miñoso

In Exile:

Tony Oliva
Monte Irvin
Oscar Charleston
Ray Brown
Josh Gibson
Ray Dandridge
Cool Papa Bell
John Henry Lloyd
Willie Wells
Joe Williams
Jud Wilson

@baseballhall.org Members in the Salón de la Fama del Beisbol Mexicano:

Martín Dihigo
Roy Campanella
Josh Gibson
Monte Irvin
Raymond Dandridge
Orestes Miñoso

I’m not gonna lie, I think @jmiloch.bsky.social and I did great work here. I’m very proud of it.

I’ll tell you, it’s amazing what fresh cilantro will do…

Best part of the day

This is why I use pageless mode in Google Docs now

I’m so bad at “one pagers”