Blow Out the Candles March 8

Pitcher Jim Bouton is celebrating his 73rd birthday today.

1967 Topps #393

April 28, 1964

World Series, October 14, 1964

Bouton, Al Downing, and Whitey Ford

Jim with the Seattle Pilots

Jim is probably best know for his book, Ball Four which was published in 1970 and is still on bookstore shelves today.

Phillies and White Sox great Dick Allen is celebrating his 70th birthday today.

1975 Topps #400

Dick Allen was the 1964 NL Rookie of the Year, a 7 time All-Star and the 1972 AL MVP.  He also played in the first game I saw as a kid in 1969.

Singer/Songwriter, Carole Bayer Sager is 65 today

Carole won an Oscar for the theme to the movie "Arthur", and a Grammy for "That's What Friends are For".

Carole in 1977

Carole was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1987.  Click the link to read more.

The Neil Simon musical "They're Playing Our Song" was based on the real life relationship between Sager and Marvin Hamlisch who co-wrote wrote the songs for the show.

David Klein and Lucy Arnaz both received Tony nominations

Carole is currently very active in the LA art scene.  Here's one of her own pieces:

Blow Out the Candles March 8

Pitcher Jim Bouton is celebrating his 72nd birthday today.

1967 Topps #393

April 28, 1964

World Series, October 14, 1964

Bouton, Al Downing, and Whitey Ford

Jim with the Seattle Pilots

Jim is probably best know for his book, Ball Four which was published in 1970 and is still on bookstore shelves today.

Phillies and White Sox great Dick Allen turns 69 today.

1975 Topps #400

Dick Allen was the 1964 NL Rookie of the Year, a 7 time All-Star and the 1972 AL MVP.  He also played in the first game I saw as a kid in 1969.

Singer/Songwriter, Carole Bayer Sager is 64 today

Carole won an Oscar for the theme to the movie "Arthur", and a Grammy for "That's What Friends are For".

Carole in 1977

Carole was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1987.  Click the link to read more.

The Neil Simon musical "They're Playing Our Song" was based on the real life relationship between Sager and Marvin Hamlisch who co-wrote wrote the songs for the show.

David Klein and Lucy Arnaz both received Tony nominations

Carole is currently very active in the LA art scene.  Here's one of her own pieces:

Autographed Baseball Cards A-Z

When I got back into collecting five or so years ago one of the things that excited me was the availability of autographed cards.  Perhaps I went a little overboard but I think I picked up some nice cards.  This will be an A-Z series of posts with varying numbers of cards.

2001 Fleer Greats of the Game (unnumbered)

Dick Allen was the 1964 NL Rookie of the Year, a 7 time All-Star and the 1972 AL MVP.  He also played in the first game I saw as a kid in 1969.

I've got to say he always looked great in red: