Rest in Peace Elroy "Roy" Face
N -seven year old Elroy "Roy" Face passed away recently. One of the oldest living former ballplayers, Face spent 16 years in the big leagues, most of which with the Pirates. He spent most of his career out of the bullpen and amassed 191 saves long before the save was considered a real statistic. I am actually very familiar with him not because of his great career or his save total, but because I pulled his 1963 Topps baseball card out of one of those machines where you put i
Rest In Peace Mickey Lolich
W ith 207 wins in 13 seasons, Mickey Lolich was a true legend in Detroit. With both a wins crown and a losses crown (in consecutive seasons no less,) Lolich was a workhorse who anchored the Tigers starting rotation for more than a decade. He passed away recently and we'll miss him. Now you may ask why I chose a Mets' card instead of a Tigers card. It's quite simple, due to me being seven years-old in 1976, this is the Lolich card I remember most. Despite him having only one
