This Hall of Famer is emphatically NOT the pride of Vermont, but he is one of our host's all-time favorites.

Card #385 on Beckett -

https://marketplace.beckett.com/ziggys_672/item/1988-topps-385-carlton-fisk_32570197

Card #321 on Amazon -

https://www.amazon.com/Baseball-Topps-White-Leaders-NM-MT/dp/B0F561QTDT

SABR Bio by Brian Stevens - https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/carlton-fisk/

Fisk vs Deion article - https://andscape.com/features/deion-sanders-carlton-fisk-fight-yankee-stadium/

Fisk in the National Portrait Gallery - https://npg.si.edu/blog/carlton-fisk-tough-guy

Fisk’s page at the Hall of Fame - https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/fisk-carlton

1991 Topps Fisk Card - https://lifetimetopps.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/1991-topps-best-action-fisk.jpg

Fisk Hall of Fame speech, all 37 minutes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUjfOUy5jnw

That Home Run, you know the one - https://www.mlb.com/video/top-postseason-hrs-carlton-fisk?partnerId=web_video-playback-page_video-share

How a Rat led to that iconic waving shot - https://youtu.be/eMtFUN6vXug?si=MgTIQBT1_9Qrion1

1981 White Sox Opening Day at Fenway - https://www.mlb.com/video/fisk-s-opening-day-monster-homer-c63708483?partnerId=web_video-playback-page_video-share

Fisk makes a bang bang double play - https://www.mlb.com/video/running-it-back-to-a-crazy-play-at-the-plate?partnerId=web_video-playback-page_video-share

Fisk and Deion squabble - https://www.mlb.com/video/fisk-s-confrontation-with-deion?partnerId=web_video-playback-page_video-share

1991 All-Star Game Pudge makes a tag - https://www.mlb.com/video/fielder-throws-out-clark-at-home-c530298483?partnerId=web_video-playback-page_video-share

Some lessons, like "Don't foul the ball off your own eye," have to be learned the hard way.

Card 428 on Beckett - https://marketplace.beckett.com/threestarssportscards_925/item/1988-topps-428-john-shelby_43464379

Briggs Card Company on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61586280361464

Sarasota Magazine Interview with Shelby - https://www.sarasotamagazine.com/news-and-profiles/2024/03/john-shelby-mlb

SABR Bio by Malcolm Allen - https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/john-shelby/

Shelby with a World Series RBI - https://youtu.be/N9g21AxcbGg?si=xgDfquia5OxpzzCK&t=5969

Shelby Robs Fisk - https://www.mlb.com/video/shelby-robs-fisk-of-extra-bases-c37202907?partnerId=web_video-playback-page_video-share

Shelby catches the final out 1988 NLCS Game 4 - https://www.mlb.com/video/shelby-catches-final-out-c25631733?partnerId=web_video-playback-page_video-share

Shelby catches the final out of 1988 NLCS Game 5 - https://www.mlb.com/video/shelby-s-catch-ends-game-5-c494898583?partnerId=web_video-playback-page_video-share

Shelby vs Clemens - https://youtu.be/zMJ3lXj-thA?si=m48TpfssEvfa8HuR

Shelby vs Frazier Standoff! https://youtu.be/jKQ66Ghuthw?si=Ndjp8wbjOtM8ss-o

When this speedster was in his prime, there were fireworks every time he was on base.

It's Episode 250! Thank you for listening!

Card #260 on Beckett - https://marketplace.beckett.com/bigmacsportscards_709/item/1988-topps-260-vince-coleman_21227922

Card #1 on Beckett -

https://marketplace.beckett.com/item/900/1988-topps-1-vince-coleman-rb_31263029

SABR Bio by Zac Petrillo - https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/vince-coleman/

The Tarp eats Vince - https://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/benjamin-hochman/35-years-ago-the-day-the-tarp-ate-vince-coleman/article_5e47b555-a52b-5106-9d17-58b5303ca0f5.html?mode=nowapp

Vince MLB’s most exciting player - https://www.mlb.com/news/vince-coleman-mlb-most-exciting-player-one-season

Vince Beats Miami on the gridiron - https://x.com/Stitch_Head/status/1643482155962753025?s=20

Inside the Park Vince - https://youtu.be/Xs2wZ5JY6qU?si=a7m1AuenH9Qsr-u9

https://sqdc.st/s/yimYv2x

7 minutes of pickoffs - https://www.mlb.com/video/chris-welsh-s-17-pickoff-attempts?partnerId=web_video-playback-page_video-share

8 minutes of RBI Vince - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0j5hbY5id8