Donna M đź“·

@thelensofdonnam.bsky.social

Artist: photography, mixed media baseball art, custom trading cards. Purchase inquiries and commissions welcomed. #CardSky

Baseball enthusiast, card collector, and #SABR Elysian Fields chapter president.

https://linktr.ee/TheLensOfDonnaM

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One of our members was at Yankee Stadium 70 years ago today when Don Larsen pitched a perfect game in the World Series against the Brooklyn Dodgers.

Read his recollections in the Fall issue of “Eleventh Street Eagle.”

tinyurl.com/Fall26ESE

Photo credit: SABR Rucker Archive

A pitcher finishing his delivery of a pitch while the catcher, batter, and umpire are positioned at home plate. The outfield wall, crowded bleachers, and large scoreboard are in the background.
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ChatGPT is adding the signatures of real New Yorker cartoonists to its AI-generated images. So far, I've found the signatures of more than 15 contributors.

"It’s slop, and unlike the other slop that I’ve encountered, this is slop that’s pretending to be me." www.niemanlab.org/2026/10/chat...

Left: A cartoon generated by ChatGPT and signed with Emily Flake’s signature that was posted to a Reddit forum in June. Right: A real Emily Flake cartoon published in The New Yorker on August 20, 2026 and licensed via The Cartoon Bank.
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A bottom five team in payroll will represent the AL in the World Series (whether it is the Rays, Guardians or White Sox).

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Moses Fleetwood Walker, one of the first African American players in the history of major-league baseball, was born on this date in 1856.

Colored-pencil card drawing of Moses Fleetwood Walker
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We’re visiting my son at Syracuse University. Yesterday, he went on a field trip to La Casita Cultural Center and did a double-take when he saw photos of George Crowe and Jim Gilliam. Turns out, they have an exhibit on Latin American baseball that has been running since 2016.

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There has never been a regular-season game in MLB history in which both starting pitchers were age 39 or older & it was the final career app for both With Justin Verlander and this potentially being Kirby Yates’ final game as well, this would be the first h/t @EliasSports

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Osvaldo “Ossie” Virgil made his major league debut 70 years ago today. In doing so, he became the first Dominican-born player in the American or National Leagues. 621 days later, he broke the color line for the Detroit Tigers.

1957 Topps Ossie Virgil rookie card
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The Firebells set a new WPBL record on Sunday with 20 hits in a 17-4 win to force a winner-take-all Game 5 on Tuesday.

“We came out swinging today,” Jill Albayati said. “We came out a lot looser these last two days. We’re having fun.”

www.mlb.com/news/firebel...

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Does anyone have 51 Topps they want to move? I haven't built a set in a few years and miss the comradetie and fun that comes with building a set w the masses.

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