Night Owl Cards

Remember when Adrian Beltre wore a white Dodger cap and professed on his uniform that his baseball hero was Ron Cey? Those white caps are long gone. Mercifully. The Dodger practice of forcing players to select a specific Dodger hero is gone. Thankfully. And Adrian Beltre is hitting three home runs a game in the postseason for the Rangers. Unfortunately. Well, not unfortunately for the Rangers. I'm rooting for the Rangers. I mean it's just unfortunate that he's not still a Dodger. I miss Beltre. When he hit all those home runs for L.A., I was resigned to losing him. When he leveled out in Seattle, I was convinced the Dodger made the right move. But now, I wish he had never left. The Dodgers are having their familiar old difficulties at third base, just like after Beltre's "hero" Cey was traded away after the 1982 season. There's another ex-Dodger currently on the Rangers. Mike Maddux is Texas' pitching coach. But back in 1999, he was in the pe...