Night Owl Cards

  Who remembers Will Ohman? It's a big day for him ... well, it probably would have been bigger if he was still playing. But it's still a big day.   Today is Ohman's birthday. It's also International Left Handers Day. Ohman happens to be left-handed. It's also Friday the 13th. Ohman wore No. 13 during his career. Do you see where I'm going with this? Yup, I just went through and figured out all of the major league players in history who were both left-handed and wore the number 13. It's the least I can do for folks who were first born lefty -- considered "unlucky" and even "evil," by misguided folks many years ago -- and then chose the No. 13 for a uniform number on top of that. I'm sure these players would have been singled out in less pleasant ways by the Puritans and other burn-the-witch types. After looking through baseball-reference's super-helpful uniform numbers page, I came up with 48 exclusive players all-time who are bot...

When I saw yesterday that the Dodgers had signed lefty reliever Will Ohman to a minor league deal, my first thought was "who?" I felt guilty about that, so I read some more, and saw that he had pitched for the Braves and Cubs. My next thought was "um, yeah, I think I kind of, sort of remember him with the Braves." Then I figured I'd mention the acquistion on the blog. Which prompted this thought: "Where am I going to find a card of Will Ohman?" It turns out I had one -- the 2006 Upper Deck card up top here. I forgot that when you want a card of just about anyone, you turn to Topps Total ... uh, er, Upper Deck. So, not only did I forget who Ohman was, but I forgot who he was even though I had a card of the poor guy. I tell ya, situational lefty relievers who are 31 years old get no respect. A few snippets about Ohman: he appeared in 83 games for the Braves last year. He missed two seasons after undergoing Tommy John surgery while with the Cubs. He was ...