IN MEMORIAM:  As in previous years,  I want to pay tribute to the all-star team of players that we have lost in 2025.  Although there are only a couple of Hall of Famers on this roster, there are also some personal favorites for me that hurt to lose.  Baseball for me is unique in marking the passage of time; in my endless tournament, I’ve sometimes had two teams from the same franchise in consecutive years play each other, and although many of the players overlap, the teams are not the same.  Much like one cannot step into the same river twice, baseball flows on, and no matter what team was your particular favorite, it will never take the field again.  Except, that is, in Strat, where the skills of these players at those points in time–The Cobra’s arm, Ryno’s bat and glove, and the Beeg Guy coming out of the pen–are all frozen in amber, waiting for us to roll the dice and bring them back to life in our mind’s eye.  RIP to the class of 2025, gone but never forgotten by us.