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They Might Be Giants

ANSWER: MIKE PIAZZA

Author: Charles Steinhardt

Each image can be described with a word that is one letter off from a Major League Baseball or National Football League team:

DOLTS       COLTS
ROOKIES     ROCKIES
GHILLIES    PHILLIES
DROWNS      BROWNS
TWINE       TWINS
RAVERS      RAVENS
RED SOS     RED SOX
TIMERS      TIGERS
REYS        RAYS
TETS        JETS
SILLS       BILLS
HAMS        RAMS
RODS        REDS
FEARS       BEARS
BRACES      BRAVES
INDIANA     INDIANS
PACKETS     PACKERS
CODGERS     DODGERS
METH        METS
CUBE        CUBS
RATIONALS   NATIONALS

The altered letters used to describe each image spell DODGERS, METS HOF CATCHER, cluing MIKE PIAZZA.