February 8th, 2010 by I Love Nerd York City
Click the stars to vote: 
(6 votes, average: 3.00 out of 5)
Loading ...
According to Wikipedia, Mr. Eichhorn seems to have had an amazing career. In 1982, only 38 innings into his pro career, he suffered a major shoulder injury, which robbed him of his velocity. He didn’t resurface in the majors until 1986, with an extreme sidearm delivery. That year, he pitched 157 innings, AS A RELIEF PITCHER! His ERA was 1.72, his WHIP was .955, and he struck out 166 batters. Had he pitched five more innings, he would have qualified for the AL ERA title.
In his 11 seasons in the pros, Mr. Eichhorn had three seasons in which his ERA+ was over 200, and five more seasons when it was over 123.
Oh, and for part of his career, he was the setup man for Tom Henke.
Tags: 1988, blue jays, distorted faces, facial hair, fleer, mark eichhorn, pitcher
Posted in Nerd Cards | No Comments »
February 7th, 2010 by I Love Nerd York City
I just turned on SportsCenter and immediately heard the following gem from Chris Berman:
(Highlight of a guy on the Saints getting tackled)
“…and David Thomas english-muffins his way to the four yard line!!!”
Gotta love any time a breakfast item is used as a verb to describe a football player getting tackled.
Tags: awful nickname, chris berman, colts, david thomas, english muffins, highlight, saints, super bowl
Posted in Baseball Media Watch | 1 Comment »
January 22nd, 2010 by I Love Nerd York City
I just found out that the Mets traded for Gary Matthews Jr.
As I was halfway out of a third floor window, a co-worker shouted that the Angels were set to pay $21.5 million of the $23 million remaining on his contract. So I shimmied back off the ledge, and ran over to this computer. I had to figure out if maybe this wasn’t that horrible. I mean, $1.5 million over two years could be good, right?
Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: angels, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, fangraphs, Gary Matthews Jr., jumping out a window, Mets, the matrix
Posted in Ramblings | 1 Comment »
January 22nd, 2010 by Prof. Nerdtron 3000
We all know that nerds in baseball are on the decline. Hopefully, this trend is about to stop. Yesterday, the Tampa Bay (Devil) Rays signed 16 year old Czech phenom Štěpán Havlíček. After seeing what he looks like, I am very much looking forward to his first baseball card. Havlíček is on the right.
Tags: future nerd, Štěpán Havlíček, Tampa Bay
Posted in Bonus, Nerd Cards | 1 Comment »
January 20th, 2010 by Nerdicus Finch
Recently, I Love Nerd York City posted a great Steve Lake card (remember the guy with the bird on his shoulder?) and speculated as to whether or not the ultra-literal “funny” cards that I made in my younger days included a Steve Lake card, seeing as how Mr. Lake’s last name is also a noun.
The name rang a bell and, searching through my stack of “funny” cards, I found one that I had made featuring Mr. Lake. I’m sure you can guess what it looks like. I hope Mr. Lake brought his hipwaders to the ballpark that day.
Tags: "Funny" Cards, 1991, douche chills, hipwaders, Philadelphia Phillies, score, steve lake
Posted in "Funny" Cards | 2 Comments »
(9 votes, average: 4.33 out of 5)
