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From Wikipedia: “Espinoza joins Ruppert Jones, Ricky Lee Nelson, Dave Kingman, José Canseco, and Kevin Millar as the only players in MLB history to hit a fair ball that got stuck in a stadium obstruction.” Pretty exclusive company.
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From Wikipedia: “Durham appears briefly in the movie Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. He is the first baseman in the sequence where Braves outfielder Claudell Washington hits a foul ball caught by the titular character.”
Also, Durham was pretty good at baseball. In over 1000 career games, he posted a .277/.356./.475 line (125 OPS+). In 1982, he put up a .312/.388/.521 (151 OPS+) line with 22 home runs. He was a first round draft pick in 1976.
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Hey all, sorry for the missing nerd this past Monday. Unfortunately, technical difficulties with the official nerd-scanner have provided a roadblock to expanding the nerd archive. Thankfully, there is a seemingly never-ending supply of Kent Tekulve cards available for posting. You can see our first Kent Tekulve post here. There are many more Tekulve cards in the archive. We may have to develop some sort of lifetime achievement award.
Happy “pitchers and catchers reporting” everyone.
A few months ago, I posted on this site that I had started collecting a set of 1933 Goudey baseball cards and that I would be posting new cards on Nerd Baseball weekly, providing background information on the players featured on the cards. Unfortunately (or, perhaps, fortunately, depending on how much you liked those posts), I have been very inconsistent in posting new cards. So…I have decided to start a new blog dedicated to the 1933 Goudey set and my progress in completing it (SPOILER ALERT: I’m only 10 percent of the way there). This will also keep me from further muddying the waters here at Nerd Baseball by posting about non-nerdy players (Danny MacFayden notwithstanding).
The new blog is called 240 Baseball Stars and you can find it here.
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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.
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.
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