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Thursday, August 18th, 2011 by I Love Nerd York City
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Kent Tekulve baseball cards are truly the gifts that keeps giving. No one can touch him in the “lifetime achievement” category.
Question: Is this style pirates cap the tallest in baseball history? More evidence.
Full disclosure: While this card resides in the nerd archives, this is not an original scan, as once again, the scanner here at Nerd Central is on the fritz. I had to use google images to find a digital copy of the card, which is why the image quality is not up to usual NerdBaseball resolution standards. Thank you to this website for the image.
Tags: 1984, fleer, glasses, kent tekulve, photographer who doesn't give a crap, pirates, pitcher
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Thursday, July 14th, 2011 by I Love Nerd York City
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Sadly, Mr. Porter was one of the first professional baseball players to publicly admit having substance abuse problems. From Wikipedia:
During spring training in 1980, former Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Don Newcombe paid a visit to the Kansas City clubhouse. He asked the players 10 questions, the point of which being if a player answered three or more of the questions with an affirmation, the player might have a problem with drugs or alcohol. Porter affirmed all 10 questions and checked himself into a rehabilitation center, admitting he had abused alcohol, cocaine, Quaaludes, and marijuana.
He died in August of 2002 of “toxic effects of cocaine.”
I choose to remember Mr. Porter as “one of the few major league catchers of his time to wear eyeglasses behind the plate” and being “the only batter ever to bat with one hand on the bat.”
Tags: 1987, catcher, darrell porter, Rangers, topps
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Thursday, July 7th, 2011 by I Love Nerd York City
Hi all, Nerd Central was out of commission for a while (i.e. new computer set up), but we should be back on a more regular schedule through the end of the season. For the first post back, I’m handing the reigns over to twitter follower @JRSIV81, who sent over these images/comments:
@JRSIV 81: As a legit pitcher, I want the photo on my baseball card to show me running the bases w my warmups
Thanks @JRSIV81.
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Tags: blue jays, giants, john burkett, pitcher, tom henke, warmup jacket
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