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You’ve got to hand it to the Studio sets. They had a vision, and that vision was realized.
Mr. Thompson was in the National League’s top 7 in WAR twice in his career. According to Wikipedia, he used the same glove for almost his entire career, and was offended when the San Francisco Chronicle published a story titled “Thompson’s Ugly, Pathetic Glove is a Gem.”
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We may have to have some sort of voting to determine the best use of the “distorted faces” tag….
Mr. Gibson played in eight seasons for the Tigers, Mets, and Yankees. Wikipedia also lists him as a member of the Brewers, Blue Jays, and Pirates, but he did not play in a game for any of them.
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The run on Vorpy’s ’92 Score set continues…What struck me when I saw Mr. Briley’s eye-wear for the first time was their similarity to Jon Lajoie’s “Rapist Glasses.” Mr. Briley is now a minor-league hitting coach in the Chicago White Sox organization.
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When I posted the Matt Young card last month, I challenged anyone to show me a card more deserving of the “distorted faces” tag. Well Vorpy has responded, and responded with great force, by sending me this Tim Leary card. While Mr. Leary gets a small pass in my book due to his pose being mid-pitch, this is an awfully strong entry in the “distorted faces” camp.
Not to be confused with the psychedelic drug advocate, this Tim Leary played in the major leagues for 13 seasons. He finished his career with almost 1500 innings pitched, an ERA+ of 90, a World Series ring, and the 1988 “Comeback Player of the Year” award.
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I hope Mr. O’Brien is catching a pick-off attempt in this picture, because if not, the Score company has captured the first “stretch” in baseball history that fails to clear the edge of the base from which the stretch originates.
Mr. O’Brien appears to have been a very good defensive first baseman, and even hit more than 20 HRs a couple times in the mid 1980′s.
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Thanks to our friend Paul, who scoured his old bedroom for nerd cards while home for Thanksgiving. I’ll let him begin the discussion of Mr. Young. From his e-mail to me:
oh my. some extraordinarily discouraging discoveries. apparently the last time i had sorted my cards, mike piazza and juan gonzalez were the two best players in all of baseball.
i found some wacky Fleer Ultra heroes set that was apparently ultra-limited to 150,000. WTF? on what planet is that limited?
some notes:
top 3 cards are from 1992 bowman (i think) – a set so filthy with rookie cards that more than half of the cards don’t even have stats on the back and instead say things like “Rick made his Professional Baseball debut at Everett in 1990. He pitched at San Jose in 1991.”
According to Wikipedia, “Kevin is known for his kid-friendly humor and desire to educate kids about the game of baseball.” He was also named in the 2007 Mitchell Report.
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When I was growing up and living with my parents, I stored all of my baseball cards in a closet in the TV room. Recently, my parents began renovating this room and had to empty out the closets. Upon doing so, my Mom made it clear to me that I had to store my baseball cards in my own house. This has resulted in tens of thousands of (mostly worthless) baseball cards sitting in boxes in my sunroom.
I was flipping through some of the cards the other day and found Mr. Barber, one of many 1992 Topps Draft Pick cards that features really awkward photos straight out of school picture day. Barber was selected in the first round (22nd overall) in the 1991 draft by the St. Louis Cardinals. From 1995-99, he got into 26 games for the Cardinals and Royals, going 5-8 with a 6.77 ERA.
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