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Posts Tagged ‘1b’
Bruce Bochte 2.0
Thursday, June 2nd, 2011 by I Love Nerd York CityPete O’Brien
Monday, June 7th, 2010 by I Love Nerd York CityClick the stars to vote: (12 votes, average: 4.42 out of 5)
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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.
Bill Buckner’s Hair
Monday, October 26th, 2009 by I Love Nerd York CityWhile not a nerd per se, I had to post this card in order to share what is possibly the strangest facial hair/body hair in baseball card history:
Can there be an explanation for the disparity between left-side-mustache and right-side-mustache? And I don’t know how to properly address the pattern of neck hair. We’ve all seen pictures of Mr. Buckner before, and he has always looked like a normal guy…so what happened here?
Danny Goodwin
Thursday, September 10th, 2009 by I Love Nerd York CityClick the stars to vote: (15 votes, average: 3.67 out of 5)
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For my money, this is easily the best facial hair I’ve seen on a baseball card. Mr. Goodwin holds the distinction of being the only player to be selected first overall in MLB’s draft twice. He was selected first overall out of high school, opted for college, and four years later, was drafted first overall again.
I must note that this is not a poor scan on my part, and that the blurriness is a poor printing job by Donruss (surprise!!!).
Andre Thornton
Monday, July 27th, 2009 by I Love Nerd York CityClick the stars to vote: (16 votes, average: 2.63 out of 5)
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Here we have another high-achieving nerd. Mr. Thornton had seven seasons in which his OPS+ was 123 or greater, made two all-star games, won the Roberto Clemente Award in 1979, and won a silver slugger award in 1984. And he wore those amazing glasses.
Mike Cubbage
Thursday, July 16th, 2009 by I Love Nerd York CityClick the stars to vote: (17 votes, average: 4.06 out of 5)
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Mr. Cubbage hit for the cycle on June 27, 1978. Mets fans may remember him as their interim manager for seven games in 1991, and Red Sox fans may remember him as their interim manager after Joe Kerrigan was fired in spring training of 2002.
Congrats to the 2009 Nerd-All-Stars, and starting with Mr. Cubbage, new nerds will be eligible for the 2010 Nerd-All-Star-Team.
Bruce Bochte
Monday, July 6th, 2009 by I Love Nerd York CityClick the stars to vote: (15 votes, average: 3.87 out of 5)
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And don’t forget to vote for the 2009 Nerd All-Star Team.
Not to be confused with Bruce Bochy, the manager of the San Francisco Giants. In researching the nerds that I post, I rarely find a player whose career takes more than a few minutes to digest. However, in the case of Mr. Bochte, there is a LOT going on. He made the all-star team in 1979. His career OPS+ is 113, over the course of almost 6000 plate appearances. However, Mr. Bochte off the field seems to be a fascinating character.
Jim Breazeale
Monday, June 8th, 2009 by I Love Nerd York CityClick the stars to vote: (19 votes, average: 4.53 out of 5)
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The mystery of Mr. Breazeale’s career–he was a first round draft pick in 1968. He played in two games in 1969, none in 1970, then ten in 1971, and 52 in 1972, and actually put up league average numbers. He then has this card in the 1973 Topps set, but does not play in a game again until 1978, after which he never plays again.
