Posts Tagged ‘fleer’
Monday, February 22nd, 2010 by Nerdicus Finch
Tags: 1988, Chicago Cubs, facial hair, fleer, glasses, nerds
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Monday, February 8th, 2010 by I Love Nerd York City
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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.
Tags: 1988, blue jays, distorted faces, facial hair, fleer, mark eichhorn, pitcher
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Monday, January 25th, 2010 by Nerdini Alfredo
Tags: 1988, all star, fleer, junior high photo backdrop, milwaukee brewers, nerd, pitcher, severed limb, teddy higuera
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Monday, January 4th, 2010 by I Love Nerd York City

Considering the man in this picture is just wearing a Yankees t-shit, I thought that maybe someone bumped into the photographer, resulting in a casual fan appearing in Mr. Mohorcic’s place. This, however, is not the case. Two amazing stories about Mr. Mohorcic from Wikipedia (though neither explain the t-shirt wearing):
1) In a 1987 game against the Milwaukee Brewers, Mohorcic was accused of doctoring the baseball. Umpires found no evidence of wrongdoing at the time, but after the game Mohorcic complained of a sore throat, and was admitted to a hospital where it was discovered that he was suffering internal bleeding as a result of having Crohn’s disease and taking the pain reliever naproxen. It was erroneously reported by Peter Gammons that Mohorcic’s bleeding was caused by swallowing sandpaper.
2) Mohorcic played the part of Angels starting pitcher Dave Spiewak in the 1988 movie The Naked Gun.
Tags: 1989, dale mohorcic, fleer, hat placement, pitcher, t-shirt, yankees
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Monday, December 14th, 2009 by I Love Nerd York City
Tags: 1984, brim, facial hair, fleer, glasses, hat, nerd, OF, orioles
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Monday, December 7th, 2009 by I Love Nerd York City
Tags: 100th nerd, 1983, baseball, disembodied fingers, distorted faces, fleer, glasses, hair, john grubb, nerd, OF, Rangers
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Monday, November 23rd, 2009 by I Love Nerd York City
Tags: 1983, facial hair, fleer, glasses, jersey or pajamas?, mike armstrong, nerd, pine tar game, pitcher, royals
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Thursday, November 19th, 2009 by Prof. Nerdtron 3000




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What’s going on here? This man has no strange facial hair, his hat is normally placed, and his face is somehow avoiding the typical contortions expected of a nerd (though what’s with the bat?). This man is far more dangerous*. On WEEI today (Boston sports talk radio), Francona was asked how he valued RBI**.
How do you value RBIs?
I think there are some things that can be skewed. I grew up in an era where, if you hit .300, you were a good player. Well, you know what? That’s not the tell-tale. I was the perfect example. I could hit .300. I never helped our team. I hit all singles, I never walked, I wasn’t fast enough to score any runs. It was kind of cosmetic. Getting on base is a very important stat. It doesn’t mean we have nine guys up there trying to walk. But it means if they’re seeing pitches and working counts, they’re going to become more dangerous hitters. If they’re on base, we talk all the time about keep the line moving, You have to have a good enough team to do that. If you have four or five guys who are taking their walks, and four or five guys that can’t hit, that’s not going to work. If you have a balanced team, which we try to do, and you have that approach, it’s going to work.
(transcript here)
Hey Francona, if you got out of your mother’s basement maybe you’d know how the game of baseball is supposed to be played. I can see through your veiled reference to OBP. Francona might not have the fashion down (yet), but this man is a nerd.
* I’ve been reading Dan Brown and sentences like “This man is far more dangerous” seem perfectly acceptable at the moment.
** WEEI, the plural of RBI is RBI. They’re runs batten in, not runs batted ins.
Tags: 1982, boston, expos, expresses nerdliness through intellect instead of fashion, fleer, manager, montreal, obp, OF, red sox, terry francona, WEEI
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Thursday, November 12th, 2009 by I Love Nerd York City
Tags: 1989, distorted faces, fleer, hat placement, hipolito pena, nerd, yankees
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