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There are so many things I love about this card. I love that it’s taken during batting practice. I love the expression on Mr. Veryzer’s face. I love that it looks like he belongs in the cast of “Wet Hot American Summer.”
Mr. Veryzer had a twelve year career with the Tigers, Indians, Mets, and Cubs.
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For those new to the site, check out our previous Ken Phelps post.
I always found Mr. Phelps to be a very underrated nerd, both for his sporting the triple threat of adult braces, large glasses, and facial hair, and his impressive offensive production. While he never had more than 441 AB’s in a season, he had five seasons with an OPS+ over 120, and four of those were over 147. He was also part of the trade that sent Jay Buhner from the Yankees to the Mariners.
According to Wikipedia, Mr. Phelps also inspired famous statistician Bill James to create the “Ken Phelps All-Star Team.” Mr. James describes it this way:
Ken Phelpses are just available; if you want one, all you have to do is ask. They are players whose real limitations are exaggerated by baseball insiders, players who get stuck with a label — the label of their limits, the label the things they can’t do — while those that they can do are overlooked… The Ken Phelps All-Stars [are] a whole teamful of guys who are wearing labels, but who nonetheless can play major-league baseball, and will prove it if they ever get the chance
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This card may force us here at NerdBaseball to reconsider Chris Sabo’s place in nerd baseball history. While Mr. Sabo is considered by most to be the pioneer of Rec-Specs in MLB, this card seems to suggest otherwise. While Sabo first appeared for the Reds in 1988, we see Mr. Porter here sporting what appear to be Rec-Specs in 1984, almost a half-decade before Mr. Sabo’s rookie season.
But are these really Rec-Specs, or simply weird oversized glasses? The front view certainly suggests Rec-Specs, but the side view above gives me pause.
Either way, this is not the last that we will see of Mr. Porter, and his eyewear selection.
What does everyone think?
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If you’re new to the site, click here to see our previous post about Mr. Hume.
Mr. Hume had 4-5 great seasons as a relief pitcher for the Reds and Phillies. Along with Rollie Fingers, he was the 1980 co-winner of the Sporting News “Fireman of the Year” award.
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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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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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