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.

Another top-notch effort from the 1982 Fleer set.  Was this picture taken on a Little League field?

Another “repeat nerd,” Mr. Garrelts has become eligible for the lifetime achievement award.  You can check out his first appearance here.

Mr. Garrelts had several good-to-great seasons for the Giants, including 1989, in which he led the National League in ERA.

I like how the glare on his glasses makes his eyes look as if he’s “powering-up” Teen Wolf style.

Not to be confused with Don Robinson. Mr. Robinson was given the nickname “The True Creature” by Pete Rose (who was the Reds’ manager).  He also came within one strike of throwing a perfect game on May 2, 1988.  Montreal’s Wallace Johnson broke it up with a single.

An untapped resource for nerds–nerd managers. Why is he wearing a mesh cap? He’ll be killed on talk radio for that decision…

Has there ever been a “throw back” uniform that has been as swept under the rug as this Cleveland Indians uniform? I have NEVER seen these red uniforms, and Halloween-looking-caps before this set of 1977 Topps cards. Not in baseball books, not in pictures, and not in old highlight reels. A brief internet search revealed that the Indians wore some version of these uniforms from 1975-77. Sometimes they wore the red shirt with white pants. Sometimes a white shirt with red pants. Sometimes a blue shirt with white pants. And sometimes a blue shirt with red pants. Yikes.

On August 24, 1975, Mr. Halicki threw a no-hitter against the New York Mets. So far, this is the first documented nerd-thrown-no-hitter.