Posts Tagged ‘OF’
Thursday, May 19th, 2011 by I Love Nerd York City
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Lots of great info on Mr. Wilson from Wikipedia:
Wilson was best known for his tremendous throwing arm, and led all National League outfielders for assists in 1985 and 1986, throwing out 18 and 20 base-runners from right field, respectively. In 1987, Wilson twice threw out base runners who attempted to reach first base after apparent singles into right field.
Wilson’s nickname was Glennbo, a reference to Rambo. Wilson also appeared in a Phillies promotional ad dressed as Rambo.
This is also the first card that I can recall featuring a glasses strap.
Tags: 1986, donruss, facial hair, glasses, glasses strap, glenn wilson, OF, phillies, rambo
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Thursday, April 21st, 2011 by I Love Nerd York City
Tags: 1986, borat, donruss, facial hair, fred armisen, hair, lynn jones, OF, only one batting glove, royals
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Thursday, January 7th, 2010 by I Love Nerd York City
I was planning on a post congratulating Barry Larkin and Roberto Alomar on becoming the newest first-ballot-hall-of-famers, and Bert Blyleven on finally getting the call. Whoops.
Anyway, here’s the nerdiest card from a hall-of-famer that I could find through a very quick google image search.
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Thanks to Night Owl Cards for this image.
Tags: 1985, Barry Larkin, Bert Blyleven, distorted faces, facial hair, flat brim, glasses, Hall of Fame, hat placement, nerd, OF, padres, Roberto Alomar, topps
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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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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.
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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 5th, 2009 by I Love Nerd York City
The following story is about a girl who lived down the hall from me for several years during college. I had not thought about this particular sequence of events for years before seeing the Jayson Werth rookie card embedded later in this post. And then it all came flooding back…
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Tags: 1997, battlestar galactica, Bowman, dr. who, GAP, glasses, greg maddux, hippies, jayson werth, kent tekulve, nerd, OF, phillies, phish, self hating nerd, sitcom scenario, World Series
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Monday, July 20th, 2009 by I Love Nerd York City
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Order of business #1: You can cover that umbrella hat in Budweiser cans all you want, but that doesn’t detract from the nerdiness of wearing it in the first place.*
Order of business #2: We need more “Jay Johnsones” in Major League Baseball. From Wikipedia:
[Johnstone] pulled off a number of infamous pranks during his playing days, including placing a soggy brownie inside Steve Garvey’s first base mitt, setting teammate’s cleats on fire (known as “hot-footing”), cutting out the crotch area of Rick Sutcliffe’s underwear, locking Dodger manager Tommy Lasorda in his office during spring training, dressing up as a groundskeeper and sweeping the Dodger Stadium infield in between innings, nailing teammate’s cleats to the floor, and replacing the celebrity photos in manager Lasorda’s office with pictures of himself, Jerry Reuss and Don Stanhouse. He also once dressed up in Lasorda’s uniform (with padding underneath) and ran out to the mound to talk to the pitcher while carrying Lasorda’s book and a can of Slim Fast.
As a baseball announcer, he once covered a microphone with a scent of stale eggs then proceeded to interview Dave Stewart, Mickey Hatcher and other players.
Johnstone struck out looking against Dave Spiwack in the top of the first inning in the movie Naked Gun.
*Let it be noted that I’m anticipating a return of the “nerd vs. dork” controversy in reference to the umbrella hat.
Tags: 1983, cubs, dave stewart, distorted faces, don stanhouse, fleer, jay johnstone, jerry reuss, micky hatcher, naked gun, nerd, nerd vs. dork, OF, rick sutcliffe, soggy brownies, steve garvey, tommy lasorda, umbrella hat
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According to Wikipedia:
According to Professor Nerdtron, today marks the 100th nerd posted on this website. In recognition of this milestone, I encourage you all to raise a glass with Mr. Grubb, and celebrate his place in history. And his disembodied fingers.
