Posts Tagged ‘Rangers’
Thursday, July 14th, 2011 by I Love Nerd York City
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Sadly, Mr. Porter was one of the first professional baseball players to publicly admit having substance abuse problems. From Wikipedia:
During spring training in 1980, former Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Don Newcombe paid a visit to the Kansas City clubhouse. He asked the players 10 questions, the point of which being if a player answered three or more of the questions with an affirmation, the player might have a problem with drugs or alcohol. Porter affirmed all 10 questions and checked himself into a rehabilitation center, admitting he had abused alcohol, cocaine, Quaaludes, and marijuana.
He died in August of 2002 of “toxic effects of cocaine.”
I choose to remember Mr. Porter as “one of the few major league catchers of his time to wear eyeglasses behind the plate” and being “the only batter ever to bat with one hand on the bat.”
Tags: 1987, catcher, darrell porter, Rangers, topps
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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, April 23rd, 2009 by I Love Nerd York City
Another example of Fleer just not giving a shit.
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Mendoza as in "The Mendoza Line" fame...You see that look on his face? Either he just got look at his own batting stats (a career .245 OBP and .262 slugging pct), or someone just farted.
The only way the quality of the 1982 Fleer set makes sense is if they somehow got in a time machine and commissioned my high school basic photography class to take their photos. Even then, I’m pretty sure Mr. Carter gave us the f-stop and framing lessons within the first week. Take away the red border and this shabby baseball card becomes a post-modern work of art…The white of Mr. Mendoza’s jersey fading seamlessly into the bright white of the sky illustrating the fine line between existence and nothingness…OK, no more drinking on weeknights…
Tags: 1982, distorted faces, fleer, glasses, golf glove?, nerd, nerds, only one batting glove, Rangers, ss, who farted?
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Wednesday, February 25th, 2009 by Prof. Nerdtron 3000
A baseball team has two jobs. One is to score runs, and the other is prevent runs. If we look at how teams score and prevent runs, then we can measure player’s values directly in the runs they contribute. Nerdbaseball has a model for run scoring, now we need a model for run prevention.
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Tags: defense, Diamondbacks, ERA is a bad stat and should die, Errors are meaningless, phillies, pitching, Rangers, regression, statistics
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One of my favorite names in nerd-card history, Mr. Johnson shares his name with a Pro Football Hall-of-Famer. I also love the old-school-Trix-looking font used on these Rangers jerseys.
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.
