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Not to be confused with Joe Don Baker, Mary Elizabeth Mastrontonio or other three name celebrities, journeyman pitcher Gleaton has an impressive Nerd Baseball pedigree. In 1980, he was involved in trade that included fellow nerds Rick Auerbach and Mario Mendoza. He was drafted in the first round by the Texas Rangers in 1979.
From the back of the card: “When they want somebody to come through with a hit in the pinch they call on Dave Harris.”
The back of the card states that most of Harris’s work came as a pinch hitter, but his career stats suggest that he was more of a part-time player/pinch hitter, and a pretty good one at that. Over seven seasons with the Boston Braves, Washington Senators, and Chicago White Sox, Harris posted a career .812 OPS (111 OPS+) with a respectable .368 OBP, primarily as an outfielder. In 1932 (.938 OPS), he placed 19th in the MVP voting, which seems completely insane, considering he only appeared in 81 games, with only 177 plate appearances.
Harris’s nickname was “The Sheriff.” According to the back of the card, Harris was “a sheriff in his home town of Greensboro, N.C.”
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Typically, I like to have a baseball card physically in the Nerd Archive before posting it on this site. However, while doing some research for a post on Vance Law, I ran across this card through a Google image search. Needless to say, I couldn’t pass it up:
Mr. Law played all 25 innings of the longest game in American League hisory (May 8/9, 1984 vs. Milwaukee). He is also the son of the 1960 Cy Young Award winner Vern Law (who is credited with the saying “a winner never quits, and a quitter never wins.”) Stay tuned in future posts for more Vance Law nerd cards.
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To avoid any confusion, Mr. Trout is not actually a giant white paper fish.
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Cognitive dissonance: noun, the uncomfortable feeling caused by holding two contradictory ideas simultaneously.
Example 1) Looking at this baseball card, and knowing that Mr. Lamp was only 30 years old at the time this picture was taken.
Example 2) Seeing this baseball card, and knowing that Mr. Lamp was still pitching in the 1990′s (his last year was 1992).
Example 3) Realizing that this is the same Dennis Lamp that later played for the Red Sox in the late 80′s/early 90′s.
Oh 1982 Dennis Lamp, what would you say to 1989 Dennis Lamp if you had the chance? Hand on your hip, your scruffy haircut falling out from beneath your too-tight Sox cap, gazing into the distance…What happened to your glasses? The extra two inches on your mustache?* Your pose that said “Bring me a beer” instead of “Could you kindly point me in the direction of the barber shop quartet?”
*For more facial hair related baseball-talk, make sure to check out our friends at The Wright Stache.
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Brian Downing in the 1980′s
