Posts Tagged ‘yankees’
Monday, May 9th, 2011 by I Love Nerd York City
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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
Tags: 1989, adult braces, Bill James, DH, facial hair, fleer, glasses, jay buhner, ken phelps, yankees
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Thursday, June 10th, 2010 by I Love Nerd York City
Tags: 1992, comeback player of the year, distorted faces, facial hair, pitcher, score, tim leary, World Series, yankees
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Monday, January 4th, 2010 by I Love Nerd York City
Considering the man in this picture is just wearing a Yankees t-shit, I thought that maybe someone bumped into the photographer, resulting in a casual fan appearing in Mr. Mohorcic’s place. This, however, is not the case. Two amazing stories about Mr. Mohorcic from Wikipedia (though neither explain the t-shirt wearing):
1) In a 1987 game against the Milwaukee Brewers, Mohorcic was accused of doctoring the baseball. Umpires found no evidence of wrongdoing at the time, but after the game Mohorcic complained of a sore throat, and was admitted to a hospital where it was discovered that he was suffering internal bleeding as a result of having Crohn’s disease and taking the pain reliever naproxen. It was erroneously reported by Peter Gammons that Mohorcic’s bleeding was caused by swallowing sandpaper.
2) Mohorcic played the part of Angels starting pitcher Dave Spiewak in the 1988 movie The Naked Gun.
Tags: 1989, dale mohorcic, fleer, hat placement, pitcher, t-shirt, yankees
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Monday, October 19th, 2009 by I Love Nerd York City
Tags: 1988, distorted faces, facial hair, fleer, glasses, ss, wayne tolleson, western carloina university, yankees
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Tuesday, August 11th, 2009 by Nerdicus Finch
Those of us watching the Yankees-Red Sox game on ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball this past weekend were treated to a vintage Joe Morgan moment. Following A-Rod’s home run off of Jon Lester in the seventh(?) inning, the guys in the booth were discussing the pitch that Lester made, which was really his first mistake of the game, as he had held the Yankees scoreless to that point. Cue Mr. Morgan:
“You can’t pitch a perfect game. No one can.” (Awkward silence) “Except Don Larsen.”
And a bunch of other guys. It’s weird that he used Larsen as his example, when Mark Buehrle pitched a perfect game three weeks ago.
Tags: a-rod, Boston Red Sox, Don Larsen, ESPN, joe morgan, Jon Lester, Mark Buehrle, New York Yankees, perfect games, red sox, Sunday Night Baseball, yankees
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Monday, February 9th, 2009 by I Love Nerd York City
Either this a piece of sarcasm and satire so magnificent that I don’t get it…or the most ridiculous idea in the history of sports journalism. If you have a moderate understanding of the game of baseball, and high blood pressure, turn back now. Otherwise, buckle up…
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Tags: a-rod, bill madden, migraine inducing journalism, ny daily news, steroids, tenets, winning, yankees
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