Whew. "Thank God that's over," sigh thousands of Yankee faithful. The year that wasn't. The year that often had nine misfits out there as the starting nine. Ugh.
Now these guys are clamoring for larger chunks of dough. Tell it to the men shown above. No one on the team this year would even qualify to hose out one of the guys above's jockstraps.
I find annoying all this new catcher's gear. Good grief, this guy below looks like he's about to get out there & straddle a dang hockey puck instead of getting down to the business of catching.
Contrast that with old Edward Fitzgerald above. He kept it simple, basic. He knew you had to dress like Yogi Berra to play the role.
Card shown is 1952 Bowman.
Photo at Aroundthefoghorn
Put me down in the Adam Rosales camp when, hitting next to nothing, he smoked a long homer & then raced around the bases like he was legging out an inside-the-parker, a big smile on his mug all the way. Not one to rest on his laurels, he later added a SAC fly. This guy will be fun to watch.
Contrast the fleet-footed Adam with lumbering, slow-footed Hall of Famer Ernie Lombardi, shown at top. Old Ernie led the league grounding into double plays four times & was right in there pitching for that title in other years. The card depicted is a 1934 Goudey.
Back when I started watching games, I always enjoyed identifying who the old coaches were, often recalling them from old baseball cards or my Dad's memories of them.
Since I watch the Texas Rangers games, color man Tom Grieve might say, for instance, how former catcher, Jocko Backstop, who is now loitering in the first base box for the opposing team, could really peg them out at second base back in the day. That would be interesting to learn instead of thinking that old guy's just standing around, counting the crowd while wishing he was thirty years younger when he sees a pretty girl in the stands.
So come on, guys, tell us a little something about those old base coaches . . .
Are the Texas Rangers Easing Nolan Ryan out of the Picture? Reporter Gil Lebreton's take on it Now please answer my Nolan question in the right-hand column . . .
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It's always sad when the baseball season is about to come to an end, but kids like me who never grew up realized a long time ago that the season never ends when you collect baseball cards.
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