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BASEBALL HUMOR \ TRIVIA
Blogger presents, along with humorous comments, sports cards from his collection.
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Funny Baseball Cards
Hey, I'm Dave, and this blog is about my expensive scraps of cardboard.
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Angels in the Outfield
I’ve heard that Billy was unaware the photographer was lining him up under the halo at Angel Stadium, but that’s probably just as well… I think he played second backup outfielder, so this card may be the most famous aspect of his career.
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200th Post!
I know what you’re thinking: “He’s no Goose Gossage!”
The back reads: “When his days of playing chicken are over, his ambition he says is to get into managing… probably a pizza parlor.”
The back reads: “When his days of playing chicken are over, his ambition he says is to get into managing… probably a pizza parlor.”
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A Match Made in Heaven
Johnson & Wood… perhaps not as good as Bong & Puffer, but still admirable.
Ting Tang Walla Walla Bing Bang
Tang was injured after an opposing pitcher accidentally hit him in the face with the ball while he was sliding into second, fracturing several bones and requiring surgery. But now he gets to wear a cool mask!
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Napoleon Complex
Fleer later clarified that Hrabosky was not a dwarf.
There’s actually another Brett Butts potentially making his rounds to the bigs as well.
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Future Astro?
“Every male in my family has a first name that starts with H. I guess they were running out of possibilities, so I was named Houston.”
— Houston Summers
Keep in mind, this is not the R&B singer of the same name who gouged out his own eye with a fork after unsuccessfully attempting to leap out of a hotel window. Different guy.
Finally, a Legible Signature!
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Dropping A Duce
Useful Trivia: In early 2006, Duce filed a police report saying he lost a bracelet that may have been worth around $100,000 at a strip club in S.C. one Saturday morning.
… We’ve all been there, right?!
It's My Party
Nerdy Glasses and Mustaches: Round Two
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Some of you may remember a little side-collection I posted back in 2009. Well, I’ve added quite a bit more to it since, and Round Three is still to come!
Ken “Digger” Phelps later became a color commentator for the Diamondbacks… but try not to confuse him with fellow sports analyst “Digger” Phelps.
Adrian is now a gym teacher at a middle school in Georgia.
Tom would sometimes secretly trade uniforms with his twin brother Tim while the two were in spring training for the Tigers.
Paul used to stare down every batter he struck out.
Greg’s nickname was “Pee Wee!”
The Braves later traded Craig to Toronto for Luis Leal, but neither player ended up playing a single game for their new teams
Tony’s daughter was a beauty queen.
“Wilson owned and operated a gas station in Conroe, Texas north of Houston. He was once famously told that he needed to improve his mechanics (meaning baseball skills) and replied by saying, ‘Why, I just gave all [of my] mechanics a raise!
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Voodoos and Cocks
Fun Fact: There existed a long-running urban legend that Pedro put a voodoo hex on the Reds after they traded him in ‘79.
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