Comments on: Carmen Fanzone, Part 1 http://cardboardgods.net/2006/10/16/carmen-fanzone-part-1/ Voice of the Mathematically Eliminated Sat, 02 Jun 2012 18:52:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Josh Wilker http://cardboardgods.net/2006/10/16/carmen-fanzone-part-1/#comment-12299 Mon, 26 Sep 2011 18:38:53 +0000 http://cardboardgods.net/2006/10/16/carmen-fanzone-part-1/#comment-12299 That’s great. Thanks for sharing that link.

]]> By: fpb01 http://cardboardgods.net/2006/10/16/carmen-fanzone-part-1/#comment-12296 Sun, 25 Sep 2011 23:23:12 +0000 http://cardboardgods.net/2006/10/16/carmen-fanzone-part-1/#comment-12296 Carmen Fanzone was in the news this week, sort of:

http://www.slate.com/id/2301449/entry/2301456/

]]> By: Josh Wilker http://cardboardgods.net/2006/10/16/carmen-fanzone-part-1/#comment-11388 Thu, 05 Aug 2010 21:03:58 +0000 http://cardboardgods.net/2006/10/16/carmen-fanzone-part-1/#comment-11388 Oh, that is beautiful. Thanks for passing that story along, agrumpus1.

And your (debunked) theory was my theory, too:
http://cardboardgods.net/2006/10/18/carmen-fanzone-part-3/

]]> By: agrumpus1 http://cardboardgods.net/2006/10/16/carmen-fanzone-part-1/#comment-11387 Thu, 05 Aug 2010 20:00:11 +0000 http://cardboardgods.net/2006/10/16/carmen-fanzone-part-1/#comment-11387 Tending bar in Brooklyn last night, a young kid hands me his credit card with the name “Carmen Fanzone” on it. Well, after I stop giggling, I have to ask: ever heard of the ballplayer with that name. Sure enough, it’s his uncle. Can’t believe I’ve ever heard of him (I have the ’75 card) and asks if I’m Chicago. Nope, just collected cards in the 70s and read this blog. He was able to provide some details: Yes, it’s true, Carmen was a jazz trumpeter and apparently still gigs. Hard to believe he could raise a trumpet to his lips with that giant cookie duster perched there, but apparently he’s got chops. CF’s nephew, sadly, lacks facial hair–you’d think the Fanzones would require all generations to grow hair on their upper lips and keep up this monumental tribute to moustaches alive for all to admire. Seeing a real Fanzone in the flesh also dispels my pet theory: that Carmen Fanzone was really Don Novello engaged in some subversive performance art. Well not much more to add, so if you’re keeping score, remember: there are now at least 2 Carmen Fanzones walking this planet. I salute them.

]]> By: Zernialophile http://cardboardgods.net/2006/10/16/carmen-fanzone-part-1/#comment-114 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 09:38:53 +0000 http://cardboardgods.net/2006/10/16/carmen-fanzone-part-1/#comment-114 1.  Two things about Fanzone…

1) Despite having a brief and seemingly unremarkable career, he is still fondly and widely remembered by Cubs fans. Not for his baseball skills but for playing the national anthem on his trumpet at Wrigley Field. Fanzone was an accomplished jazz musician, playing professionally in the offseason.

2) I wonder how many people that collect cards now habitually associate two players because they looked so similar, as you did with Swan and Fanzone? Personally, I will always link Mike LaValliere with LaMarr Hoyt, not for their Laprefixed names but because they look identical on certain cards…

http://www.checkoutmycards.com/Cards/Baseball/1990/Bowman_Tiffany/172/Mike_LaValliere

I can’t find an online image of Hoyt’s ’87 Topps card but I’m pretty sure he looks LaValliere’s twin brother on it.

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