Comments on: Mike Easler

By: Josh Wilker

Josh Wilker — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:00:57 +0000

I remember Easler as having a perfect Fenway Park stroke, bashing opposite-field liners off the wall all day. Not sure how accurate this memory is, but I do think he’s thought of by Big Papi as a personal guru of sorts for how to be a left-handed hitter with power in that park.

By: sb1902

sb1902 — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:57:34 +0000

This is really a wonderful entry. I’ll always remember Mike Easler as a great hitter because of two seasons, 1980 and 1984. I remember his out-of-nowhere season with my Red Sox in ’84 and the trade for Don Baylor before ’86 (which I did not like at the time). In my mind, he was a guy who could really rake, but B-R.com tells a different story. If he’d come up in the DHing AL maybe he’d be looked at more kindly.

By: Jebstache

Jebstache — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 19:31:46 +0000

3. I am a couple of years older than you but started and stopped collecting cards at the exact same time. As a Redsox fan I think the reasons are obvious. FISK, Lynn, Burleson, Clell, Tiant, Lee, Boomer, Carbo, etc. gone. The Dynasty we dreamed of was quashed by paleolithic Zimmer, Haywood/Buddy/Jean and Bowie Kuhn and replaced by button down grey drab block lettered hung over roadkill (Eck and Taco) managed by a ex-Yankee dinosaur in a new era celebrating dinosaurs and coldwar grey. And then the strike, a two-part season and the Brewers. All was wrong and the teenage son is down the road to drugs! Plus - I could never accept Al Oliver on the Rangers never mind the Expos!

By: 70s Baseball

70s Baseball — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 23:35:20 +0000

2. I totally agree with you on this one. The Donruss and Fleer cards always seemed second rate compared to Topps. This also marked the beginning of the end of card collecting for me because every year after '81 there were more and more companies selling all kinds of cards, thus ending the golden era of card collecting. I'm all for breaking up big monopolies and fair competition in business, but in this instance, the monopoly that Topps had was for the good of card collector. At least, the card collector who appreciated a simpler time.

By: Josh Wilker

Josh Wilker — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 22:56:25 +0000

1. 1 comment from old Cg site:

pete ‘the mil’ said…
Hmm…”ANOMIC,”

….social instability resulting from a breakdown of standards and values….personal unrest, alienation, and uncertainty that comes from a lack of purpose or ideals….

Yup, you really nailed that one, chief.

But don’t be going all revisionist now and pretending you NEVER bought any packs of baseball cards post-1981…

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