Comments on: Greg Minton

By: Josh Wilker

Josh Wilker — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 23:24:33 +0000

25. 24 : Ha! Glad to see your moniker in the comments once again, Catfish326.

By: Catfish326

Catfish326 — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 20:28:40 +0000

24. Christ! . . . Minton looks like the progeny of an unintelligent metalic alien and a beaver! That's scary.

By: CMcFood

CMcFood — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 16:51:34 +0000

23. Ironically (actually, it’s probably just more unfortunate than ironic), I traded my entire baseball card collection, including a bag of coin like metal discs with players on them, in the late 70′s for a collection of Hulk comic books, just as baseball cards from the 60′s and 70′s were starting to skyrocket in value, and the value of Hulk comic books were beginning to tumble. Probably one of the worst decisions of my young life.

But thanks for stirring up that painful memory from the sediment of my unconscious mind.

By: ramblin pete

ramblin pete — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 03:28:40 +0000

22. 9, 12: I actually do vividly remember that “Rick Jones” card – and I recall that, yes, there was something very, very wrong – surreal? – with the visage on the card.

I would never (ever) have any recollection, whatsoever, of “Rick Jones” appearing on a baseball diamond, or in a box-score, but he WAS the “little buddy” of not only The Hulk and Captain Mar-vell, but Captain America as well.

A “little buddy” for hire, as it were. Sort of like Desi Relaford…

By: Peanut

Peanut — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 01:00:53 +0000

21. I tried the Walt Alston road on the trivia question earlier. I found a player whose given name was Colonel Buster Mills. His most similar batters from bb-r also have names I enjoy.
Buzz Boyle
Moose McCormick
Estel Crabtree
Algie McBride

By: For The Turnstiles

For The Turnstiles — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 23:08:40 +0000

20. The clue (along with bb-r) makes it pretty easy to find: Donald William Zimmer and Aase, with Lasorda being the third guy.

What other “interesting” paired names are there? Aaron and Gehrig. Bonds and Beane. (Cust and Hannahan?)

By: Josh Wilker

Josh Wilker — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 20:30:39 +0000

19. 18 : "I'm teaching 'Into the Wild' this semester" I love that book. "Trivia question = uncle." OK, a clue: There is an A to Z element to the question. In other words, the first and middle names of the two players are identical, but their last names could not be much farther apart in the alltime alphabetical registry of baseball names.

By: Suffering Bruin

Suffering Bruin — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 19:45:58 +0000

18. Trivia question = uncle. I’ve spent way too much time on baseball reference this morning.

I’m teaching “Into the Wild” this semester (I made the decision before I knew there was a movie coming out). When the kids ask me what Chris McCandless looked like at the end, I’ll show them your Greg Minton card.

By: Josh Wilker

Josh Wilker — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 18:06:23 +0000

17. Below is a trivia question first posed by joejoejoe in the comments section of the Goose Gossage post. I’m re-asking it now because I’m planning to feature one half of the two-person answer in the next post on Cardboard Gods (probably due out later today or early tomorrow). It’s a toughie; maybe I’ll feed some clues if nobody comes up with it (first vague clue already implied in the fact it must somehow involve fellows from the Cardboard God era of 1975-1980):

“[There are t]wo players with the same first and middle name. One started his career with the Dodgers, one ended his career with the Dodgers. As a rookie, the younger man was managed by the older man. As a rookie, the older man was a teammate of the man who managed the younger man’s last season. Who are the two men?”

Also, updating the Billy Joel/Ramblin’ Pete saga: the latest song on my answering machine was an extremely long version of “Scenes from an Italian Restaurant” that crescendoed in a prolonged falsetto screech that intrigued and troubled my cats.

By: Josh Wilker

Josh Wilker — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 17:36:38 +0000

16. 14 : That image of Rick Jones the Mariner does seem to be of an older, hardened version of the Rick Jones always willing to caddy for muscular, misunderstood behemoths:

http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/4/47/Rick_Jones_(comics).jpg

And here’s Rick Jones’s alter ego thrusting his cosmic-powered pelvis:

http://members.aol.com/whoclix/marvell.gif

15 : “That’s just what they’d like you to believe.”

Duly warned. And on that note:

11 : “So much for mystery.”

The mystery endures.