Comments on: Ken Henderson

By: brent67

brent67 — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 02:15:54 +0000

Actually, he’s a dead ringer for Chuck Norris from about that same era.

Or possibly the “Todd” character from Mike Judge’s “Beavis & Butthead”.

By: johnq11

johnq11 — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:09:33 +0000

Boy, if there ever was a card that typified 70′s baseball this is one of them. Moustache, Shoulder Length Hair, Tinted Prescription Aviator Glasses, White batting glove, “RED” White Sox helmet.

Switch-hitting was the big thing in the 70′s into the early 80′s it seemed like every kid was encouraged to switch hit back then. I used to go back and forth left/right with my Johnny Bench Batter Up.

In Retrospect, I think baseball was a little too overzealous trying to make everyone switch hit. It seemed like the Royals wasted much of U.L. Washington’s career trying to make him a switch-hitter. I remember the Phillies spending 2 years trying to make Bob Dernier a switch hitter which never panned out. I think by the mid 80′s teams realized it was better to keep a player batting right handed or left handed and just try to improve his hitting.

By: sb1902

sb1902 — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 04:35:22 +0000

Ken Singleton is very underrated. As a matter of fact, I think several of the guys on this list are underrated (Reggie Smith, Ted Simmons, Roy White and Singleton). Numbers nerds like us (or most of us here) like those guys, I wonder if that’s a coincidence? I also never realized Bowa was a switch hitter (nor did I realize he was Nick Johnson’s uncle.) Cardboard Gods illuminates as well as entertains!

By: Tybalt

Tybalt — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 02:44:10 +0000

15. 14 : Florence Henderson, of course, was a counterweight to that for many years.

By: Josh Wilker

Josh Wilker — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:28:03 +0000

14. 13 : I think of Steve Henderson as the first of the three Hendersons (Rickey and Dave being the others) who retroactively clouded the misperception of Ken Henderson described in 1 and 2 . Gerald Henderson of the Celtics also contributed.

By: mbtn01

mbtn01 — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:25:14 +0000

13. Ken Henderson was supposed to have been the 1978 Mets' big acquisition, teaming with Steve Henderson in the "Henderson Brothers" outfield. Only Ken crashed into a fence the first week of the season and didn't play for the rest of the year. Kinda like Moises Alou for this year's Mets team, a completely worthless weapon.

By: Ken Arneson

Ken Arneson — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 06:23:56 +0000

12. 6 I never knew I was a member of such a stereotyped group.

By: sansho1

sansho1 — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 04:19:16 +0000

11. Henderson was one of Ted Turner’s first acquisitions upon buying the Braves in 1976. It would be hard to find a team with more comings and goings than the ’76 Braves.

Arriving: Andy Messersmith, Willie Montanez, Jerry Royster, Darrell Chaney, Dale Murphy, Dick Ruthven, Mike Marshall, Tom Paciorek, Rick Camp, and the recently profiled Brian Asselstine

Departing: Dave May, Earl Williams, Lee Lacy, Darrell Evans, Marty Perez, Carl Morton, Adrian Devine, Elias Sosa, Bruce Dal Canton

Both arriving and departing: Henderson, Jimmie Wynn, Lee Lacy, Terry Crowley

It was a profoundly weird but exciting time to be a young Braves fan. For some reason, I remember Ken Henderson as a reluctant member of the team, but I get a sense from the picture that maybe he just wasn’t particularly forthcoming. I don’t know.

By: Brent is a Dodger Fan

Brent is a Dodger Fan — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 22:17:15 +0000

10. That is an awesome photo.

By: 68elcamino427

68elcamino427 — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:48:15 +0000

9. Throughout the land it became increasingly difficult to tell what people were thinking, in part because of the tinted eyewear

Love it. Great piece Josh.

Go Blue Jays … err … Rangers!