Comments on: Johnny Sutton http://cardboardgods.net/2008/09/12/johnny-sutton/ Voice of the Mathematically Eliminated Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:11:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: pieman http://cardboardgods.net/2008/09/12/johnny-sutton/#comment-6756 pieman Tue, 16 Sep 2008 15:39:15 +0000 http://cardboardgods.net/2008/09/12/johnny-sutton/#comment-6756 <b><a></a>9.</b>  Josh - is Johnny Sutton related to Don Sutton? Okay - I know he's not, but his hair looks like he could be, but didn't we all wear our hair like that in the 70s? Full name = Johnny Ike Sutton. Really? 9.  Josh – is Johnny Sutton related to Don Sutton? Okay – I know he’s not, but his hair looks like he could be, but didn’t we all wear our hair like that in the 70s?

Full name = Johnny Ike Sutton.

Really?

]]> By: Jeb http://cardboardgods.net/2008/09/12/johnny-sutton/#comment-6755 Jeb Mon, 15 Sep 2008 23:44:15 +0000 http://cardboardgods.net/2008/09/12/johnny-sutton/#comment-6755 <b><a></a>8.</b>  <a href="#5" rel="nofollow">5</a> Josh, obviously I need to read your stuff more closely! 8.  5 Josh, obviously I need to read your stuff more closely!

]]> By: Brewer Bertram http://cardboardgods.net/2008/09/12/johnny-sutton/#comment-6754 Brewer Bertram Mon, 15 Sep 2008 22:51:52 +0000 http://cardboardgods.net/2008/09/12/johnny-sutton/#comment-6754 <b><a></a>7.</b>  Oddly, Mr. Sutton looks like a slightly stoned member of Molly Hatchet dressed in a Twins uniform. Maybe he feels like he sees a kindred spirit in the Two Freaks? 7.  Oddly, Mr. Sutton looks like a slightly stoned member of Molly Hatchet dressed in a Twins uniform. Maybe he feels like he sees a kindred spirit in the Two Freaks?

]]> By: sly jones http://cardboardgods.net/2008/09/12/johnny-sutton/#comment-6753 sly jones Sat, 13 Sep 2008 02:48:25 +0000 http://cardboardgods.net/2008/09/12/johnny-sutton/#comment-6753 <b><a></a>6.</b>  Dave Cripe does have a baseball claim to fame: He is one of the main figures in Richard Lyttle's "A Year in the Minors," a kid's book tracing the season of a typical low-minor-league team -- in this case, the 1973 San Jose Bees. (Cripe was one of the team's most promising youngsters. Another of the Bees' young stars: Joe Zdeb.) Very, very good book for the young baseball fan; I read it a number of times. As for Johnny Sutton, I had absolutely no idea he ever existed. 6.  Dave Cripe does have a baseball claim to fame:
He is one of the main figures in Richard Lyttle’s “A Year in the Minors,” a kid’s book tracing the season of a typical low-minor-league team — in this case, the 1973 San Jose Bees.
(Cripe was one of the team’s most promising youngsters. Another of the Bees’ young stars: Joe Zdeb.)
Very, very good book for the young baseball fan; I read it a number of times.

As for Johnny Sutton, I had absolutely no idea he ever existed.

]]> By: Josh Wilker http://cardboardgods.net/2008/09/12/johnny-sutton/#comment-6752 Josh Wilker Fri, 12 Sep 2008 22:16:21 +0000 http://cardboardgods.net/2008/09/12/johnny-sutton/#comment-6752 <b><a></a>5.</b>  <a href="#4" rel="nofollow">4</a> : That theory, combined with John Holmes' stage name, may explain why I felt the urge to use the words "Johnny" and "wad" repeatedly in the first paragraph of the chapter. 5.  4 : That theory, combined with John Holmes’ stage name, may explain why I felt the urge to use the words “Johnny” and “wad” repeatedly in the first paragraph of the chapter.

]]> By: Jeb http://cardboardgods.net/2008/09/12/johnny-sutton/#comment-6751 Jeb Fri, 12 Sep 2008 21:35:13 +0000 http://cardboardgods.net/2008/09/12/johnny-sutton/#comment-6751 <b><a></a>4.</b>  He looks a little like Porn star John Holmes in the eyes, hair, and the cheesy stache. 4.  He looks a little like Porn star John Holmes in the eyes, hair, and the cheesy stache.

]]> By: Josh Wilker http://cardboardgods.net/2008/09/12/johnny-sutton/#comment-6750 Josh Wilker Fri, 12 Sep 2008 18:28:13 +0000 http://cardboardgods.net/2008/09/12/johnny-sutton/#comment-6750 <b><a></a>3.</b>  <a href="#2" rel="nofollow">2</a> : A total surprise to me too, and I obviously once gazed upon this card as a kid, at least for a second. Unlike Fred Howard (if anyone's interested, there's a link to his post under Chicago White Sox in sidebar), Johnny Sutton seems to have avoided showing up, even peripherally, in any epoch-defining contests. (Unless, like me, you consider the day Dave Cripe scored his only major league run epoch-defining.) 3.  2 : A total surprise to me too, and I obviously once gazed upon this card as a kid, at least for a second.

Unlike Fred Howard (if anyone’s interested, there’s a link to his post under Chicago White Sox in sidebar), Johnny Sutton seems to have avoided showing up, even peripherally, in any epoch-defining contests. (Unless, like me, you consider the day Dave Cripe scored his only major league run epoch-defining.)

]]> By: Joe Romano http://cardboardgods.net/2008/09/12/johnny-sutton/#comment-6749 Joe Romano Fri, 12 Sep 2008 18:19:51 +0000 http://cardboardgods.net/2008/09/12/johnny-sutton/#comment-6749 <b><a></a>2.</b>  I have absolutely no recollection of this guy despite following baseball religiously, and collecting baseball cards, during this time period. He's like Fred Howard. 2.  I have absolutely no recollection of this guy despite following baseball religiously, and collecting baseball cards, during this time period. He’s like Fred Howard.

]]> By: PunkRockPaint http://cardboardgods.net/2008/09/12/johnny-sutton/#comment-6748 PunkRockPaint Fri, 12 Sep 2008 16:29:10 +0000 http://cardboardgods.net/2008/09/12/johnny-sutton/#comment-6748 <b><a></a>1.</b>  I can not wait to read the letter! What a cliff hanger!!! Not to put any pressure on you, but... HURRY!!! PRP 1.  I can not wait to read the letter! What a cliff hanger!!! Not to put any pressure on you, but… HURRY!!!

PRP

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