Comments on: Phil Mankowski http://cardboardgods.net/2008/09/20/phil-mankowski/ Voice of the Mathematically Eliminated Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:42:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: nunyer http://cardboardgods.net/2008/09/20/phil-mankowski/#comment-12159 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 20:48:23 +0000 http://cardboardgods.net/2008/09/20/phil-mankowski/#comment-12159 This card made me realize how retiring uniform numbers must be a relatively modern phenomenon. Mankowski is wearing #2… and up until today I would have thought that number would have been retired since the Korean War era in honor of Charlie Gehringer… one the best second basemen to ever play. But alas, the Tigers didn’t get around to retiring Gehringer’s #2 or Greenberg’s #5 until 1983.

]]> By: Joe Romano http://cardboardgods.net/2008/09/20/phil-mankowski/#comment-6736 Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:40:24 +0000 http://cardboardgods.net/2008/09/20/phil-mankowski/#comment-6736 3.  With his expression he appears to be saying “I’m not wearing a helmet, please don’t throw at my head. I’m not even standing in the batter’s box”.

]]> By: Josh Wilker http://cardboardgods.net/2008/09/20/phil-mankowski/#comment-6735 Sun, 21 Sep 2008 18:13:04 +0000 http://cardboardgods.net/2008/09/20/phil-mankowski/#comment-6735 2.  Thank you for saying that, GatesFan. I appreciate it.

If baseball history was written as a bible, my favorite book would probably be The Book of Transactions.

]]> By: GatesFan http://cardboardgods.net/2008/09/20/phil-mankowski/#comment-6734 Sun, 21 Sep 2008 17:24:22 +0000 http://cardboardgods.net/2008/09/20/phil-mankowski/#comment-6734 1.  The image of Phil Mankowski being paper-clipped to Jerry Morales as part of the epic Richie Hebner deal was delightful and made me very happy, Josh.
Thanks.

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