Comments on: Pedro Guerrero

By: catfish326

catfish326 — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 02:41:39 +0000

Being followed and judged by one’s 10-year old self sounds like the autobiography written by Anthony Quinn . . . The Original Sin. As he makes his way through life he is shadowed by himself as a boy, and he fears that the innocent boy is constantly judging him and his decisions he makes, even though the boy says very little to him. He is really battling his poor upbringing with the posh and stuffy Hollywood set. Also, Quinn lost his first child who drowned in W. C. Fields’s pool. Field was a neighbor and close friend of his. In Quinn’s second biographical work, One Man Tango, he again is followed by his childlike self and the interplay is revisited, now that Quinn in finishing out his final years. Both are great reads, and are cited in my books. Well done Josh. Interesting reading. Cheers, ~ C

By: Ken Arneson

Ken Arneson — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:00:44 +0000

OK, finding cards on the street is a bit unusual. But I once had one suddenly appear out of nowhere *inside my house*.

http://catfishstew.baseballtoaster.com/archives/515437.html

That was freaky.

By: seaver41

seaver41 — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:57:26 +0000

“it’s a buzzing feeling in my head and limbs, like i just connected with a pitch.”

simply beautiful.

By: baddude22

baddude22 — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:03:29 +0000

Dude, I wish I found as many baseball cards as you do man on a yearly basis! And I agree with you about the health care plan stuff; it just baffles me too. It is an interesting idea to think about meeting up with our ten year old selves. On one hand, I could tell him about the great times to be had, and the incredible moments with great friends, and then on the other hand, I would feel bad about telling him about the drinking and the fearful moments that come with those, or the heartbreaks and disappointment with what I thought the world would be, and what it has turned out to be. It would be hard to see my ten year old self with all of that endless optimism and tell him that slowly and surely, it will all disintegrate into pessimism no matter how much effort went into it. My ten year old self would be afraid of my present self and think I was a dick.

By: kieser78

kieser78 — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:18:59 +0000

After hearing the 911 call of OJ looking for his girlfriend, I can’t see this card without thinking “she was up all night doing drugs with Pay-dro Goo-reyr-oh”

By: Josh Wilker

Josh Wilker — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:02:49 +0000

doryadams: Hey, Dory! Great to hear from you.

sthek: Thanks for the good words.

sb1902: From wikipedia: “In September, 1999, Guerrero was arrested for trying to buy 33 pounds of cocaine from an undercover agent. In June, 2002, he was acquitted of drug conspiracy charges after his attorney argued his low IQ prevented him from understanding that he had agreed to a drug deal.”

By: sb1902

sb1902 — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:14:18 +0000

When I was ten years old, I already knew enough to not be in any hurry to get older. I was smart then, at least.

Didn’t Guerrero beat an arrest because he was labeled as being a bit goofy between the ears?

By: sthek

sthek — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:44:52 +0000

Maybe your ten-year old self would be astonished and somewhat proud to find out how much intelligent entertainment you’ve provided to strangers , some even older and more diminished as well as hundreds of miles from your desk.

By: doryadams

doryadams — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:51:04 +0000

Great post — love the image of you being tailed by your 10-year-old self!

By: johnq11

johnq11 — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:31:15 +0000

Guerrero was a much better hitter than he’s remembered to be. In many ways he was on the wrong teams at the wrong time playing the wrong position. He played in a pitcher’s park during the early-mid 80′s, then in a neutral park with a turf field during the late 80′s-early 90′s. He was a terrible fielder who probably should have been a DH in the American League. He seemed kind of fragile as well seeing that he retired at 36.

He was traded for John Tudor at the end of 1988. A trade that was pretty good for the Cardinals. Tudor meanwhile did absolutely nothing for the ’88 Dodgers and received a WS ring for it.

I was looking at this card and since it’s a 92 card, the picture must have been taken in 1991 on a grass field. It’s not Wrigley because their visitor’s dugouts are on the opposite side and it’s not Shea so it’s either at SF, Atl, LA or SD. My guess would be Candlestick.

91 is also the last season the Cardinals wore those sans-a-belt pants with the pull-over tops. They would switch to the more traditional button-up uniform with a belt look in 1992 that they still wear.

This is also the last year of the grey vistors pull-over uniform they wore between 1985-1991. Basically the uniform they’re wearing when Denkinger blew the ’85 call and when Herzog and Andujar lost their minds and lost game 7. And the same uniform that Frank Viola held them to only 2 runs in 1987.