Comments for Cardboard Gods http://cardboardgods.net Voice of the Mathematically Eliminated Sun, 27 May 2012 22:30:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on Dick Ruthven by sb1902 http://cardboardgods.net/2010/10/06/dick-ruthven/#comment-12617 Sun, 27 May 2012 22:30:24 +0000 http://cardboardgods.net/?p=4839#comment-12617 “That 1980 Phillies team had one of those “Spahn & Sain and pray for rain” rotations.”–

It’s amazing that was the Phillies team that went all the way. They had those great late ’70s team and the 91 win team was the one that got it done. That pained me, too, because I love those Royals teams.

]]> Comment on Larvell Blanks by Josh Wilker http://cardboardgods.net/2012/05/02/larvell-blanks/#comment-12616 Sat, 26 May 2012 21:42:55 +0000 http://cardboardgods.net/?p=5963#comment-12616 That ’79 card is mystifying.

]]> Comment on Dwayne Murphy by Josh Wilker http://cardboardgods.net/2012/05/21/dwayne-murphy/#comment-12615 Sat, 26 May 2012 21:41:49 +0000 http://cardboardgods.net/?p=5970#comment-12615 I was a big Steve Henderson fan.

]]> Comment on Dwayne Murphy by shickshinny http://cardboardgods.net/2012/05/21/dwayne-murphy/#comment-12614 Sat, 26 May 2012 16:37:52 +0000 http://cardboardgods.net/?p=5970#comment-12614 I preferred the Mets outfield of Steve Henderson, Lee Mazzilli, and Joel Youngblood.

]]> Comment on Larvell Blanks by Shawn Peters http://cardboardgods.net/2012/05/02/larvell-blanks/#comment-12613 Sat, 26 May 2012 14:33:50 +0000 http://cardboardgods.net/?p=5963#comment-12613 See the inexplicable pose in the 1979 Larvell Blanks card.

http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_SPM1965233701P?sid=IDx20101019x00001a&ci_src=14110944&ci_sku=SPM1965233701

]]> Comment on Roberto Hernandez by Josh Wilker http://cardboardgods.net/2009/11/10/roberto-hernandez/#comment-12612 Fri, 25 May 2012 20:15:45 +0000 http://cardboardgods.net/?p=3968#comment-12612 Thanks for sharing that story, Chas. There’s something about found cards. I just got done with a long essay trying to figure out what the deal is with all the cards I’ve found. (Should be coming out pretty soon.)

]]> Comment on Richie Hebner by Shawn Peters http://cardboardgods.net/2008/02/17/richie-hebner/#comment-12611 Thu, 24 May 2012 13:03:53 +0000 http://cardboardgods.net/2008/02/17/richie-hebner/#comment-12611 Did not Hebner have this weird thing with his cleats? They had holes in the toes — allegedly for “ventilation”?

]]> Comment on Tippy Martinez by Shawn Peters http://cardboardgods.net/2007/11/09/tippy-martinez/#comment-12610 Thu, 24 May 2012 00:29:47 +0000 http://cardboardgods.net/2007/11/09/tippy-martinez/#comment-12610 I was in attendance for the three-pickoff inning — a weird and happy memory in the summer before my senior year in high school in suburban Baltimore. Roger Angell mentions it in SEASON TICKET (p. 61).

]]> Comment on Roberto Hernandez by Chas Sisk http://cardboardgods.net/2009/11/10/roberto-hernandez/#comment-12609 Wed, 23 May 2012 20:26:17 +0000 http://cardboardgods.net/?p=3968#comment-12609 I found a 1989 Topps Darren Daulton lying randomly on the ground outside my office in Beverly, Mass., eight years ago. I never had any particular love for Darren Daulton, but I’ve been carrying that card around ever since. No idea why. Luck, maybe. Respect for a solid catcher. A connection to my childhood back in South Carolina. I keep it pinned up at my desk.

]]> Comment on Larvell Blanks by Shawn Peters http://cardboardgods.net/2012/05/02/larvell-blanks/#comment-12608 Wed, 23 May 2012 00:14:41 +0000 http://cardboardgods.net/?p=5963#comment-12608 (laughs) That pic is fantastic! He looks vaguely like an imprisoned North Korean dissident.

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