Evocative Names in Your Card Collection: 80s Edition

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

That's serious body... the kind of hold you might expect from, say, a Steve Jeltz.

But the guy he really should've gotten in touch with... is this guy.

[HahnSolo]

Seems the 1980s Royals were rich in this regard:

Not to veer wildly off topic, but where was this photo of Buddy taken? That's a road uniform, and a rather small grandstand. Somewhere in Florida during Spring Training?

[Guest Edgy DC]

It's no ordinary breeze that blows across the Morelands, but rather a...



And joining Assenmacher and his brethren (Orel Hershiser, Jason Schmidt, Jim Gott) in the all-Teutonic pitching rotation...

[Willets Point]

Seems the 1980s Royals were rich in this regard: Not to veer wildly off topic, but where was this photo of Buddy taken? That's a road uniform, and a rather small grandstand. Somewhere in Florida during Spring Training?

Could it be Exhibition Stadium in Toronto?

[batmagadanleadoff]

Centerfield wrote: I think we should re-name this thread "cards I used to get instead of Mets".

Here's a great name. Great Met, too.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

I think at least part of the reason this guy bounced around so much is because he wouldn't shut up about how overrated he found Metamorphases.

[Centerfield]

Anachronism Portion


I always thought Tony Phillips looked like he was caught by surprise when this picture was taken. Not nearly as surprised as I was when he found his way to the 1998 Mets.


Julio Franco belongs in a shoebox tucked away in the back of my childhood closet, not part of my current life. Was this guy really a teammate of Mike Pelfrey's? How is that even possible?

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Not to mention the overeager, "America-- Fuck Yeah" look on that punim.