Another fun pitching related quiz

[stevejrogers]

Swan Swan H wrote: That's all I got.

That was the last one to get.

[Guest Swan Swan H]

Aha! I missed Matlack. Good quizzes, Steve.

[Edgy MD]

Topps publisher to designers: "Yes, that's ugly! But not ugly enough!! C'MON!! It's the nineties!!"

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

Topps publisher to designers: "Yes, that's ugly! But not ugly enough!! C'MON!! It's the nineties!!"

A legendary bad year for Topps. And the printing made it worse. If you can get a good, crisp card, it's not as horrible. But it was so bad, and the competition kicked up, forcing the company to dramatically improve the quality the next couple years.

[MFS62]

Those bastards!
Casually listening to the news on WCBS radio this week.
An ad came on for a Yankee breakfast.
I heard yadda, yadda, yadda, Yankee Legend Doc Gooden!!!
Blasphemy.
Talk about truth in advertising.
I'm writing to the FCC.
What hubris.

Later

[stevejrogers]

MFS62 wrote: Those bastards! Casually listening to the news on WCBS radio this week. An ad came on for a Yankee breakfast. I heard yadda, yadda, yadda, Yankee Legend Doc Gooden!!! Blasphemy. Talk about truth in advertising. I'm writing to the FCC. What hubris. Later

I'll do you one better. It was for a Sprint PCS store appearance so they couldn't use the term MFY (of course with MF not included), but there was a local radio ad touting an appearance by...it was either New York Baseball legend or New York Baseball fan favorite Jeff Weaver.

I least I think it was Weaver, it was one of those big ticket items that the MFers brought in that severely underperformed in the 2002-2005 time frame. It wasn't a future HOFer/borderline HOFer like Brown or Johnson though, either way clear case of hubris and usual advertising hyperbole!

[MFS62]

I was NOT one better. It was one worse. Far, far worse.
The Weaver thing may be typical ad-man hype.
But it does not fly in the face of fans of the other team in the same market, for whom Gooden truly WAS a legend.

Later