The thread on R.J. Swindle got me thinking about baseball names, which got me thinking about baseball names on baseball cards, which got me thinking about the obscure players on cards that are burned on my brain for eternity-- because of the picture, or the name, or some combination of both, or just "because."

So, without further ado, here is a thread to remember those strange cards, strange names, and strange photos that made your personal history.

Here is who I thought of immediately, likely because his was the card I got in EVERY pack of 1987 Topps: