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    Re: That baseball card you just can't forget

    Quote Originally Posted by nate View Post
    I always had my spokes loaded with these:

    But was your bike like this one?



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    Re: That baseball card you just can't forget

    The first baseball cards I ever got were from the back of a box of Twinkies. I believe it was in 1977. This is what they looked like:



    Unfortunately, I didn't get anyone as interesting as Stargell. The first cards I ever got were of legendary pitchers Rick Reuschel and Jim Slaton.
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    Re: That baseball card you just can't forget

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    I was always fascinated by guys with unusual or funny names. Here are two from the A's.





    How about this name?

    Baseball (Card) Error - Rusty Kuntz

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    Rusty Kuntz played Baseball for three teams in seven years. Kuntz left the game with a .238 batting average, 5 homers and 38 RBI. This lucky man currently coaches first base for the Chicago White Sox. Wanna trade?
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    Re: That baseball card you just can't forget

    Quote Originally Posted by westofyou View Post
    But was your bike like this one?

    No.

    Mine was red.

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    Re: That baseball card you just can't forget

    Rusty Kuntz - how could I forget that one?

    This one always stuck in my head, just for the goofy factor - and because he was seemingly in every other pack of '81 Topps.



    And I always thought this guy had the least likely name and look of any baseball player I'd ever seen.

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    Re: That baseball card you just can't forget

    The Gary Pettis card where he got his little brother to pose.

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    Re: That baseball card you just can't forget

    You're right, Kelly Paris looks like one of those terribly unathletic pickup basketball dudes at the gym.
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    Re: That baseball card you just can't forget

    Quote Originally Posted by NJReds View Post
    The Gary Pettis card where he got his little brother to pose.

    That's a great one! I totally forgot about that.
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    Re: That baseball card you just can't forget

    Quote Originally Posted by RichRed View Post

    This one always stuck in my head, just for the goofy factor - and because he was seemingly in every other pack of '81 Topps.

    You must have had all of the packs I needed - Gordy was one of the last cards I got. The great Jim Clancy, on the other hand...

    The 1981 set was the first (and last) set I completed only through the bubble-gum packs. In previous years, I came up short. After that, I began collecting complete sets.

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    Re: That baseball card you just can't forget

    Quote Originally Posted by nate View Post
    No.

    Mine was red.
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    Re: That baseball card you just can't forget

    when it come to names it is hard to top the immortal Arquimedez Pozo


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    Re: That baseball card you just can't forget

    Quote Originally Posted by nate View Post
    No.

    Mine was red.
    I had an orange one-speed stingray with the banana seat until I saved up my berry-picking money and bought a ten-speed with the skinny tires--what a mistake that was on Washington county rural roads

    First baseball card was a Jimmy Wynn out of a Wheatie's box. (They put a 3D reflective coating on those cards, they tended to curl inwards) 2nd card was Willie Mays from the next box of Wheaties, early '70s. That was a BIG DEAL
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    Re: That baseball card you just can't forget

    Quote Originally Posted by gm View Post
    I had an orange one-speed stingray with the banana seat until I saved up my berry-picking money and bought a ten-speed with the skinny tires--what a mistake that was on Washington county rural roads

    First baseball card was a Jimmy Wynn out of a Wheatie's box. (They put a 3D reflective coating on those cards) 2nd card was Willie Mays from the next box of Wheaties, early '70s. That was a BIG DEAL
    Mine was like that with "brownwalls," a banana-seat with a "flame job" and a chain guard that said "Red Hot" on it.

    It was "dope"...in 1978.

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    Re: That baseball card you just can't forget

    Quote Originally Posted by gm View Post
    I had an orange one-speed stingray with the banana seat until I saved up my berry-picking money and bought a ten-speed with the skinny tires--what a mistake that was on Washington county rural roads

    First baseball card was a Jimmy Wynn out of a Wheatie's box. (They put a 3D reflective coating on those cards, they tended to curl inwards) 2nd card was Willie Mays from the next box of Wheaties, early '70s. That was a BIG DEAL
    Sure they didn't come in Corn Flakes?

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    Re: That baseball card you just can't forget

    Quote Originally Posted by RANDY IN CHAR NC View Post
    Sure they didn't come in Corn Flakes?
    I had a Bob Griese 1971 Dolphins card from Wheaties. I still remember pulling it from the box in my grandma's kitchen. It was the only football card I ever had.
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