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Old 12-21-2008, 06:46 AM
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Posted By: Steve Murray

Jason's post of his T210 on the most recent pickup thread prompted me to think of cards with poses that are truly strange. Here's my "Most Odd". Let's see yours.

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Old 12-21-2008, 06:53 AM
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Posted By: Jodi Birkholm

--Any card picturing Hughie Jennings doing that dance is bound to be odd.

--'51 Bowman Paul Richards with the giraffe neck.

--'63 Topps Tex Clevenger where he's picking his fingernails.

--'63 Topps Choo Choo Coleman. His facial expression cracks me up.

--'70 Topps Jim Fregosi where he is picking up a ground ball that looks more like a pickup truck.

--'91 Fleer Kevin Mitchell. It looks like he's missing half his leg.

Sorry for the post-war, but funny is funny.

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Old 12-21-2008, 08:53 AM
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Posted By: leon

I love the weird ones.....

Ruth pitching a football right handed....

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Old 12-21-2008, 08:54 AM
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Old 12-21-2008, 09:03 AM
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Posted By: Steve Murray

The Melchoir is a classic.
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Old 12-21-2008, 09:06 AM
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Posted By: Jodi Birkholm

Looks like he's doing his James Brown imitation!

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Old 12-21-2008, 09:33 AM
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Posted By: Anonymous

Similar pose in his PCL card as well:

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Old 12-21-2008, 09:47 AM
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Posted By: Jodi Birkholm

Gedeon was banned for life, and is a nearly-impossible signature to locate. The one in my collection is the only one I have encountered. He's just not out there.

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Old 12-21-2008, 09:59 AM
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Posted By: Rob D.

Billy Martin's 1972 Topps card always makes me chuckle.

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Old 12-21-2008, 10:28 AM
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Posted By: Fred C

The funny part of the Billy Martin card is that he probably did it intentionally to see if he could get away with it.

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Old 12-21-2008, 10:43 AM
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Posted By: Dwight

What's Bridwell supposed to be doing in this pose?


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Old 12-21-2008, 10:55 AM
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Posted By: jay wolt

Always liked the Buchner's "air guitar" pose that they have for a few players



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Old 12-21-2008, 11:09 AM
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Posted By: Ray V

Please forgive the OT, this is the funniest card I've ever seen! happy.gif

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Old 12-21-2008, 02:14 PM
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Posted By: Ben

Actually, Billy Martin not only did it on purpose, he did it to get back at Topps. The story is that the Topps photographer had been bothering Martin at practice all day and when it came time for his pictures, he simply extended his middle finger down the bat he was leaning on to let Topps know how he felt.

Not pre-war, but one of my favorite cards of all time.

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Posted By: howard

"He runs like a sissy"

For some reason this had me laughing like a half-wit. Well done, Steve.

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Old 12-21-2008, 04:12 PM
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Posted By: Steve Murray

but I can't lay claim to it's discovery. I think it was Joe D. who first posted it. I could be mistaken.

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Old 12-21-2008, 04:35 PM
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Posted By: Anthony S.

I can't believe you just called the dude on my card a sissy.

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Old 12-21-2008, 05:07 PM
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Posted By: Bob

What, exactly, is on Lou Chiozza's mind here?

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And how did Jimmy Foxx ever throw out anybody at second with what appears to be a knuckleball?

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Posted By: Fred C

Before Billy Martin pointed his middle finger down the bat there was (I think) Hoss Radburn doing the bird on an OJ!

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Old 12-21-2008, 05:57 PM
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Posted By: Kenneth A. Cohen

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I've had the pleasure of a couple of conversations with Mr. Robinson, a most affable gentleman. I asked him once if he ever got ribbed about this card. He replied, "yes, many times," and explained that the shot was taken by a photographer who put the camera right in his face just as he had concluded some wind sprints while wearing a sweat suit. I had never really noticed the collar of the sweat suit until after he had related this story.

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Posted By: Anonymous

What party were those photos taken at?

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Old 12-21-2008, 06:15 PM
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Posted By: Dan Bretta

The Appling and Bonura cards look like gangster mugshots from the 30s.

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Posted By: Richard Cline - RC

I agree Dan, Appling looks like Sonny in The Godfather.

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