The worst baseball card picture ever?

[ldrunner27]

This image always creeps me out.

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by ValKehl

Hey Brianp-beyou, the WG7 images of Sam Rice & WaJo are gorgeous!

Hey Val, how can I beyou when I am beme? Those are great cards, and I suggest that you also put them in my newly created Walter Mails Game card appreciation thread.

Brian

[Eric72]

Can someone post that Melchior with the (ahem) alternate text?

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by Eric72

Can someone post that Melchior with the (ahem) alternate text?

Here you go...the D311 Melchoir with the T212 1911 Obak-esque back with alternative text.

Brian

[iwantitiwinit]

Originally Posted by here2havefun

For Brooks Robinson, obv the 1958T is bad, but I've always thought these 2 cards from 1971T are also bad. The base card looks like a horrid swing-and-miss, and the WS card he looks like a guy stranded crawling through the desert.

I love the 1971 WS card of Robinson alone in the dirt smothering another Cincy potential hit. He was a man on an island no one could come close to his fielding in that Series. It's a dramatic photo I think.

[Sterling Sports Auctions]

To the original poster, the Schmidt is half of a photo with Harry Davis sliding in. I always thought it was cool that both cards were in the set.

[Eric72]

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

here you go...the d311 melchoir with the t212 1911 obak-esque back with alternative text.

Brian

Awesome!

Thank you, Brian.

[Eric72]

Originally Posted by iwantitiwinit

I love the 1971 WS card of Robinson alone in the dirt smothering another Cincy potential hit. He was a man on an island no one could come close to his fielding in that Series. It's a dramatic photo I think.

Ditto. Especially as a kid, I marveled at how much ground Brooks was covering.

[Casey2296]

Originally Posted by Sterling Sports Auctions

To the original poster, the Schmidt is half of a photo with Harry Davis sliding in. I always thought it was cool that both cards were in the set.

That's cool, I never realized that.

[MikeGarcia]

.. This guy has always scared me...:

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[Fastball]

I know, it's not a baseball card, but I did think of the 1986 Fleer Basketball Kelly Tripucka ... his "balls out" hustle was pretty evident that day.

[Spike]

Originally Posted by refz

I always despised this strip set & the Cobb especially. Reminded me of the joker or Mr burns from the Simpson’s. Complete Yuck..

Cobb's pose is sliced off a cameo with Commissioner Landis. The only thing worse than the Landis serious face is the Landis smiling face!

[Yoda]

I gotta go with the 1951 Bowman Paul Richards.

[Chris-Counts]

There are some truly awful images in this thread. Here's one I despise, not because it's a contender for the worst image ever, but because it's by far the worst looking card in a set that is filled with perfect images.

[toledo_mudhen]

Originally Posted by G1911

Here you go:

Yep - That's one fugly-ass portrait.

[brianp-beme]

The somewhat nice thing about cards in the D381 set is that they depict the unvarnished truth about the player's appearance. But sometimes this approach backfires, as is seen in the D381 of Egan. Compare this with the T206 of him, and in this case I prefer the sugar coated T206 version.

Brian

[luciobar1980]

I couldnt disagree more on the 73 Clemente. I think it's an awesome image, especially considering it's his last card and he's in shadow like that. It's almost.. poignant.

The 1958 Brooks Robinson was the fiorst card that came to mind. haha. I mean cmon, seriously Topps??

[mr2686]

These give me nightmares!

[dprendergast81]

Originally Posted by G1911

Here you go:

Seems like it would have belonged on a Garbage Pail Kids card from many decades in the future . That said, I might have to find one of these just because of the photo. I wonder if any of his other cards have photos as bad, sheesh.