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Whats the best/interesting/funniest description you ever seen on the back of a baseball card.
I know there was 1952's topps card that said the player worked as a gas station attendant in the off season that i thought would be unusual to put on the back of a card.. i wonder if that guy was member of the gas house gang.. |
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Dal Maxvill was an electrical engineer and worked as one in the off season. That was on one of his cards.
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1980 Topps Football JIm Langer Card; Jim enjoys Drinking Beer.
And Topps were targeting 10 year old boys in those days?? |
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1980 Topps Football JIm Langer Card; Jim enjoys Drinking Beer.
And Topps were targeting 10 year old boys in those days?? |
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thats funny..but budweiser probably a sponser
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1964 Topps Dave Bennett rookie (Phillies) card: "this 19 year old fire-baller is just 18 years old).
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I am going with the 1970 Pedro Borbon.
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The 1954 Paul Minner I just won in the raffle says that Paul declined to fight a batter last season to protect his new $200.00 set of teeth!
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I borrowed this from another thread
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That last one is hard to beat, but here is my attempt.
1989 MLB Umpire Set Standard questionnaire responses on card backs. Frank Pulli's response to 'No one knows I'm' - Blind Several others answered - 'Sensitive' or even 'Very Sensitive' John Shulock said no one knows he's 'Really a nice guy' Bob Davidson said that no one knows he's 'Intelligent'
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. "A life is not important except in the impact it has on others lives" - Jackie Robinson “If you have a chance to make life better for others and fail to do so, you are wasting your time on this earth.”- Roberto Clemente |
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I love this one:
![]() Trull played up to and including 1969, while Blanda played though 1975.
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"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke "It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled." - Mark Twain |
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Read Dave Bennett's bio:
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My favorite:
1969 Topps Test - Bowie Kuhn Check out his eyes, batting and fielding records. Not very PC at all!
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Memorex or Photoshop? I guess from my childhood, I liked some of the ones in Topps Big Baseball, but can't remember any specific one.
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My favorite is from the 1941 Play Ball card of Harry "Gunboat" Gumpert. It says: "harry did not set the baseball world on fire last year. At times he wasn't very good....."
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Holy crap, I can't believe a card maker would really write that. The poor guy's family must have been so excited about his being on a card...until they read the back. Sy Berger once said in an interview that the hardest part of his job was trying to find something nice to say about a lousy player for a card back: "What can you say -- 'This guy stinks'?" Apparently, at Gum, Inc., the answer was "yes." I can't see that on the back of my Gumpert card; it has this instead:
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Here's a funny bio on Lou Brock's 67 Topps, proclaiming his defensive prowess.
While Lou came up in 62 as a CF, and played mostly RF in 63, in 1964 and 65 and 66 he was almost exclusively in left field. And I don't ever recall him being considered an outstanding thrower or defensive wizard. Am I wrong on this? |
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1955 Bowman Eddie Waitkus - number 4.
"In 1949, I was shot by a deranged girl...... the girl who helped me so much is now my wife." I will try to post a scan tomorrow. |
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52 topps also waitkus
"shot by a crazed girl and was close to death"
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Here is the Waitkus
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Here is another pre-war card - the back of the T205 Addie Joss is interesting (but not funny)
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They say a picture is worth a thousand words!
Cheers, Patrick |
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The 1976 Laughlin tribute to the Indianapolis Clowns has a number of great backs (and fronts). This is far and away my favorite, due in great part to sharing the same name. If you have an extra copy, I am always buying this card.
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This has to be one of Robert Crumb's contributions
durring his time with TOPPS .... great card , wonder if it gets special notation when graded . Ken |
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Too early-Crumb was there in '65
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I think O'Toole's tool might have been done by Irwin Hasen, who did the 54 and 55 cards at least, possibly more.
Last edited by toppcat; 11-05-2014 at 10:32 AM. |
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You may be right toppcat .
As far as I've been able to find out , Crumb didn't work at topps till 1965 . Ken |
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