Showing off a "rare" beauty

[Scott Garner]

Interesting response about Steve Garvey being so prickly. I never would have guessed...

I've gotten Steve Garvey twice at formal signings that were free. Both times he struck me as interesting and very polite.

About a year ago I engaged him in a brief conversation about his NL consecutive game streak. For those of you that don't know, Garvey holds the NL equivalent of Cal Ripken Jr.'s AL and ML consecutive games played record. Garvey played over 1,000 consecutive games without a break, which is pretty tough to do as an everyday player.

Other than his obvious indiscretions with the ladies (he once impregnated two different women while being married to Cindy Garvey), he always appeared to be PC and at one point was even considering a second career in politics.

It should be noted that one teammate, HOF Don Sutton, hated Garvey and called him a fake. The two of them got into a pretty good fist fight in the Dodgers locker room one day, with both ending up with obvious bruises and cuts.....

[mr2686]

Originally Posted by Scott Garner

Interesting response about Steve Garvey being so prickly. I never would have guessed...

I've gotten Steve Garvey twice at formal signings that were free. Both times he struck me as interesting and very polite.

About a year ago I engaged him in a brief conversation about his NL consecutive game streak. For those of you that don't know, Garvey holds the NL equivalent of Cal Ripken Jr.'s AL and ML consecutive games played record. Garvey played over 1,000 consecutive games without a break, which is pretty tough to do as an everyday player.

Other than his obvious indiscretions with the ladies (he once impregnated two different women while being married to Cindy Garvey), he always appeared to be PC and at one point was even considering a second career in politics.

It should be noted that one teammate, HOF Don Sutton, hated Garvey and called him a fake. The two of them got into a pretty good fist fight in the Dodgers locker room one day, with both ending up with obvious bruises and cuts.....

Yeah I remember that fight. At the time Garvey could do no wrong and my friends and I just hated Sutton for that...now I'm more of a Sutton fan and Garvey is, well, Garvey.

[Fuddjcal]

Here's what Tommy Lasorda had to say about the Two faced idiot....Garvey the cricket player.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rUy9FmzsxY

(talks about Garvey at the 3:30 mark)

[jimtigers65]

If anybody runs into Mr. Garvey remind him that he owes me $5! Back in the early '80's Mr. Garvey was doing a free signing (do that do that anymore?) in Flint, Michigan. Steve graduated from Michigan State and I was a fan of Michigan Wolverines football. The two teams were playing each other the next day. I was wearing a U of M t-shirt that day and as I walked up to Steve he started messing with me about the shirt and said he shouldn't sign for me. Being a punk teenager I told him let's make a bet on the game. He said he would, for all the money in my wallet. Of course I only had five bucks with me. Michigan won the game and Steve skipped town without paying.
I want my $5!

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by jimtigers65

if anybody runs into mr. Garvey remind him that he owes me $5! Back in the early '80's mr. Garvey was doing a free signing (do that do that anymore?) in flint, michigan. Steve graduated from michigan state and i was a fan of michigan wolverines football. The two teams were playing each other the next day. I was wearing a u of m t-shirt that day and as i walked up to steve he started messing with me about the shirt and said he shouldn't sign for me. Being a punk teenager i told him let's make a bet on the game. He said he would, for all the money in my wallet. Of course i only had five bucks with me. Michigan won the game and steve skipped town without paying.
I want my $5!

lol

[majordanby]

Originally Posted by jimtigers65

If anybody runs into Mr. Garvey remind him that he owes me $5! Back in the early '80's Mr. Garvey was doing a free signing (do that do that anymore?) in Flint, Michigan. Steve graduated from Michigan State and I was a fan of Michigan Wolverines football. The two teams were playing each other the next day. I was wearing a U of M t-shirt that day and as I walked up to Steve he started messing with me about the shirt and said he shouldn't sign for me. Being a punk teenager I told him let's make a bet on the game. He said he would, for all the money in my wallet. Of course I only had five bucks with me. Michigan won the game and Steve skipped town without paying.
I want my $5!

accounting for inflation, he owes you approximately $14!

[chaddurbin]

from all the stories i've read about his post-career dealings he's not a good guy. this card does nothing for me just because he refused to sign it, there are a million of garvey autos that i can buy for dirt cheap...his sig is not a rarity, and i don't see any beauty in it.

[yankeeno7]

Originally Posted by chaddurbin

from all the stories i've read about his post-career dealings he's not a good guy. this card does nothing for me just because he refused to sign it, there are a million of garvey autos that i can buy for dirt cheap...his sig is not a rarity, and i don't see any beauty in it.

Of course many set and player collectors have a very differing opinion. But hey, its not an item for everyone, like him or not. Thats the great thing about our hobby....some people see the beauty in things that others scoff at.