One year ago today, I posted a Bip Roberts card as a shout-out to my then-brother-in-law Corey who is, you guessed it, a big Bip fan. With February 10th being of absolutely no significance otherwise, I nonetheless declare today, and all February 10ths to follow, Bip Roberts Day. Hear hear!Here is your annual Bip Roberts Day batch of Bip links:
- RWF of I Heart Halos! profiles his three favorite on-card autographs (Baseball Outside of Anaheim Edition). including a Vegas Stars Bip.
- Thorzul urges you to Reach Out And Bip Someone.
- Baseball Card Bust profiles Bip's '93 Fleer as a member of the Reds.
- LA Times article from 1990 about Bip struggling with his father's drug addiction and another from the NY Times one year later.
- Steve Is Alive humorously highlights Bip in the first of his "Athlete Spotlight" series.
The Bipster!!!
ReplyDeleteI saw him hit a bases loaded walk off grand slam when I was in Jr High. Hmm, looking at baseball-reference, it seems like that might have been in 95, which was well after Jr High for me. Stupid brain.
Isn't there some sweet youtube clip of a Reds clubhouse brawl that happened the day Bip was traded there? I think it might have been between the wild thing and their manager. The two guys are duking it out and the Bipster is standing to the side with a "What have I gotten myself into?" look on his face.
Hooray for Bip Day!
ReplyDeleteHooray for Bip indeed!
ReplyDeleteDude i've been trying to get in touch of you for a couple weeks now.
Finally i remembered this website and I realized that still miss bip.
So some of what I posted didn't make it on that post.
ReplyDeleteAnyways I sent you an email 3 or so weeks ago and had a weird text message conversation with someone who had one of your old numbers.
So get at me
Nothing beats Bip on cardboard. A true legend...at least in my collection.
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