Another Mess Of Dubs

I did some well-overdue organizing the other day, sorting a few hundred cards I've gotten over the past couple of months and putting them where they belong. In the process I turned up a fair amount of duplicates I was previously unaware of. Like before, I'm going to post them here so Backstop, Underdog, and whoever else can claim whichever ones they need... That Eichelberger card above is one of my favorite cards ever, period. That huge chopstache he has going on, along with that uni- everything about it just clicks.

Don is the least known of the three Reynolds brothers in baseball. Larry is a player agent and I'm pretty sure you know about Harold... I'm not a big fan of '88 Fleer; it just seems so, um, disposable I guess. But any card of Goose Gossage is a good card so it all evens out.

Here are a few worthless cards from sets I like. You can't go wrong with '93 Upper Deck or mid-80s Topps.

It's worth noting that Topps got Cory Luebke's first name right after calling him Corey on his Gold Futures card. As for '90 Donruss, I consider it the kudzu of collecting. It's everywhere and you can't get rid of it.

More kudzu but this time it's Bip so you know it's going somewhere. Cedric Hunter doesn't have quite as much of an underground following but he is still kicking, signing with Cleveland in November. To date he has one Major League hit, a single in four at bats spread out over six games for the 2011 Padres.

Yep, more of 'em. Moving along...

Okay, that Whitson is the last one of those. I swear.

And finally, a few more slabs of junk wax from twenty-some years ago. I hope somebody has a use for some of these. If you're one of those somebodys, just let me know.

All 24 Of The 24s For The 24th

There have been 24 men who have worn number 24 for the Padres. Walt Hriniak was the first and Chris Krug also wore it in 1969. Jerry Nyman and Jim Williams had it in '70, followed by Leron Lee from '71 through '73. Joe McIntosh in '74 and Ken Reynolds in '76 were succeeded by Dave Wehrmeister from '76 through '78. Dan Briggs donned it in '79, as did Luis Salazar in '80 and '87. Dave Edwards had the 24 in '81 and '82, followed by Champ Summers in '84, Dave LaPoint in '86, and Jerald Clark from '88 through '92. Current hitting coach Phil Plantier wore it in '93 and '94. Roberto Petagine had it in '95 before Rickey Henderson in '96, '97 and again in '01. Mark Langston in '98, David Newhan in '99, and Joe Vitiello in 2000 wore it in Rickey's absence. San Diego-born Aztec alumnus Alex Palaez wore it for all three games of his career in '02, follwed by another San Diegan, Brian Giles from '03 through '09. Mike Baxter had it in '10 and Cam Maybin has held it down since we swiped him from the then-Florida Marlins. I hope to see it between Tony's 19 and Winfield's 31 in his honor fifteen or so years from now.

The Brothers Clark

I posted a pair of Jerald Clark cards for Mustache Monday a couple weeks back; here's one of him naked faced. It's fairly common knowledge that Jerald's younger brother Phil also played for the Padres; the two just missed being teammates with Jerald's last season with the Friars being 1992 and Phil's first being '93. What I didn't know was that they have a middle brother, Isaiah, who played six minor league seasons for four organizations, his last being 1990. He spent one year in the Padres system, as an extremely light hitting third baseman for Single-A Riverside in 1989. Isaiah was also the only of the three who didn't continue his career in Japan; his 1990 CMC card is posted over at the always awesome and informative The Greatest 21 Days blog.

Mustache Monday: Three Guys, Six Cards

One mustache just wasn't enough today. All of today's cards are from the '80s- well, both of the Clarks are from 1990 sets but they still count since the photography and stats are from '89. The other two guys were around before I was a fan. Perkins played his last game in brown and gold three weeks after I was born, going on to finish his career with two years in Cleveland. Poor guy. He looks like a pretty affable dude so I'm sure he made the best of it. Turner was gone before too long as well. He was released in July of '83, half a season into his second stint with the Friars. He signed with the Phillies but never played in the Majors again. As for Clark, he was around from 1988 through '92. He then went on to spend a single season each in both Colorado and Minnesota.