Worthless Baseball Card Collection
Worthless Baseball Cards is a feature of Joe Sports Fan written by Josh Bacott. This is an ongoing article that he writes. For more cards check out their website. They will also be contributing to the Stool.
For reasons unbeknownst to his teammates, Chris Sabo required that his wife and two daughters wear Rec Specs at all times, despite the fact that none of them had vision problems.
Pete Vuckovich once ate a baseball like an apple to intimidate the opposing batter.
Pete Ladd made a living during the 1987 offseason as the stunt double for Weird Al Yankovic in the movie UHF.
In 1987 John Henry Johnson's hair was determined to be three times stronger and more durable than the traditional batting helmet.
George Wright went on to be wildly successful in the 80's rap game when he ditched the curl in favor of a high fade and reverted back to his childhood nickname, Big Daddy Kane.
Jay Baller exploded onto the National League scene in 1989, using the Cubs V-neck jerseys to help run away with the league lead in chest hairs.
In 1987 Bob Walk lost out to Charles Bronson for the lead role in Death Wish 4: The Crackdown.
Though he lobbied hard, Mike Laga's attempt to change the Cardinals uniforms from red to what he called "hard pink", was unsuccesful. Laga's pink jersey has since been retired to his basement wall.
On July 12, 1986, Glenn Wilson set a personal best by going from clean shaven to full beard in under 2 hours.
Lee Tunnell is credited with creating the first MLB Dungeons & Dragons club of which him and teammate Sixto Lezcano were the only active members.
In 1989, Steve Jeltz submitted a formal request to the League to wear a helmet on the playing field in order to protect his prize winning jheri curl. It was denied.
In 1988, during an on-field brawl between the Indians and the Red Sox, Sammy Stewart was beaten mercilessly by both the Red Sox players and his own teammates.
In 1981, Enrique Romo was sued by reliever Al Hrabosky for trademark infringement when Romo began referring to himself as the "Mad Hispanic". Without the gimmick, Romo's career fizzled quickly.
In 1988, the Baltimore Orioles were forced to revert to traditional uniform pants when the button on Floyd Rayford's elastic waist band rocketed into the crowd and injured three fans.
In August of 1984, after noticing unnatural movement in his pitches, umpires searched Glenn Hubbard and ejected him when they discovered a 250 lb Burmese Python hidden in his glove.
Vern Ruhle set a major league record on September 7, 1983 when he struck out 17 batters and tossed a complete game two hitter after defecating in his pants.
Moments after the representative from Fleer had taken this picture, Kelly Paris became enraged and smashed $20,000 worth of camera equipment with his bat, claiming that the photographer "never told him to say cheese."
In 1990, Greg Gross was placed on the 15 day DL after the extreme tightness in his baseball pants resulted in his left leg going without blood for over 4 hours.
In 1984, Jeff Burroughs was placed on the 15 day DL after straining his hamstring during a hand to hand brawl with a 4,000 lb Grizzly Bear in his backyard. The Grizzly did not survive.
In 1987, the Major League commissioner deemed it illegal for Bryan Clutterbuck to play centerfield, as the intense reflection radiating off of his albino skin was creating a distraction to the opposing hitters.
On May 30, 1988 Atherton was forced to sit out the game and was disciplined by Indians manager Doc Edwards after eating an entire tube of eye black that he found on the dugout floor.
Lavalliere was infamous for throwing crazed locker room tantrums whenever the pre-game clubhouse buffet did not include McDonald’s Sausage and Egg McMuffins.
Rick Camp once crippled a man over an argument about a half full can of Camo XXX Malt Liquor
Leyland was certain that the idea for his team to take the field wearing 36-inch stove top hats as part of their uniform would result in a significant spike in Pirates merchandising revenue. He was wrong.
Luzinski made headlines in 1985 when it is believed that he became the first player in history to request the bullpen car to drive him to first base after he earned a walk.
When this picture was taken, Ken Phelps was thinking about clowns.
An obscure clause in Tom Nieto’s 2-year contract with the Montreal Expos required the team to provide the catcher with his own personal eyebrow wrangler.
Dick Pole did not think that his name was the least bit humorous.
Jamie Easterly never understood why people were under the impression that baseball players had lots of sex with groupies.