tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post5962974363581459175..comments2024-03-27T22:08:10.547-04:00Comments on Night Owl Cards: Card back countdown: #16 - 1988 Scorenight owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673973790245316059noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-43783909708931676982011-01-25T07:41:48.058-05:002011-01-25T07:41:48.058-05:00I love me some Wally Joyner.I love me some Wally Joyner.The Angels In Orderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18266787671936519341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-2162659344463109952011-01-24T16:02:38.382-05:002011-01-24T16:02:38.382-05:00Champagne Season? CLASSIC.
My wife did not grow ...Champagne Season? CLASSIC.<br /><br />My wife did not grow up watching sports and has felt a bit left out of conversations when we have friends over, but she has tried to learn sportspeak. She'll learn catch phrases so that she can trade cliches with my dad or other friends we have over. While watching a basketball game one time a player couldn't hang on to a pass and it shot out of bounds. Someone in our group said of the passer "Oops, looks like he put a little too much mustard on that pass."<br /><br />My wife stared at him with her mouth open and a look of wonder in her eyes before finally uttering "Teach me how to say that."<br /><br />Her reaction to hearing the mustard quote is EXACTLY how I feel about Champagne Season. It's a phrase so bad that it's a show stopper. I MUST learn how to say it in conversation. I GUARANTEE that I'm going to drop that golden chestnut into as many sports discussions as I can this year.Eggrockethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03543338186244288630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-66256634170542715832011-01-24T05:10:29.019-05:002011-01-24T05:10:29.019-05:00Endless supply of '88 Score? How about '91...Endless supply of '88 Score? How about '91 Upper Deck. I'm sure there's a printing press somewhere still spittin' em out!Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04627910006882277261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-49338722856845355062011-01-23T23:48:43.175-05:002011-01-23T23:48:43.175-05:00Never took the time to notice... but damn these ca...Never took the time to notice... but damn these card backs sure are nice. Can't believe how colorful they were for an 80's product.Fujihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00749100861086458307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-58260502718115956642011-01-23T21:17:36.287-05:002011-01-23T21:17:36.287-05:00Ahh, good old Charlie Kerfeld. He was one of my fa...Ahh, good old Charlie Kerfeld. He was one of my favorite non-Dodger players in the 1980's due to the story of him ordering a side of BBQ ribs from the Astrodome concession stand and eating them in the Astros bullpen during an actual game.steeleherehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17413236126581293109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-46070745660144602982011-01-23T19:18:43.014-05:002011-01-23T19:18:43.014-05:00I really like these card backsI really like these card backsMatt Runyonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08386635541020320778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-20944416806862147612011-01-23T17:08:37.150-05:002011-01-23T17:08:37.150-05:00IIRC, the backs were written by a former sportswri...IIRC, the backs were written by a former sportswriter. I think the man used to write for sports illustrated, but I can't for the life of me remember who it was.Donhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16217827063741767040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-82449700504253284502011-01-23T15:59:00.350-05:002011-01-23T15:59:00.350-05:00Little known facts:
- Wally Joyner owned 39 homes ...Little known facts:<br />- Wally Joyner owned 39 homes in his rookie season.<br />- Several teammates rented houses from Wally during the '86 season.<br />- Devon White, Mark McLemore, and Urbano Lugo shared a two-bedroom townhouse owned by Joyner in Irvine.<br />- McLemore was the sole signee on the lease; both he and Lugo were evicted for illegal subletting.<br />- Devon White spent the '87-'90 offseason as property manager at 17 Joyner-owned residences in the Orange County area.<br />- It wasn't until after I typed it that I remembered that White was born in Jamaica.<br />- I was not trying to make a stereotyped statement about the number of jobs worked by Jamaicans.<br />- I guess I did though.<br />- The "homes" comment on the back of Joyner's '88 Score baseball card is not an error.<br />- Only Phil Bradley and Pat Tabler owned more homes than Joyner in the '86 season.<br />- Pat Tabler's nickname around the league was "Slumlord".<br />- Phil Bradley's middle name is Poole.<br />- None of Bradley's league-leading 49 homes had swimming pools.<br />- I deleted my previous comment due to spelling errors, not due to racist comments regarding Phil Bradley's swimming skills.PunkRockPainthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09972225000413322371noreply@blogger.com