tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post6215923550087512588..comments2024-03-28T13:44:09.103-04:00Comments on Night Owl Cards: Follicle freedomnight owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673973790245316059noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-51875390130833782782012-07-19T19:19:29.023-04:002012-07-19T19:19:29.023-04:00There was a rumor that Rollie Fingers considered s...There was a rumor that Rollie Fingers considered signing with the Reds at one point, but refused because they would not lift the ban on facial hair.<br /><br />Bo mentioned Carl Willis' facial hair on his '87 Topps card. There is also Andy McGaffigan from 1985 Topps. I originally thought it had not been airbrushed, but Googling the image I see that it was.<br /><br /><a href="http://thewritersjourney.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow">JT, The Writer's Journey</a>Jason T. Carterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14315887218461638379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-18232833319990386112012-07-18T16:28:51.867-04:002012-07-18T16:28:51.867-04:00I have a theory on Gullett, Rose and Perez. They ...I have a theory on Gullett, Rose and Perez. They all came back to the Reds later in their career. In fact, they all came back as managers and coaches (Rose as a manager, Perez as hitting coach and a very short tenure as a manager, and Gullett as pitching coach). This an example of excellent career planning. How could they enforce the high standard of no facial hair if they had sinned while in exile?<br /><br />Griffey Sr. bucks that trend a little bit, as he came back as a player and a coach, though maybe that's why he didn't grow it for so long. He thought his encore with the Reds might never actually come!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-81581427555781227372012-07-18T11:08:41.902-04:002012-07-18T11:08:41.902-04:00I was reading something about great baseball musta...I was reading something about great baseball mustaches and Bo Diaz was mentioned. My first thought was - "Bo Diaz didn't have a mustache!" - because my mental image of him is his 1987 Topps card - with the Reds.<br /><br />Incidentally, Carl Willis's 1987 Topps card features him in a Reds uniform with a mustache, b/c it was one of those airbrush jobs.<br /><br />And Jeff Reardon noted when I interviewed him last year that his 81 Topps Traded card features him in an Expos uniform with no beard, but he always had a beard with Montreal. Another airbrush job.Bohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10955725607806692792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-16449479792500278142012-07-18T02:15:14.842-04:002012-07-18T02:15:14.842-04:00Everything was going nicely until I got to that Co...Everything was going nicely until I got to that Concepcion card. It's scary enough without the 'stache.Play at the Platehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14231140141558021698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-38654617178474560552012-07-17T23:05:07.981-04:002012-07-17T23:05:07.981-04:00I think the weirdest look involving the Reds hair ...I think the weirdest look involving the Reds hair policy was when Jeff Reardon joined the team in 1993 and shaved his full beard. It was just so surreal.hiflewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07128126188366882765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-34469790833519169632012-07-17T21:59:58.641-04:002012-07-17T21:59:58.641-04:00LoL on the artists renditions.
i think you'r...LoL on the artists renditions. <br /><br />i think you're right on with johhny b., but i feel concepcion would have rocked a fu man chu "chivo" on that manly chin.Stealing Homehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03818879297909675392noreply@blogger.com