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wickedflea ([personal profile] wickedflea) wrote2004-09-25 10:15 pm

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People never believe me when I tell them that this guy was a real player in the major leagues.

[identity profile] scottcrawford.livejournal.com 2004-09-25 07:18 pm (UTC)(link)
And check him out, signing autographs for his legions of fans...

[identity profile] scottcrawford.livejournal.com 2004-09-25 07:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Hey, I wasn't at any White Sox games in '81.

[identity profile] wickedflea.livejournal.com 2004-09-25 07:29 pm (UTC)(link)
My first thought was, hey, that's not an '81 card! But then I thought, yeah, I guess pictures for '82 cards would have been made in '81. So I'll give you the benefit of the doubt that you know your stuff. =)

[identity profile] scottcrawford.livejournal.com 2004-09-25 07:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Once in a blue moon, they go earlier than previous season, but mostly, they go with those shots.

Of course, this is a far cry from when they'd paint portraits of the players (I had Gerry Dvorak, who painted the '53 Topps set, as an art teacher briefly...).

[identity profile] faerywren.livejournal.com 2004-09-25 07:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Seems like a prime candidate for a visit to a name changing attorney.

[identity profile] scottcrawford.livejournal.com 2004-09-25 07:32 pm (UTC)(link)
No way! I mean, how many people can really say that their name is "Rusty Kuntz"? It's like Gibby Haynes named him or something. Within that name lies POWER.

[identity profile] faerywren.livejournal.com 2004-09-25 07:39 pm (UTC)(link)
It's like Gibby Haynes named him or something.

Sort of like that NASCAR driver Dick Trickle. If you can be comfortable, and not to mention famous, with a moniker like that, more POWER to ya!

[identity profile] wickedflea.livejournal.com 2004-09-25 07:56 pm (UTC)(link)
LOL, I'd forgotten about Dick Trickle. Probably the only racecar driver I could root for.

[identity profile] faerywren.livejournal.com 2004-09-26 12:31 am (UTC)(link)
I don't know that I could ever root for anyone in NASCAR, but he'd certainly have my 'sympathy support'...You know his ass got so kicked in school.

[identity profile] buscemi.livejournal.com 2004-09-25 07:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Hey, I remember that guy! I think I had one of his cards as a kid. (His name is pronounced "koontz", though. ;) )

[identity profile] wickedflea.livejournal.com 2004-09-25 07:57 pm (UTC)(link)
That doesn't make it much better--I've heard people down south pronounce the c-word "koont." :)

[identity profile] buscemi.livejournal.com 2004-09-25 07:59 pm (UTC)(link)
At least his name isn't Cooter.

Berklee

[identity profile] nationofsheep.livejournal.com 2004-09-26 08:22 am (UTC)(link)
There was a teacher at Berklee who wrote a text book that literally all students had to buy at some point. His name was Dick Hymen. He obviously must have done this on purpose. His real name had to be Richard Hymen, but then I guess everyone would have ended up making fun of him anyway. Best to just go with it. But at some point all Berklee students end up walking around with a text book with the author's name emblazoned on the cover in unusually large type for text book "Dick Hymen".

[identity profile] eluzive.livejournal.com 2004-09-26 04:57 pm (UTC)(link)
fantastic.