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Stars in unusual uniforms at the end of their careers.
I am starting a set of stars who are depicted on cards wearing "unusual" uniforms during the last 1 or 2 years of their pro careers.
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Juan marchical on dodgers, carlton on minn i think he was..ricky henderson dodgers/padres..
Last edited by 1952boyntoncollector; 07-11-2023 at 02:03 AM. |
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Griffey in a White Sox uniform is always jarring. I do appreciate that both he and Ichiro went back to Seattle to finish their careers.
It was also weird seeing Hideki Matsui in Angels, A's and Rays jerseys to end his career. |
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i wonder how many teams have 2-5 Hall of FAmers that played for them but only for their last year of their career.... |
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I love this idea! I've thought about putting together a subset like this in the past as well. Here are some that come to mind...
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Killebrew
Last edited by Jim65; 07-11-2023 at 12:56 PM. |
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88. Traidorous
The feeling of treachery you get when seeing pictures or cards of an all time great dressed in the uniform of a rival team he was dumped off to in the twilight of his career.
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Not Post 1980s but this is one of the few images of Ruth in his final uniform:
Last edited by packs; 07-11-2023 at 02:44 PM. |
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Posted a 3.39 ERA in 71 innings for the Giants.
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Thanks for the contribution to this set idea!
Here's another three: Last edited by CA Esq; 07-11-2023 at 05:45 PM. |
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Played 9 games for the Dodgers after the Angels got rid of him, but he was a Dodger earlier in his career and good for them then.
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Here's another pile of alternate realities...
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Boggs on the Rays is always weird.
This one always gives me a double take as well when I see a Cards pic - Oh, and some of the all-time members -
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Joe D. in an Oakland A's uni....
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You aren't kidding...wow! https://www.mlb.com/news/joe-dimaggi...land-a-s-coach
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Not the end, but Piazza in a Marlin uni, although didn't he play for the Padres too at the end?
Willie Davis as a Cardinal/Padre Al Oliver as a Dodger/Giant/Blue Jay/Philly Vizquel as a Blue Jay, have a nice Topps Archive buyback auto card signed in BJ uni.
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Four HOFers played for the Royals. One (Brett) for 21 years. The other three (Cepeda, Killebrew, Gaylord Perry) for one year each.
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The Mets had 5 HOFers play their final season in NY, Richie Ashburn, Gil Hodges, Warren Spahn, Yogi Berra and Willie Mays
Last edited by Jim65; 07-27-2023 at 02:44 AM. |
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Tried to post the ‘64 Duke Snider, no luck on my phone
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Got you.
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Bath Ruth with the Braves
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No card as far as I know, but there is a Giants Snider photo.
Makes me cringe when I see it.
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Deon Sanders with the Syracuse Sky Chiefs
Last edited by CA Esq; 07-30-2023 at 01:36 PM. |
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Jerry Rice with the Denver Broncos. (I do not think he ever played a regular season game with the Broncos, just pre-season.)
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This one threw me off a bit...
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Bobby Doerr with the Toronto Blue Jays as their hitting coach!
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How about these two:
Sent from my SM-S918U using Tapatalk Last edited by OhioLawyerF5; 08-09-2023 at 02:06 PM. |
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Winfield probably had more cards than plate appearances as a Cleveland Indian in 1995.
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Thome ended his career with the Orioles, but getting their mid season meant he has very few cards as an Oriole.
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Basketball big men in some odd attire...
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Had no idea Doc Gooden pitched for Houston or that Patrick Ewing played for the Magic. So those were very weird.
Don't have a pic but Mike Piazza as an A always seemed bizarre. Saw that Frank Thomas and Eric Karros ended there as well so they were all about retiring the stars of the 90s. |
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I had to buy this Bubble Yum set especially for the Doerr when I found out about it.
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I can't believe Dave Winfield let them put a photo up of him in a bunt pose.
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I love this one
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If you know the backstory, I don't think this one applies...
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Dwight Evans as a Baltimore Oriole always throws me.
Not a HOF caliber player, but I've met former Red Sox catcher Rich Gedman a few times...the last time he was signing autographs and someone presented him a card of him as a member of the Houston Astros. I said "Oh wow, I forgot you played for the Astros." His reply? "Me too.".
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Since we're talking about players whose final seasons were with teams fans wouldn't associate them with, I thought this would be of interest.
Bobby Abreu played his final season with the Mets. I don't have a card showing him as Met - I don't know if one exists - but I was at his last game in 2014, and after his final Major League at-bat the Mets put a graphic on the scoreboard thanking him for 18 great Major League seasons. I thought that was weird, because 17 of those great seasons were against the Mets.
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Waite Hoyt
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Spahn
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And the companion 1965 Met. He played in only 4 games for them.
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my collection pin
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Threads such as this one are great for helping lower my rarity score on immaculate grid .... just have to make sure that the player actually played a regular season game (IE Jerry Rice, Broncos).
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The Penguin in A's green.
Card was released after his mid-season retirement. |
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