OT player who looks the least like an athlete

[Peter_Spaeth]

I'll start here.

[brianp-beme]

Leard definitely needs more practice in the batting cage.

Brian

[commishbob]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

I'll start here.

Same set, same team

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[brianp-beme]

Here's a couple who could have almost been tools of ignorance brothers.

Brian

[mantlefan]

I guess the late 50's was the time for these guys:

WHAMMY!

[Peter_Spaeth]

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[Peter_Spaeth]

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[rhettyeakley]

I always thought there was never a player that looked less athletic than Eddie Collins as depicted in his W575-2 card. For one of the best 2nd Basemen of all time just imagine how good he would have been had god given him shoulders!

I don't have a scan handy but here he is...
https://www.psacard.com/cardfacts/ba...collins/302601

[tedzan]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

I'll start here.

Hey guy,

I resent you picking on a guy that played for a semi-pro league in my hometown, George Alusik.

George was a tall (6'3") skinny guy, who could hit the ball a long distance. And, was a very good Outfielder.
His claim to fame was when he played for the KC A's, Alusik hit HR's in five consecutive games. A record he
held with the A's for 44 years until it was finally broken by Frank Thomas (playing for the A's) in 2006.


TED Z

T206 Reference
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[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by tedzan

Hey guy,

I resent you picking on a guy that played for a semi-pro league in my hometown, George Alusik.

George was a tall (6'3") skinny guy, who could hit the ball a long distance. And, was a very good Outfielder.
His claim to fame was when he played for the KC A's, Alusik hit HR's in five consecutive games. A record he
held with the A's for 44 years until it was finally broken by Frank Thomas (playing for the A's) in 2006.


TED Z

T206 Reference
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Ted, he looks like he would be far more comfortable with a slide rule than a bat lol.

[sycks22]

Need I say more?

[pclpads]

Could pass for Crazy Guggenheim at a charity BB game.

[HercDriver]

Two N54 guys talked their wives into letting them go to Fantasy Camp...

[KCRfan1]

That pic of Bartolo is hilarious! Thanks for thhe laugh Pete!

[Yastrzemski Sports]

Kruk said it best.

[oldjudge]

Anyone who has a cheeseburger tattooed on his chest has a rotund physique in his future.

[Huysmans]

I'm surprised no one mentioned the most obvious example...
Ruth

Like most, I love the Babe, but if you showed anyone a photo of Ruth from the later part of his career, and they didn't know who he was, and then proceeded to explain his accomplishments and lofty status... I'm betting they would think you're pulling their leg.

[packs]

From the current player spectrum Matt Albers doesn't look like any kind of athlete I've ever seen.

[ALBB]

Good ole George passed away recently, would see him all the time watching us play softball

[vintagetoppsguy]

If we're talking any sport, then John Daly wins hands down. Look at that gut and the cigarette hanging out of his mouth.

[brianp-beme]

Hack Wilson was more tank than athlete.

Brian

[h2oya311]

Originally Posted by HercDriver

Two N54 guys talked their wives into letting them go to Fantasy Camp...

And Topps was nice enough to get their names reversed...oops!

[CobbSpikedMe]

I'll put CC up against John Daly for the tie. He looks like he's about to have a heart attack.


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[Bigdaddy]

Originally Posted by CobbSpikedMe

I'll put CC up against John Daly for the tie. He looks like he's about to have a heart attack.

CC always looks like he's out on the mound wearing his pajamas.

[CobbSpikedMe]

Originally Posted by Bigdaddy

CC always looks like he's out on the mound wearing his pajamas.

He does, doesn't he? I always say he looks sloppy out there.

[perezfan]

Hard to believe he was a top-notch reliever in his day... I think his ribs are poking through the Jersey in the second image.

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[Throttlesteer]

Tony Gwynn and Prince Fielder would make my list

[71buc]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

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It must be the glasses? Bob Veale was a very large intimidating (6'6"" 212 lb) athletic guy. He was considered to be one of the hardest throwing pitchers of his era. He was also recruited by the Harlem Globe Trotters.

[byrone]

Nobody mentioned Guido Grilli?

As mentioned in "The Great American Baseball Card Flipping, Trading and Bubble Gum Book"

[judsonhamlin]

Can someone post an M116 of Doc Scanlon? Ringer for Wiseguy-era Jonathan Banks, yes. Professional athlete? Not so much.

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by judsonhamlin

Can someone post an M116 of Doc Scanlon? Ringer for Wiseguy-era Jonathan Banks, yes. Professional athlete? Not so much.

Your wish is my command. There is another player in M116 that looks like a real egghead...if someone knows the player I am referring to, post an image of that one.

Brian

[brianp-beme]

I found him...the M116 of Jack Lapp.

Brian (my apologies to all eggheads out there)

[Leon]

Sitting on the job doesn't look like a baseball player to me.