CLOSED...1971 Topps Progressive Auction - Day 10

[HercDriver]

Day four is upon us, so let's see what we can drum up. A lot of people remember Bob Robertson for famously missing a bunt sign in the World Series, and propelling them to a victory over the Orioles with a huge home run in Game 3. Robertson can probably be excused for that, seeing as how he'd never bunted, and was playing on Astroturf...not exactly bunt friendly. I'm guessing Danny Murtaugh got over that missed sign pretty quickly. Earl Weaver hated missed signs, it's been said, but I'm guessing that's the one he hated the most. Bill Sudakis's card says he was a catcher, which was a bad experiment for the Dodgers, with Sudakis only throwing out 2 of 32 runners. Maybe he gunned down the Reuschel brothers on a double steal in a game against the Cubs, or something. Chico Salmon was famous for having no hands, to which Jim Palmer named an award for him, honoring "the player with the fielding prowess that had the deftness of a rhinoceros knitting." But when I look at Chico Salmon on baseball cards, the only thing I ever think of is the great Met, Chico Escuela. I will always remember laughing at SNL when I was a kid, as Chico was giving excerpts about his tell-all book "Bad Stuff 'Bout the Mets," with quotes like "Ed Kranepool - he once borrow Chico's soap, and no give it back." And "Yogi Berra - berry berry bad card player." Classic stuff. Anyway, sorry Chico Salmon, but it's stuck in my noggin forever.