The back of the cards...

[bn2cardz]

A spin off from the t205 thread where it was brought up that it is nice having little bios and stats on the back of cards. It got me thinking of interesting and or funny tidbits found on the cards that you wouldn't neccesarily find about a player looking online or reading bios about the player written today.

One that makes me chuckle like a little boy hearing the word Fart is this statement from the back of the t207 Woodburn card:

"Woodburn is prone to wildness and on that account has been retarded (I usually stop reading with laughter right there) in his development"


Please share humerous or interesting tidbits from the back of your cards.

[frankbmd]

I always wanted to play baseball as a kid, but after reading this card my enthusiasm for dating was curtailed.

[Ease]

"One of the toughest men in the League to strike out..."
Apparently one of the toughest men to kill too! Wow.

[Thirteen]

The movie The Natural was based on him

at least the shooting part was - not that he was such a phenom like Roy Hobbs was...

Originally Posted by frankbmd

I always wanted to play baseball as a kid, but after reading this card my enthusiasm for dating was curtailed.

[familytoad]

Alright Andy, I'll do it!

I 'm going to read my cards tomorrow and add to this thread...what a GREAT idea for a thread!

My own card would read something like :

"brian was sent back to the minors when he tried to drink a second cup of coffee in the office break room, he should have been on a conference call to debate next year's projects... His low batting average and mediocre ideas should keep him in the Pony League indefinitely"

[bn2cardz]

I know I have seen others on cards I don't own, but I honestly can't remember what they were. An interesting comment from the back of a card that I can't seem to find more info on the incident mentioned in the center panel on this t202:



I would assume that if this incident of Moriarity getting spiked "aroused such wide comment in 2011.." and "materially injured Detroit's chances for the pennant" as the card mentions that I would be able to find more information on the incident and which player is shown doing the spiking. I am sure if I was more dillegent and knew where I could find old copies of Detroit newspapers I could figure it out, but I can't find this info in a quick search online.

So this is another intersting tidbit that I wouldn't really know anything about if it wasn't brought up on this card.

[Leon]

Made me think of the back of this card. For some reason I always remember him as a shifty infielder after I read it.

[bn2cardz]

Originally Posted by Leon

Made me think of the back of this card. For some reason I always remember him as a shifty infielder after I read it.

I like that last sentance on that card "They never catch him with that eternal smile wiped off"

I tell my wife that reading the back of cards allows you to know more than you can know if you were reading about the players in books or online because it gives you a snap shot of what people thought at the time the player played. This card back embodies this thought with my favorite line from that card:
"They never catch him with that eternal smile wiped off"

You would never get that he was always smiling and "shifty" if you just read his stats on Baseball Reference.

[slipk1068]

I don't remember where I read it or the exact quote, but Ty Cobb commented how that goofy grin on his face made him want to bunt. He would get thrown out every time he tried it.

[conor912]

Originally Posted by bn2cardz

"Woodburn is prone to wildness and on that account has been retarded (I usually stop reading with laughter right there) in his development".

Hahahahaha. Classic.

[Exhibitman]

Nice idea for a thread; I don't think enough attention is paid to card backs.

I always liked this one expounding on the depth of Connie Mack's involvement in forming the modern game:

[bn2cardz]

Looking at his stats now you wouldn't talk about Sam Jones as being one of the foremost pitchers, yet someone thought he was when they wrote about him and his no hit, no run game in 1933.

[Leon]

Collecting the different backs in series can be a whole subset of collecting. It is one I have been involved in, and enjoyed, from almost my first experiences of collecting as an adult...

[frankbmd]

Originally Posted by Leon

Collecting the different backs in series can be a whole subset of collecting. It is one I have been involved in, and enjoyed, from almost my first experiences of collecting as an adult...

Leon, you couldn't have said it better.....and its better to grade them yourself.