Sports Just Someone Else’s Sentimentality
posted by on March 14 at 7:16 AM
Down in my basement is stored a small yet cherished sports card collection left over from my childhood. This was my favorite:
In the late-70s Ralph Kiner said, “Two-thirds of the earth is covered by water, the rest by Garry Maddox.” When I was 11 years old, I wanted to look like Garry Maddox, instead I looked like this:
In the mid-’70s, Topps Chewing Gum humanized NFL players by including personal trivia along with seasons played, yards gained, touchdowns scored, etc, on the back of their football cards. In the days before multi-million dollar salaries some of these factoids were pretty mundane: “Joe sells insurance in the off-season,” “Bill lives on a ranch in Montana.” But none in my collection is less remarkable than New York Jets cornerback Ed Taylor’s:
I remember one card that said "Jeff is an all-American boy" in the trivia section.
that is some facial hair. On Garry, of course...
I have that garry maddux card as well, it is crazy seeing that first thing out of a nyquill coma.
I love this post. But then again I'm nostalgically sentimental. Sentimentally nostalgic?
I think Garry Maddox is going to be hard to top for Freaky Friday, and it's not even nine.
ugh, the breeder boys and their hero athletes - sublimated jock strap desires
as towel boy I do remember every detail of several years, yum
and the locker room odor, minute by minute, from stale to showers of hot water, soap, and pissing
gaze at your cards and yearn
Ed Taylor was a pot head.
Look What It Did To Watt!
"Speakin As A Child Of The Seventies..."
The kids of today should defend themselves...
My prized posession is a Roberto Clemente card that I lifted from my uncle while he was passed out on our couch.
As a Phillies lunatic, I gotta say,that Maddox card brings it back.
I think you were kinda cute there, Dougie!
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