Who is the man: Bob Humphreys was wrapping up his major league career with this card. He pitched in 28 games with the Brewers in 1970 after being released by the Senators in midseason.
Can ya dig it: Humphreys looks like a grumpus on most of his cards. This is as close to a smile as he showed on seven years of Topps cards.
Right on: Final card right here.
You see this cat Humphreys is a bad mother: Humphreys played for the World Series champion Cardinals in his first full season in the major leagues in 1964. He appeared in one game against the Yankees in that Series, pitching a 1-2-3 inning in the ninth in an 8-3 loss by the Cardinals in Game 6.
Shut your mouth: Humphreys said he learned how to throw a fastball and curve ball as a kid from a pamphlet put out by Wheaties. "There was no coaching," he said. "When I was in high school, we had a coach who was a Spanish teacher. He didn't know squat about baseball."
No one understands him but his woman: Humphreys was told in a 1963 major league evaluation, "you can't make it." He wrote that sentence down in his glove and used it as motivation at the start of a nine-year MLB career.
(A word about the back): "Bob had 3 saves for the Brewers in 1970." ... That's a hell of a lead.
They told him he couldn't make it, no wonder he always looked grumpy on his cards. I like this blog, BTW. Lots of cool information about players I haven't really heard of before. After reading the post on Gil Garrido I pulled one of his cards from my collection and mailed it to him and he signed it. Good stuff!
ReplyDeleteI'm always amazed at how old the players looked back then. He was about 34 when the picture was taken yet he looks around 50.
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