Who is the man: Joe Moeller had appeared in a career high 31 games -- 19 of them starts -- in 1970. He would enter his final season in the major leagues on a high note.
Can ya dig it: Come on now, he's not even trying to disguise the fact that he doesn't really have a ball in his glove.
Right on: Since this is a Dodgers card, I have a few dupes of it. I should see if there is one in better shape than this to slip into the 1971 set binder.
You see this cat Moeller is a bad mother: Moeller is the youngest player in Dodger history to start. He was 19 years and 2 months old when he started in 1962.
Shut your mouth: Moeller took quite a bit of resentment from the rest of the Dodgers during his first year. He was a bonus baby and received more money than some of his teammates had made in four years. When it came to divide up year-end bonuses among the players, Duke Snider said Moeller "doesn't need it. He already got a big bonus." Moeller received just a half-share.
No one understands him but his woman: Moeller was an archery champion as a youngster, but he hated the sport because his father made him practice every day until dark. Moeller finally asked his father if he could quit archery if he won a national title. His father agreed. Moeller won the junior national title, and never picked up a bow and arrow after that.
(A word about the back): Moeller had cards as far back as the 1963 set, yet he was only 28 when this card came out.
Here is my favorite Joe Moeller card.
ReplyDeleteThe first 1971 card I ever had. The card has "JH" on the back -- the initials of the kid across the street who fleeced me in a trade for it.
ReplyDeleteI remember first seeing this card and thinking it might be as valuable someday as similar looking cards from Dodger pitchers past like Don Drysdale and Sandy Koufax. Spoiler: I was wrong.
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