HD6...your reign over most known useless information has been threatened

[DerHntr]

an 8 year old knows the names, teams, and positions of all major league baseball players. and the kid appears to be normal. go figure.

unfortunately you will likely have to sit through a commercial first
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/sports/2008/06/21/smith.eddie.richardson.cnn

 

[Afro Dawg]

I don't see what the big deal is here. I feel certain that 20 years ago I coulda named any player in the bigs when I was 8 and I know a lot of people like that. Of course, we were fueled by super stations and the baseball card craze. Now, if this kid can name the starting infield for the '88 Expos, then we've got something.

 

[DerHntr]

hell when i was 8 i was glad to be able to tie my shoes and they were velcro</p>

 

[Todd4State]

C- Nelson Santovenia
1B- Andres Gallaraga
2B- Tom Foley
3B- Tim Wallach
SS- Luis Rivera

I'm not sure if Foley was traded to the Reds that season or not, but I do know it wasn't Casey Candeale.

Somebody can check me at baseball-reference.com

 

[Optimus Prime 4]

I think. I was around 10 when I got big into them, cause I still have the '87 Topps series in a drawer somewhere.

 

[dawgstudent]

that basically priced me out of collecting cards. I think the last year I collected was around 1992. And one time, HD6 told me Dickie Thon was the only blind player in the history of MLB and I traded a Don Mattingly straight up. I was 6 or 7 at the time.

 

[Optimus Prime 4]

how the hell I remember that I don't know.

 

[dawgstudent]

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[HD6]

I sat down to do a little fantasy football prep. Not only was I able to list every starting quarterback, running back, and wide receiver in the league, I was able to do all of the relevant backups. Not only that, I can Houshmandzadeh without really thinking about it. My belief, if I still followed baseball the way I did when I was kid, it wouldn't be much of a problem. So tell Junior, BRING IT.

 

[Optimus Prime 4]

nm

 

[SteelDawg99]

#82 Mr. John Taylor

 

[HD6]

is nothing but relevant backups. Jason Hill, Bryant Johnson, Ashley Lelie, Arnaz Battle, Darrell Jackson. Not a guy on that list worth sniffing.

 

[Brutius]

The 82 (and 81) Donruss sets were low quality and almost worthless. 84 was the first year Donruss had good quality as well as limited production to drive up prices. Then in 89 they flooded every walmart and grocery store and those sets are worth about 3 dollars.

I had a lot of really good baseball cards at one point in my life, but they were stolen from my Suttle hall dorm room. Carlton Fisk rookie, Carl Yaztremski rookie etc. I miss collecting cards but kids these days would rather buy a pack of Yugi-Oh than Topps.

 

[Optimus Prime 4]

The Mattingly, Strawberry and Gooden cards were the best at one time.

 

[Brutius]

The 84 was his rookie. You are right though, at one time the 84 strawberry and 84 mattingly along with the 85 gooden were the most valuable cards.

83 had Tony Gwynn, which was always my favorite.

 

[Optimus Prime 4]

Gwynn, Larkin and for some reason Vince Coleman and Kirby Puckett were guys who I had all of their cards.

 

[Brutius]

but they were in my "good" box that mysteriously disappeared. I do though, have plenty of 1989 Gerald Glass rookie cards.

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

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[HD6]

Bruce is a clear number one. Which doesn't bode well for your boys by the bay.

 

[3000lbchicken]

We were collecting cards pretty heavily back then. Sending cards to the stadiums with self addressed envelopes for them to sign and send back. Most did. Kirby Puckett was the friendliest. He sent back extra signed stuff like wall posters and mags. Mark McGuire, Jose Conseco, George Brett - all ********. They either just returned them damaged or I never saw the cards again.

We started to clean out our attic one summer and hit the jackpot. Tons of Topps cards from the 50's, 60's and 70's. Old Comics like X-Men #2. Baseball America mags. The ****.

included - Willie Mays, Harmon Killebrew, Roger Maris, Micky --- one had Micky, Willie and maybe someone else on it. Can't remember.

All gone now. Sold them like an idiot.</p>