Showing posts with label tm Chicago White Sox. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tm Chicago White Sox. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
#46 - Pat Kelly (CWS)
Here, Harold Kelly is known as Pat. I think he was known as Pat everywhere else, too. Pat wasn't a power hitter, popping only 76 homers over 15 years, and his pose here while choking up on the bat shows that he knew the best way to hold the bat for himself. It looks like a loose grip on the bat, as if he were going to spray hit, going wherever the ball is pitched. Even though this is a ballcard pose, he has a determined look on his face. His batting glove is in his back pocket. But judging from his career stolen base numbers, that might very well be his sliding glove, which might possibly explain why he isn't wearing it while holding the bat. He swiped 250 over all.
Kelly played for the Kansas City Royals in 1969, being picked in the expansion draft. The Twins looked like they didn't have a place for him, and an expansion team was perfect to step into an everyday player role. He snatched 40 bags in '69, a career high. Kelly got one chance at a ring, playing with the '79 O's in their seven game loss to the Bucs.
Cartoon: So it was Pat's incredible athletic ability that cracked the bell. Maybe it was from the shotput, and recorded for an AC/DC song.
Ballpark background: Pat is posing at Yankee Stadium on what looks like a cloudy day.
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Friday, October 29, 2010
#22 - Cy Acosta (CWS)
While I remember this card from my youth, I never really made the connection of "Cy" as a name with Cy Young. I'm not sure if Cy is a nickname for Cecilio, or whether there is a reference to Cy Young. If the latter, they picked the wrong guy. He spent only four years in the bigs, with 1973 being his best. The 1974 season would be his last with the Sox, and would only make six appearances for the Phils in '75. He never started a game in his career, and came entirely out of the bullpen. In '73, he appeared in 48 games, finished 42 of them, yet had only 18 saves. I wonder what his role was?
I discovered a few discrepancies between his card and what Baseball Reference has on their website. His
'72 and '73 ERA's BR has as 1.56 and 2.23, along with 60 strikeouts in '73 and 97 innings tossed. I wonder why the difference?
Cartoon: What's a "hopping" fastball? Oh, I get it. It's a two-seamer with four legs and a smile.
Ballpark background: This photo was taken at the Oakland Coliseum. I was able to figure this out mostly because it looks just like it
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