Old faces in strange places. Dave Winfield, Ted Williams, Andre Dawson.

Dave Winfield had possibly the best looking checklist card I've ever seen. In the 2nd photo he pretty much defines the "grizzled veteran".

I found it strange that Ted Williams had ever wanted to manage, let alone ending up with Washington.

And Andre just looked out of place in Boston and Florida. Even on those old knees, he certainly didn't embarrass himself though.

Some more fun cards.

 Jeff Conine skips some rope. Why was he never called "Conine the Barbarian?" Heck, he had the bone and everything (see my last post).  I guess barbarians don't skip.

I bet Jack Armstrong didn't have to do this when he was an all star in 1990. Jack switched from the number 40 that he wore in his glory day with the Reds to the number 77 in his stints with the Indians, the Marlins, and the Rangers. Based on his stats in those three seasons, I'm thinking that 77 was about the max he hit on the radar gun.

Randy Myers practices his moonwalk. He should have been practicing ducking, as he got hit pretty hard in his stint as a Jay. Randy made 13.5 million in 1999 & 2000. He pitched exactly no innings in those 2 seasons. He made one appearance for Tacoma in the PCL in 2001. He faced 4 batters, gave up 3 hits (including a home run) and a walk and 4 earned runs.

And the now-retired Trevor Hoffman pisses off some photographer by wasting film on close ups of Tony Gwynn's ass.
No doubt that Trevor was the best former minor league shortstop with an older brother named Glenn who also played in the majors to ever pitch in the bigs.

A little bat work.

I like cards that do a little more than show the standard action shots. These three show players hard at work making sure their weapons are ready for action.

 Ellis Burks give his bat 100% attention.

 Jeff Conine appears to be stroking the bone here.

Whatever Todd Zeile is doing, I'm sure he's doing in a mediocre and workmanlike way, very much like his career.