Wednesday, August 10, 2011

round 2

Some cards from 1966 to 1969:


ryan- lonborg/hargan
cardanathema- patterson/zimmerman
shadytwine- dierker/johnstone
jeff- napoleon/merritt
Posted by moremonkeys138 at 12:26 PM
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5 comments:

  1. Anonymous10 August, 2011 12:42

    Here is my list in order of preference for my pick:
    1. Patterson
    2. Zimmerman
    3. Johnstone
    4. Hargan

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  2. Anonymous10 August, 2011 12:53

    Let's see.....I'll take the Lonborg and Yankee Stadium (Hargan), please.

    Thanks!

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  3. Anonymous10 August, 2011 13:13

    Some really interesting choices, Ted - thanks for the fun! Slow day at work has produced the following:

    Both Hargan and Lonborg were selected as All-Stars in 1967. Unfortunately, neither of them got the chance to pitch in the game. They must have had some no-pressure fun out in the dugout or bullpen together:

    Hargan:
    "Gee whiz, Jim. What do we have to do to get 'ol Hank to put us in the game today?"

    Lonborg:
    "Who knows!? Guess we should win a Cy Young or something. Do you want a hot-dog? I'm making a run....."

    Their AL teammates ended up losing the game in the 15th inning after a walkoff home run by Tony Perez and, wouldn't you know - Jim Lonborg was awarded the AL Cy Young Award (90% of the votes) later that year after going 22-9 with 246 K's. He would 1-hit and 3-hit Roger Maris and the Cardinals (I gotta tie it in to the Yanks somehow) in World Series Games 2 and 5, respectively. Unfortunately, he gave up 6 earned runs in 6 innings in a losing effort in Game 7 on only 2 days rest........to top things off, he injured his knee that winter while skiing and never quite pitched the same again.

    He was probably skiing with that Hargan character!

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  4. moremonkeys13810 August, 2011 13:26

    Ha, yeah, probably. Really interesting stuff there. I actually ended up with a few Longborg cards because I bought some vintage stuff from a shop whose owner was a big Sox fan in the 70's. He actually makes another appearance in this very draft break!

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  5. Pete Socks10 August, 2011 13:33

    I'll take Dierker and Johnstonei

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