This Week in Baseball Cards: June 11

After some time off (my fault, not his), Bo Rosny is back!  And with that...here's Bo with This Week in Baseball Cards.

A very interesting piece on the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League a couple of weeks ago. I thought the league disbanded after the war. I had no idea that it was still active as late as 1954. A few years ago there were some cards put out with some stars of the league.

Here is one with former Rockford Peach star Ruth Richard.

Less interesting was an entire post about a man in Washington who painted “I heart Bryce Harper” on his wall. I guess that’s newsworthy because that’s usually something little kids do on oak tag, not adults on their wall?

Finally, there is going to be a “football” game at Wrigley Field this summer. Twenty years ago the Mets played football in Wrigley and managed to block their own kick.

And remember, gang, you can check out Bo's daily insights over at his site...Baseball Cards Come to Life.

This Week in Baseball Cards: May 31

I get it, the internet isn't for everyone, but c'mon...let's not fight about baseball.  That said, here's Bo Rosny with This Week in Baseball Cards.

Recently, Jon Hamm agreed to act in a movie about the pitchers from India signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates. If one of the producers names seemed familiar to you, it should. That Mark Ciardi is the same one you have seven doubles of from your 1988 Topps set.

And now, back to the aforementioned "fight".  There was a bit of a Twitter flare-up this week as High Heat Stats, a site that highlights obscure baseball statistics, found my “Top Ten Ugliest Baseball Players” list offensive.

This in the same week that The Hall of Very Good posted Collin Grundstrom’s naked butt and called Sammy Sosa a zombie!

I’m the kind of stubborn jerk that if you tell me one list is offensive, you better believe the next one will be twice as offensive.

Maybe next month I’ll do “Scandalous things you did not know about the guys on your baseball cards”. For example, did you know that Lee Tunnell, that dorky looking guy from your 1986 Topps set who looks like he could only get a woman if he paid for it, was in fact busted for soliciting a prostitute in 2009?

And remember, gang, you can check out Bo's daily insights over at his site...Baseball Cards Come to Life.

Top Ten Ugliest Baseball Players

Let's face it, not all baseball players are destined to be named Sexiest Man Alive by People or make a GQ's Best Dressed list.  Some are destined to be, well...not.

Frankly, it's lists like the one below follows that really help you get through the day.  And feel better about yourself.

Today, I present to you, from the warped mind of super card collector (and Hall contributor) Bo Rosny...the Top Ten Ugliest Baseball Players.

10.  Rob Mallicoat
That tiny mustache isn't helping anything.

9.  Rafael Ramirez
He should never be allowed to open his mouth. Ever.

8.  Ralph Citarella
Another one who can’t keep his mouth closed. And are his eyebrows shaped?

7.  Johnny Dickshot
His nickname was "Ugly". Also a candidate for the Great Sports Name Hall of Fame.

6.  Jeffrey Leonard
Nicknames got more creative by the 1980s. His was "Penitentiary Face".

5.  Willie McGee
If there was a Hall of Fame for ugly he would be a first-ballot HOFer.

4.  Aaron Harang
The first zombie in the history of Major League Baseball.

3.  Andy EtchebarrenYou don’t have to grow a Johnny-Damon like beard to look like a caveman.

2.  Don MossiEven if his ears weren’t as big as dinner plates, he’d still be one of the ugliest ballplayers of all time.

1.  Tyrone Hill
He’d be a good-looking guy if not for that eye.

As always you can follow Bo over at his site Baseball Cards Come to Life.

This Week in Baseball Cards: April 26

A week after it was revealed that Brian Wilson got a Johnny Cash tattoo this past off season, the San Francisco Giants clsoer underwent season ending surgery on his bum right wing.

In true Wilson fashion, he hit Twitter and posted the following.

Surgery was perfect. Borrowed ligament from my ol' pal Sasquatch. Only side effects: hairy arm and I talk like a wookie

In honor of The Beard's new tattoo, and the fact that he now has plenty of time to get more tattoos this year, let’s play a game of “match-the-ballplayer-to-the-tattoo”.

Eric Hinske, Atlanta Braves

Jason Giambi, Colorado Rockies

Scott Spiezio, Retired

And remember, gang, you can check out Bo Rosny's daily insights over at his site...Baseball Cards Come to Life.

This Week in Baseball Cards: April 11

You remember the story of Michael Schlact, right?  Of course you do.  Here's Bo Rosny with This Week in Baseball Cards.

The Southern Maryland Blue Crabs pitcher has personalized his baseball glove with his Twitter handle.  Pretty neat.  If they had Twitter years ago, we may have seen gloves with monikers like the one below.

Jason Quarles (@jrocktheshock)

Charlie Hayes (@ball2ear)

Danny Sheaffer (@hind_snatcher12)

Yes, those really are the Twitter handles of some former pro ballplayers. So, ladies, remember to watch your behind while Danny Sheaffer is around.

And remember, gang, you can check out Bo's daily insights over at his site...Baseball Cards Come to Life.

This Week in Baseball Cards: March 30

Music, museums and, well, Jose Canseco?  It's time for Bo Rosny and This Week in Baseball Cards!

Kenny Loggins’s son Luke pitched the Dos Pueblos Chargers to victory this past week, crediting his relaxed attitude to the fact that they were playing Winnie the Pooh in the ballpark, which I guess give him something in common with my ten-month-old daughter.

Time will tell if he will one day be the best Loggins to ever play professional baseball. Right now that goes to former Royal Mike Loggins, who played over 300 AAA games but never made the Majors, and is apparently unrelated to the singer.

So Ichiro Suzuki’s parent’s cleaned out their son’s room and instead of having a garage sale, they opened up a museum with all of his childhood stuff (including his retainer!). It’s pretty cool knowing he had a toy TIE fighter as a kid, which makes this card even cooler.

Meanwhile, Jose Canseco’s ex-wife is going to be on a reality show called “Hollywood Exes”. This is the only way his name gets mentioned in the same breath as Prince, R. Kelly, Eddie Murphy and Will Smith.  So what’s the former playmate up to now? She’s a commercial tattoo specialist.

That sounds impressive, but remember that her ex-husband might have been a nuclear physicist (yes, the card below ACTUALLY says that!) if he hadn’t been an athlete.

And remember, gang, you can check out Bo's daily insights over at his site...Baseball Cards Come to Life.

This Week in Baseball Cards: March 23

Do you think Jamie Moyer, pushing 50 and still a viable candidate for the Rockies starting rotation, is shaming some 40-year-old whipper-snappers who were thinking about retirement? 

Here's Bo Rosny with This Week in Baseball Cards!

First Chipper Jones says he was “kidding” when he was talking about retirement and a week later...he was done.

Now Andy Pettitte has come out of retirement to rejoin the Yankees.

Another guy of the same age group who probably feels embarrassed is former Rangers pitcher John Dettmer. Not because he’s retired...he hasn’t pitched in the majors since sporting a 27.00 ERA in 1995. No, it’s because Dettmer’s alma mater, Missouri, lost it’s opening round NCAA game, busting the brackets of quite a few Major Leaguers!

And remember, gang, you can check out Bo's daily insights over at his site...Baseball Cards Come to Life.

This Week in Baseball Cards: March 16

The San Diego Padres did a really nice thing by donating over 11,000 Little League uniforms to various teams in the local area. Here’s Bo Rosny with a look at some former Major Leaguers in their old Little League duds.

Here’s former Toronto Blue Jay Tim “Crabbie” Crabtree in a brown uniform that looks a lot like those of the Padres in the late 1970s.

Former Cincinnati Reds infielder Calvin “Pokey” Reese is shown here in his Piggly Wiggly uniform.

Finally, this little hotshot is Brett Butler, who played for the Braves at age eight in 1965 and at age 26 in 1983.

And remember, gang, you can check out Bo's daily insights over at his site...Baseball Cards Come to Life.

This Week in Baseball Cards: March 7

There's really nothing more to say other than...it time for toilets and Telemacos.  Here's Bo Rosny with This Week in Baseball Cards!

This week it was revealed that the Yankees take their official pictures in the bathroom. So that picture of Alex Rodriguez on the back of your baseball card was probably taken a yard away from a toilet.

And that game-used wood card of Gary Sheffield, whose gone from terrorizing journeyman pitchers to representing them? Yeah, that’s probably not from a bat, just from a block of wood they found under a urinal.

Finally, legendary Cubs broadcaster Harry Caray would have turned 98 this past week. Whenever I think of him, I think of him saying the name “Amaury Telemaco.” Apparently I’m not the only one.

And remember, gang, you can check out Bo's daily insights over at his site...Baseball Cards Come to Life.