Get Your Squint On

Ed Romero, 1990 Bowman

GUYS THIS IS THE CARD THAT GOT ME INTO COLLECTING BASEBALL CARDS.

ED ROMERO STANDING AROUND.

LIKE A PIMP.

"C'MON MIKE. COLLECT CARDS LIKE THIS. IT'S EXCITING!" IS WHAT HE IS TELLING ME WITH HIS EYES.

CHECK OUT THE BOWMAN DETAIL.

ROCKIN' THE TIGHT RAINBOW BORDER WITH THE MINISCULE WORDS, GET AT ME, DOG.

EVERY BOWMAN CARD EVERY MADE WAS EXACTLY LIKE THIS.

"KILL 'EM WITH CONSISTENCY." -- BOWMAN

"AND BOREDOM." -- CRITICS

PFFT AIN'T TRYING TO HEAR DAT!

YOU THOUGHT THE FRONT WAS DOPE? CHECK OUT THE BIZ-ACK, PLAYA:

MICROSOFT EXCEL SPREADSHEET.

HOLD UP, LEMME GET MY READING GLASSES.

I AM 11, DON'T HAVE ANY.

GET YOUR SQUINT ON!

CHECK IT OUT, ED ROMERO PLAYED THIRD BASE BUT SOMETIMES HE PLAYED SECOND BASE.

WHY NOT PLAY EVERY BASE WHILE YOU'RE AT IT? (JOKE.)

ONE THING THAT'S BEEN BUGGING ME FOR A HOT MINUTE: HOW MANY WALKS DID ED ROMERO HAVE VERSUS THE REDS IN 1989?

NOT APPLICABLE!

NOW I CAN SLEEP.

ED ROMERO SLUGGED .000 VERSUS THE PIRATES IN '89, KEEP IT IN YOUR BACK POCKET FOR TRIVIA SEASON.

THE CARDINALS COULDN'T STOP ED ROMERO, THEY COULD ONLY HOPE TO CONTAIN HIM.

THEY SORT OF CONTAINED HIM.

ED ROMERO'S FULL FIRST NAME IS EDGARDO, NOT EDUARDO AS IS POPULARLY THOUGHT AMONGST ED ROMERO FANS.

I FOUND THAT INFORMATION ELSEWHERE, DIDN'T FIT IN THE CHART.

IN 2007, ROMERO WAS THE FLORIDA MARLINS' MINOR LEAGUE INFIELD COORDINATOR.

WHOSE GONNA COORDINATE THE INFIELD LIKE EDGARDO?

"NOBODY." -- KEITH SWEAT

"HEY SHORTSTOP, PLAY SHORTSTOP!"

"GROUNDSCREW, THIS INFIELD NEEDS MORE DIRT!"

COORDINATE THAT ISH, PLAYA!

LIKE A PIMP.