Showing posts with label Rick Cerone. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rick Cerone. Show all posts

May 15, 2013

Cerone Alone


Rick Cerone, 1989 Topps

PUTTING PINE TAR ON MY BAT SO MY HANDS WILL STICK TO IT.

LA DI DA DI DA ... THERE'S TWO HITS IN THIS BAT I CAN FEEL IT.

WHY YOU LOOKING AT ME LIKE THAT?

WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM BRO I'LL BE FINISHED WITH THE PINE TAR TOWEL IN A MINUTE DAMN.

PEOPLE BE LOOKING AT ME WEIRD ALL THE TIME HERE.

WHAT YOU'VE NEVER SEEN A HANDSOME VETERAN BACKSTOP BEFORE?

TAKE A PICTURE IT'LL LAST LONGER ACTUALLY DON'T OR I'LL BREAK YOUR CAMERA SONNY CORLEONE-STYLE.

THAT'S A COINCIDENTAL REFERENCE NOT A STEREOTYPE, OKAY?

JUST TRYING TO BE A LEADER MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS JERK.

FEELS LIKE THERE ARE ENEMIES ALL AROUND ME.

CLOWNS TO THE LEFT OF ME JOKERS TO THE RIGHT LIKE FROM THAT STEVIE WONDER SONG.

NEVER SHOULDA LEFT NEW YORK.

YO YOU GOT SOMETHING TO SAY TOUGH GUY?

DOES THIS LOOK LIKE THE FACE OF A GUY WHO TAKES ANY GRUFF?

I'LL BE FINISHED WHEN I'M FINISHED - THERE'S MORE PINE TAR TOWELS IN THE CLUBHOUSE DAMN.

HAD A DREAM LAST NIGHT GUYS WERE TRYING TO GET ME.

KEEP YOUR FRIENDS CLOSE AND YOUR ENEMIES CLOSER.

JESUS SAID THAT, PRETTY SURE.

WISE MAN.

I'M NOT EVEN SURE WHO MY FRIENDS ARE ANYMORE YOU KNOW?

NEVER SHOULDA LEFT NEW YORK.

WHAT WAS THAT?

DID YOU HEAR THAT?

SOUNDED LIKE SOMEONE WAS CALLING MY NAME, TRYING TO LURE ME INTO A CAVE OR SOMETHIN'.

AIN'T GONNA FALL FOR IT WHOEVER YOU ARE!

CAN'T SCARE ME, THESE PUNKS.

I SWEAR IT'S LIKE THEY CAN SMELL THE YANKEE ON ME.

I DON'T EVEN TRUST MY OWN TEAMMATES.

IS SOMEONE BEHIND ME?

























Don't stop, belieeeevin' ... hold on to that feeeeeeeling
/fade to black/


January 21, 2010

The Curious Collation of Rick Cerone


Remember how I droned on and on about collation speculation in Tuesday's post? About how if all went according to the hypothesized 52-pack cycle, I wouldn't get a triple of any one sticker? Well, that was before I opened Packs 57 through 66. Let's get right to the meat of it.

Pack 57: Lenny Randle, Buddy Bell, AL All-Star Jack Morris, Phil Niekro, Carney Lansford League Leader

Pack 58: Rollie Fingers League Leader, Rich Gossage, Johnnie LeMaster, Rick Rhoden, Len Barker League Leader

Pack 59: Jim Bibby, AL All-Star Rich Gossage, Rick Cerone, Rick Manning, Pete Vuckovich

Pack 60: Eddie Murray League Leader, Fernando Valenzuela League Leader, Keith Hernandez, Graig Nettles, Dave Collins

Pack 61: 1981 AL Championship, Roy Smalley, Joel Youngblood, Mike Easler, Lee Mazzilli

Pack 62: Rick Cerone, Roy Smalley, Eddie Murray League Leader, Steve McCatty League Leader, Bruce Sutter League Leader

Pack 63: Joel Youngblood, Tom Hume, Lenny Randle, Steve McCatty League Leader, Steve Kemp

Pack 64: 1981 AL Championship, Bill Madlock League Leader, Joel Youngblood, Mike Easler, Lee Mazzilli

Pack 65: Jim Bibby, Bill Madlock League Leader, Rick Cerone, Rick Manning, Pete Vuckovich

Pack 66: Rick Cerone, NL All-Star Bruce Sutter, Eddie Murray League Leader, AL All-Star Ken Singleton, Bruce Sutter League Leader



Notes.
I honestly don't where to begin. I may have got 16/50 new stickers, but four Rick Cerones? Three Murray League Leaders? Three Joel Youngbloods? And what about the multiple twos: Roy Smalley, Pete Vuckovich, Mike Easler, Lee Mazzilli, Rick Manning, Jim Bibby?

This box went from a hypothesized pack cycle of 52 to a pack cycle of less than four. How did that happen so quickly? When I wrap up the box or complete the album (whichever comes first), I'll have to spend at least a few minutes devising a chart for this box's collation.