Card fact: This is the Undisputed King of all "dude looks like a lady" cards. An absolutely classic card.What I thought about this card then: One of my friends had the mini card and we thought this guy was a freak. The regal look. The long mane flowing behind him. We found it quite disturbing.
What I think about this card now: You see a lot in 30 years time. The photo doesn't disturb me anymore. Heck, I think Timmy Lincecum might have him beat.
Other stuff: I always wanted Simmons to get more attention than he did. Everything was Johnny Bench this and Johnny Bench that. But Simmons was about as fine a hitting catcher as you will see. If it wasn't for the last few seasons of his career, he would have hit .300 lifetime, which isn't easy for a catcher.
Back facts: Simmons had 619 at-bats in 1973 and 599 in 1974. The vast majority were when he was catching, rather than playing first or elsewhere. I wonder if anyone talked about him wearing down as the season went along like they do with Russell Martin.Other blog stuff: I know purple-pink is a favorite for the color combo that appears most in this set. But right now it is far behind orange-brown. We'll see what happens when the MVP subset arrives, though. There are purple-pinks all over the place then.
4 comments:
Oh man...don't get me started on my Ted Simmons mancrush. Loved the guy. My friends have long grown tired of my whining about the lack of respect he has gotten. I still hope eventually the Veterans' Committee puts Simba in the HOF where he belongs.
I always like Ted. I have some of his earlier cards and he always seems to have that same semi-serious look about him.
In 1973 he had 61 walks too...that is a lot of ABs. How do you think the backup catcher was feeling about his playing time?
More longhairs from the 70s right here (including a guy who looks alot like Lincecum):
http://reallybadbaseballcards.blogspot.com/2014/02/hippie-freaks_2977.html
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