You can generally categorize the funniest looking baseball cards into categories. You have your "guys with strange props" like Glenn Hubbard's snake, (which recently got its own bobblehead), Mickey Hatcher's giant glove, Bip Roberts' sombrero, Doug Drabek's furry hat and Jay Johnstone's umbrella hat (Fleer always seemed willing to push the envelope). Rex Hudler … [Read more...]
Arkansas Collector Gets Signed Cards of Glenn Hubbard — 16 1/2 Years After They Were Mailed
It took 16½ years, but Dale Case finally got those autographed baseball cards of former major-league infielder Glenn Hubbard he sent through the mail. But don’t blame the Postal Service. In fact, give an Arkansas mailman an assist. Case, 52, the principal the past six years at Visual & Performing Arts Magnet School in Jonesboro, Arkansas, used to mail baseball cards … [Read more...]
Offbeat Poses Set These Baseball Cards Apart
Poses for baseball cards have been relatively tame through the years. In the 1950s and ’60s, stilted shots of players swinging a bat, or throwing or catching a ball, were commonplace. Mug shots of players were a dime a dozen. Those gave way to action shots by the 1970s. But there have been those baseball cards that have caused collectors to pause and say, “What?” Strange poses … [Read more...]
Glenn Hubbard ‘Snake’ Card to Get Its Own Bobblehead
The Lexington (KY) Legends, Class A affiliate of the World Series champion Kansas City Royals will honor one of the more famous (or infamous) baseball cards of all time this coming season. The Legends are having a bobblehead made of Glenn Hubbard’s 1984 Fleer card, on which the second sacker has an eight-foot boa constrictor draped around his neck. The famous photo … [Read more...]