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Post by Porky's Butthole on Jul 20, 2013 19:59:49 GMT -5
Apparently, this is legit...  |
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Post by thegame415 on Jul 20, 2013 20:19:31 GMT -5
That's amazing if real.
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Post by wildojinx on Jul 20, 2013 20:22:38 GMT -5
Sadly, its faked, there's no #661 in the 1974 topps series (which is where this card supposedly came from).
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Post by tms on Jul 20, 2013 20:49:55 GMT -5
Is that picture of him real, at least? I've never seen a picture of him without facial hair.
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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Jul 20, 2013 20:58:59 GMT -5
Is that picture of him real, at least? I've never seen a picture of him without facial hair. I'm pretty sure that's real. Sports Illustrated did an article about his baseball career around the time he died and included a bunch of old photos. I think that one may have been included. |
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Post by Mac on Jul 20, 2013 21:46:40 GMT -5
The cards fake. They only went up to 660 and after that even the traded set started the #s over. Picture looks legit
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Post by jimmyjames on Jul 21, 2013 1:10:13 GMT -5
I didn't think Randy ever got up to the show, only minor leagues.
I wonder if there are any Randy Poffo cards produced by the minor league teams that might be around?
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Post by jimmyjames on Jul 21, 2013 1:11:35 GMT -5
I notice that this "card" was in a bleacherreport article about Macho Man. Think that's were it came from.
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Post by BigBadZ on Jul 21, 2013 2:20:12 GMT -5
Sadly, its faked, there's no #661 in the 1974 topps series (which is where this card supposedly came from). What?! You mean to tell me that all these cards I just bought are fakes??? DAMN YOU DON WEST!!! |
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Post by RowdyRobbyPiper on Jul 21, 2013 2:38:37 GMT -5
Apparently, this is legit... The first clue for the lack of authenticity should be the elbow drop reference. |
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Post by jason1980s on Jul 21, 2013 7:03:02 GMT -5
A 1993 WWF Magazine, I think May issue with Hulk on cover, had an article on Macho's baseball playing and a few photos were included.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 21, 2013 7:25:07 GMT -5
The cards fake. They only went up to 660 and after that even the traded set started the #s over. Picture looks legit Topps only going to 660 cards that year was my tip-off, too. Funny how I can notice #661 in a '74 set and think "That's not right." (They didn't go higher for a couple of years, when Toronto & Seattle were added to the AL.) If it's legit, maybe it was an insert in a magazine much later on down the line. (The first Sports Illustrated had 9 cards inside of it on a cardboard-stock page, so there is precedence.) |
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Post by Porky's Butthole on Jul 21, 2013 12:52:33 GMT -5
Thanks for clearing that up.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 21, 2013 14:15:56 GMT -5
Apparently, this is legit... The first clue for the lack of authenticity should be the elbow drop reference. To be fair a lot of players have to work on their hitting mechanics which also include lowering or dropping their back elbow. The picture is real at least it was in a WWF mag back in the day. |
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Post by Marty McFry on Jul 21, 2013 16:18:52 GMT -5
He looks like Danny Zukko
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Post by sdoyle7798 on Jul 21, 2013 23:34:03 GMT -5
I thought there was a card from when he was in the Cardinals system? May have just been a picture. EDIT: Yea, it was just a picture...  |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2013 0:54:27 GMT -5
Sadly, its faked, there's no #661 in the 1974 topps series (which is where this card supposedly came from). Damn. Was gonna say, the "dropping his elbow" part was far too incredible to be real. |
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Post by RedSmile on Jul 22, 2013 3:16:02 GMT -5
Apparently, this is legit... I had no idea that Randy's middle name was Mario. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2013 7:11:48 GMT -5
Yeah, in baseball, it would appear a pitch is right down the middle. A batter swings and you think it's gone. But, if he dropped his elbow, the angle of the swing goes upward, resulting in a pop-up.
A elbow that remains raised helps with more line drives and solid hits.
I had that problem in fast-pitch softball. Once I learned to keep the elbow almost level with my shoulder, I became a better hitter.
That, and you could also add Topps only made cards for "major-leaguers" whom had a contract with the company. Minor-leaguers may have had cards, but they were created by the teams for which they played, not by Topps.
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Post by turkeysandwich on Jul 22, 2013 9:08:15 GMT -5
Earlier this year St. Louis Cardinals' announcer AL Hrabosky told a story about when Randy Savage was WWF champion: He was in St. Louis and he wanted to go on the field and take batting practice and talk to some of the guys he had played ball with and against, but Vince wouldn't let him go on the field because there were several ballplayers (most notably Tom Brunansky) that were much bigger than Randy and Vince thought that it would look un-Superstar-like for his WWF Champion to be smaller than baseball players.
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