Southpaw Jim Abbott Documentary

[Dawgg]

It’s on ESPN+. Goddam onion cutters in my house making it hard to watch.

Showalter makes some appearances, as does almost everybody I had a baseball card of in the late 80’s and early 90’s.

Anyway, it was a really good documentary. Worth watching, especially if you were an 80’s/90’s kid that watched him play.

 

[stateu1]

It’s on ESPN+. Goddam onion cutters in my house making it hard to watch.

Showalter makes some appearances, as does almost everybody I had a baseball card of in the late 80’s and early 90’s.

Anyway, it was a really good documentary. Worth watching, especially if you were an 80’s/90’s kid that watched him play.

Do you still have those cards? My 21 yo son is home for the summer and we spent a couple days going through my 20,000 some odd cards from that era and back to the late 60's. Apparently the values have rebounded.

 

[Dawgg]

Do you still have those cards? My 21 yo son is home for the summer and we spent a couple days going through my 20,000 some odd cards from that era and back to the late 60's. Apparently the values have rebounded.

I bet they’re in my parents’ attic. Mine only go back to the early 80’s.

That’s cool they’re getting their value back! Might be worth an archaeology expedition through the attic.

 

[stateu1]

I bet they’re in my parents’ attic. Mine only go back to the early 80’s.

That’s cool they’re getting their value back! Might be worth an archaeology expedition through the attic.

I was rummaging through our attic when I was 10-12 years old and found several boxes of my dad's 66-69 or so with some older ones sprinkled in. It sparked a 5 year obsession in young stateu.

 

[Dawgg]

I was rummaging through our attic when I was 10-12 years old and found several boxes of my dad's 66-69 or so with some older ones sprinkled in. It sparked a 5 year obsession in young stateu.

I tried that at my dad’s childhood home and all I found was a dead mouse’s skeleton.

 

[MSUDOG24]

It’s on ESPN+. Goddam onion cutters in my house making it hard to watch.

Showalter makes some appearances, as does almost everybody I had a baseball card of in the late 80’s and early 90’s.

Anyway, it was a really good documentary. Worth watching, especially if you were an 80’s/90’s kid that watched him play.

I was on an all day drive last Saturday and bored with the usual SXM selections so I flipped on ESPN XTR and must have been simulcasting that. Onions being cut in my car as well.
Funniest part was his telling of getting pissy with the reporter that called him an underachiever (relative to expectations as a Yankee pitcher) after he had repeatedly said he wanted to be known and treated as simply any other pitcher.
They followed that up with the story about the ump that robbed the guy of a perfect game. I've never done audio books but I assume it's similar in helping the miles roll by as you get locked in on the story. Certainly helped my 3 hour shift of driving fly by.

 

[CochiseCowbell]

I tried that at my dad’s childhood home and all I found was a dead mouse’s skeleton.

My father burned or threw his away in the early 70's when he cleaned out the garage around 18 years of age. To him they were childhood collectibles that they'd stick in the bicycle spokes. Never could have imagined they'd have insane value. Thanks, Dad.


ETA: I was also an idiot. I traded an Upper Deck Michael Jordan card to a friends older brother for every Will Clark, and other Giants, cards that I didn't already have. At the time I thought, this basketball legend sucks at baseball. This card is a joke.

 

[stateu1]

My father burned or threw his away in the early 70's when he cleaned out the garage around 18 years of age. To him they were childhood collectibles that they'd stick in the bicycle spokes. Never could have imagined they'd have insane value. Thanks, Dad.


ETA: I was also an idiot. I traded an Upper Deck Michael Jordan card to a friends older brother for every Will Clark, and other Giants, cards that I didn't already have. At the time I thought, this basketball legend sucks at baseball. This card is a joke.

Damn. The thing my son has figured out though is that there isn't much value beyond a perfect 10 rating which is impossible to get.