What a card: Buddy Bell really went out with a bang with the Rangers in 1984. In his last full season with Texas, he .315 with a career-high on-base percentage of .382 and came close to career marks in several other categories.
My observation on the front: This is card number 9 of a Ranger in the wonderful red jersey. These cards rule.
More opinion from me: Bell is one of those players that was first hitting the majors when I was first learning the game. I feel a connection with those players and it seems like they should never be old.
Something you might know: Bell is one of four three-generation (grandfather-father-son) families in baseball as the middle man between father, Gus, and son, David.
Something you might not know: Bell grew up in Cincinnati (where his dad played) and didn't live far from future Reds owner Marge Schott. He used to cut across her lawn (unbeknownst by Schott).
My observation on the back: It seems odd to see David Bell's name mentioned casually with the other kids' names. (If David had as much success as his father, it'd be even more odd).
The blog wants to speak now: The Ballgames category is updated.
2 comments:
Great work as always.
Slight correction on a technicality: There are 5 three-generation families.
Bell, Boone, Coleman and Hairston are straight 3 gen.
Schofield, Schofield, Werth are not grandfather, father and son, but still 3 generations.
I restricted it to grandfather-father-son because I didn't want into get into the Schofield-Werth explanation.
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