What a card: This is the 17th rookie card in the 1985 Traded set. Steve Jeltz appeared in 89 games for the Phillies in 1985 but hit just .189.
My observation on the front: That hair. That IS the mid-1980s. Ready For The World.
More opinion from me: Steve Jeltz, and his career .210 batting average, epitomizes the bad 1980s Phillies teams.
Something you might know: Jeltz is one of fewer than 10 major league baseball players born in France.
Something you might not know: After his career, Jeltz worked a year as a bounty hunter. A family friend asked Jeltz for money to help bail out his son, so Jeltz signed a $5,000 bond. Weeks later the bail bondsman called Jeltz and said the friend hadn't appeared in court, they couldn't find him and Jeltz would have to pay the $5,000. Jeltz found his friend in a matter of hours and the owner of the bail bond company was so impressed, he offered Jeltz a bounty hunter job.
My observation on the back: I believe Rose still is the oldest position player to appear in the Championship Series. The players older than Rose who have since appeared in an LCS (Roger Clemens, Jamie Moyer) are pitchers.
The blog wants to speak now: The Ballgames category is updated.
I will never think of him without thinking of Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz from The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy. Interesting story about his bounty hunter days.
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