So in case you missed it, Upper Deck released their new card for Luis Castillo and the Mets Police have a look at it. It’s not necessarily the worst picture ever, but I’m sure it wasn’t what a little Luis Castillo was picturing his card would look like when he was growing up. But this card got me thinking, what about other bad baseball cards? In my browsing, I realized most bad baseball cards fit into 3 categories: The Serial Killers, the Extremely Emotional, and the Strange.
The Serial Killers: These player are by no means going to go out and kill someone, but looking at them, you kind of get that Jeffrey Dahmer feel. If I was walking home late at night and saw Mike Armstrong and Warren Brusstar looking like this I’d probably have my life flash before my eyes.
The Extremely Emotional: Those pictures of Mariano Rivera and Randy Johnson may quite possibly be the worst baseball cards I’ve ever seen. I can’t imagine these guys sign these cards and give them out to little kids at autograph sessions. John Pacella looks like he just got mad and slammed his hat on the ground and somehow managed to amputate his right leg at the same time. This Ricky Ledee card is literally the cheesiest thing I have ever seen. He looks like a kid posing for a little league team photo. (Just as a note, that is a picture from a Randy Johnson card, the link to the actual card is seemingly impossible to find).
The Strange: Sammy Sosa looks like a missing member of a 90s boy band. Im not exactly sure what is in Jim Leyland’s hat, but this picture is hilarious. I can only hope that we will got more cards like this as new players come up.
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tagged: Jim Leyland, John Pacella, Mariano Rivera, Mike Armstrong, Randy Johnson, Ricky Ledee, Sammy Sosa, Warren Brusstar
