Sometimes, Monday rolls around after a long and fulfilling holiday weekend and you wonder how you'll ever get back into the grind. It's dark, it's rainy, you're drawing a blank on Christmas gift ideas, and you know that you should squeeze in a workout but you just don't feel like it.That's when you go back to basics and scan a simple, classy card with a photo of an uncomfortable-looking Earl Weaver kneeling in foul territory down the third base line in Memorial Stadium. It seems cruel to have Earl kneel - as if he isn't short enough already? Speaking of little things (sorry, Earl), if you click on the image to enlarge it, you might be able to make out "WEAVER" written on the flap of his cleat. I dig it. I also wonder if the skipper is reaching for a pack of smokes in that right hip pocket, but that's neither here nor there.
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ReplyDeleteEarl+Memorial Stadium+sweet striped stirrups. What could be better?
ReplyDeleteThis one made my day.
Bob - Glad to be of service. :)
ReplyDeleteweaver had a little pocket sewn into the inside of his jerseys for his smokes. no pants pocket for his ciggys to get crushed.
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look at the square next to the #4 on his jersey. there they are. even in fashion, he was a couple moves ahead of everyone else.
Max - I think I'd heard that before. Maybe it was the lighter he kept in his pants ;)
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