Friday, February 8, 2008

#117 James Steels



Why this card is awesome: Because he's wearing a batting helmet while out for a walk in the lovely, lush country.

Cool stat: Steels had just 11 career RBI, but a lot of them broke ties or brought his team back from being behind.

5 comments:

Mike S said...
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Mike S said...

I had no idea that young Barry Bonds toiled for years in the Padres system. Methinks this is merely a pseudonym.

Luke said...

it's his superhero persona. Mr. Steels!

MMayes said...

1988 isn't all that long ago, but let's transport Mr. Steels' factoid on the back of his card to today's NBA (because baseball players still aren't as low as football or basketball players as a whole). Would they reference James and his wife having a daughter or something like "James pays child support to 7 women for 9 children in a 5 state region."

Luke said...

i hope good ol' James never gets into trouble w/a zoo or Sea World. You know what the headline would be?

"STEELS STEALS SEALS"