Friday, June 6, 2014

Johnny Podres (#468)

“Hey! What gives? Your 'on-deck' sidebar said that Dean Chance was next in the rotation!” 

Yes that’s true, but I got wind that the "$30 a Week Habit" blog was going to link here tomorrow for his ’59 vs. ’66 card set faceoff, so I wanted to put my best foot forward, in a shameless attempt to curry favor with the voters. (Sorry, Commish!)

Dean Chance was a good pitcher, but the capless/airbrushed 1966 Angels cards are atrocious to look at, so I’m trotting out Pods to save the day. Even though I have already featured his 1967 and 1969 cards on my other blogs, I’ll justify this post by mentioning that this is his final card as a Dodger.


This is my favorite of my 3 Johnny Podres cards, maybe because his sad-dog look is more evident than on his ’67 and ’69 cards, or maybe just because he is pictured as a Dodger. (Podres retired after the 1967 season, and wasn’t in the 1968 set.)
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2 comments:

  1. UnknownSeptember 2, 2014 at 6:12 PM

    I love your blogs! 1965 through 1970 were my sweet spot for childhood collecting and revisiting these cards is like getting together with old friends. I wish Topps would issue reprints of these old sets!

    One thing about Johnny Podres - he didn't retire after 1967. After sitting out '68, he came back to pitch for the expansion Padres! I came up with a trivia question years ago - name the team with a battery (pitcher and catcher) whose names comprise the name of the franchise... SAN DIEGO PADRES! Benito SANTIAGO behind the plate with Johnny PODRES on the mound

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  2. Jim from DowningtownSeptember 2, 2014 at 6:35 PM

    Unknown,

    Thanks for the comments.

    As for Podres, I'm aware that he played in 1969:

    http://1969topps.blogspot.com/2012/01/final-card-johnny-podres.html


    As for 1968, you said "sitting out", I said "retired". It seems like the same thing, because he wasn't on anyone's major or minor league roster that year, nor injured.

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