Torve proud to be answer to No. 24 trivia

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Sunday Applesauce
Published 8/10/2008 by Eric Simon at Amazin' Avenue
... Nice article about Kelvin Torve, who was called up to the Mets in 1990 and was promptly issued Willie Mays's #24. That lasted about a week, before a flood of calls and e-mails crying sacrilege convinced equipment manager Charlie Samuels to give Torve a new number. Of course, Rickey Henderson was given Mays's number 1999, but Torve will always be a footnote for wearing it in between. ...

Hüsker Dü? Huskers Do.
Published 8/11/2008 by Paul Lukas at Uni Watch
... I’d never seen this uniform until I stumbled across this series of real photo postcards.” … Do you know what the Boston Cannons have in common with the Dallas Cowboys? (More to the point, do you even know what sport the Boston Cannons play?) Look here (with thanks to Travis Holland). … We’d previously seen USF’s new road jersey, but here are the homes. Lots more pics in this gallery. … Kelvin Torve will forever be the answer to a trivia question (with thanks to Alan Kreit). … Lots of game-used ...