VintageTube: Old school Astros endorse old school Burger King
Big League Stew —
The sign behind a clean-shaven Phil Garner and Alan Ashby asks, "Aren't you hungry?" To which those Texans sitting at home undoubtedly said: "No sirree, at least not after seeing those sissy uniforms and the picture of that there Whopper. I will, however, take one of those $9.99 Izod shirts. And any leftover Return of the Jedi collectible glasses y'all may have." Follow the jump check out Jose Cruz pitching Whataburger to the Spanish-speaking population in Houston. Muy caliente, indeed!
Morning Link Dump - Kayla, Adam Scott, Metal, Vintage Ads
TheScore.com Blog —
Obligatory Sports Babe Kayla here was COED's girl of the day the other day, and while she doesn't appear to have anything to do with sports, she's wearing a UCLA shirt and she looks like this, so I think you'll agree that ... who cares? Adam Scott Is Better Than You Golf.com is reporting that, just a week after Australian golfer Adam Scott was seen doing whatever it is you do on the beach with tennis star Ana Ivanovic, he's now been spotted at a resort in Hawaii with actress Kate Hudson. Huh? This guy? Oh. Well, OK, maybe that makes sense-- swoon! ...
Follow-Up Roundup
Uni Watch —
I recently spent some time going through old reader contributions that I’d meant to follow up on but never got around to. Without further ado:
ITEM: I’m fascinated by the phenomenon of untucked jerseys (not counting hockey, natch). The most famous examples are the White Sox and Marquette; less well known is DePaul. About a year ago I asked if anyone knew of other examples, and I got two responses (which I never posted because I was hoping to get more, but that never happened): Tim Murphy sent me several shots of Cal State Fullerton from the early 1980s, and Michael ...
Youtubin’ at the Yard
Bugs & Cranks —
A new column wherein your humble author surfs around on Youtube for baseball-related items and embeds them on Bugs and Cranks, html-style. For my very first trick, an Astros commerical found via UniWatch:
Nice to see Phil Garner kickin’ it old-skool in the Rainbow Guts jersey. Andy Ashby co-stars in this delightful Burger King commercial. This was back in the days when you could get a Whopper for 50 cents (probably…I actually am not entirely sure how old the commercial is, but I like the idea of 50 cent Whoppers). I’d pay for that wristband, too.
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Bad uniforms schill for the best burger joint
Diamond Hoggers —
Burger King has always been the best fast food burger, bar none. Agree or disagree? While $.50 Whoppers are delightful, Alan Ashby needs to be told that pitchers don't wear wristbands. Even in the 80's that wouldn't fly. Fun fact: In this video along with Ashby is Glenn Davis. As a very, very young kid I used to hold his baseball card next to Eric Davis and wonder if they were brothers (hadn't learned that whole same last name, no relation thing yet). After some years, we have learned that Glenn Davis (porn stache) and Eric Davis (Reds OF), are of zero ...
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