I had completely forgotten about Bob Montgomery until you posted that baseball card pic. It's all coming back now....he's one of those guys that seemed to come in every single pack. :mad:

I used to peel back the wrapper a bit so I could see the top card in the pack. If I already had quite a few of the top card, I went on to the next. They say it was random distribution of cards, but I always thought of one of the MAD Magazine articles which parodied Peanuts called "Misery is". One of the selections was "Misery is getting a new pack of baseball cards and getting 5 Marv Throneberrys."

I must've been the sucker that bought all those packs you peeked into. :)

Here's another one of those guys that seemed to come in every pack:

http://www.checkoutmycards.com/CardI...17/669/07F.jpg

And then there was THIS guy...
 

Yeah, I used to get this guy in every pack. I must have had a couple of hundred of him. I've lost them all, but it's no big deal - right? After all - we just bought those packs for the high quality bubble gum.

http://www.electro-mech.com/team-spo...ll-cards-1.jpg

You mean you didn't stick those in your bicycle spokes?
http://www.jackiechankids.com/images...ed_bicycle.jpg

And, I thought 26 Yr Gap was showing his age! :)

I'm just glad they did invent the cup. I had a catcher in a spring league baseball game yesterday that hadn't been behind the plate in 3 years. The pitcher bounced a pitch right before the plate, the catcher didn't move to block it, so I blocked it with my cup. Thankfully it worked. After a minute of me "walking it off" and a short conversation with the catcher about doing his job, I was able to get back to work.

Btw, I did call it a "ball". Jump right on in with those comments. :D

I assume the pitch made it "ball three"? If it was "ball four", it's time to call Ripley. :eek:

C. Reggie Smith also wore the insert for Boston, but switched after the Conigliaro beaning.

Ball 2 1/2. :D