For the inaugural post I present, Otis Junior Nixon. He shares his surname with Richard Milhous Nixon. Happy Presidents Day.
1989 Fleer, Otis Nixon (card #387)
1990 Topps, Otis Nixon (card #252)
1991 Donruss, Otis Nixon (card #626)
One could argue that for this post I could have picked a different president. Or a different Nixon ball player if I had to choose Tricky Dick. Other Nixons I could have used are: Al, Donell, Russ, Trot, or Willard. My blog, I chose Otis.
I had these cards sitting out, hopefully to get signed by Mr. Nixon last week when the Braves' Caravan rolled through town. I didn't make it. Mr. Nixon "who will do some instruction for the Braves in their minor-league system this spring" would have pardoned me.
Please check back in a year to see who's next. Suggestions welcome.
"I am not a crook"
ReplyDelete620 stolen bases suggests otherwise.
Wonder if there was a player named Taft... A heavy hitter, as it were.
ReplyDeleteNixon actually did me a favor. He got me out of Viet Nam early.
ReplyDeleteGotta be a link somewhere between Roberto Clemente and Nixon living at San Clemente.
ReplyDeleteMaybe.