Sunday, February 22, 2009

Let's build a set and an Open Request to Chuck's Used Cards...

(Update: MAN, the names are rolling in! This is going to be a cool set of cards! Keep 'em coming and thanks to everyone that's taken part so far.. Talk about "Bo Knows!")

Heya, Chuck, could you please send me your address so I can get the football cards mailed out to you? Thanks!!

And, for other readers waiting on cards, I can tell you that I have been a busy bee this weekend working on packages for ya! I know I said there was no time limit or time frame as to when the cards would be sent in your general direction, but my wife INSISTS that it take place sooner than later... :-)

Some of you are also getting more than one package based on the envelope/box/creative packaging I've used to put together your free cards.

As I've been sorting through cards, I have come across several players that have names we might necessarily associate with baseball: Gary Cooper, Kenny Rogers, and others. I think it would be cool to create a "not who you thought" set. Not even necessarily an all-baseball set, either... Let's do all sports!

If you can think of players who have names that can (hopefully, easily, but part of the fun will be obscurity, too) be mistaken for another person, feel free to leave it a comment here. After I get enough to make a 'set' of, I'll enlist help in making a set of cards to commemorate those folks!

I'll start with the two that jump into my brain (I'll update the list as more folks are added). Oh, and if someone else has already done this, I swear, I have *NOT* seen it! (Though in church this morning, it occurred to me that a discussion about this kind of thing did take place recently - I think at Night Owl Cards...)

UPDATE: We're getting a great list together! Please see the comments for individual credit on entries. In the meantime, I've asked for Goose Joak's template so I will start building cards using his template (if he lets me)! It will be something of a "SameName insert/subset" or something...

Not who you expect to see with a name like:

Kenny Rogers (country singer/actor, baseball)
Gary Cooper (actor, baseball)
Michael Jackson (king of pop, football/baseball)
Stephen King (horror fiction writer, football 50's/Seattle sounders soccer)
Mike Myers (actor, baseball) (Thanks White Sox Cards!)
Jim Morrison (singer, baseball) (Thanks White Sox cards!)
Paul Mitchell - Hair stylist
Paul Mitchell - Baseball Player

Bobby Brown - R&B singer
Bobby Brown - Ball Player

Benjamin Harrison - US President
Ben Harrison - Baseball Player

Ethan Allen - Patriot
Ethan Allen - Baseball Player

Bobby Allison - NASCAR driver
Bob Allison - Baseball Player

Charles "Chuck" Berry - musician
Charles "Charlie" Berry - Baseball Player

Ricky Nelson. Mid-'80s player for the Mariners.
Ricky Nelson - '50s rocker/heartthrob

Former Cardinal Mike Tyson.
Mike Tyson - Boxer

Cris Carpenter - late 80's ballplayer
Chris Carpenter - Current ballplayer

Dave Clark (bb and music)
Dusty Rhodes (bb and wrestling)
John Kennedy (bb and President)

Dave Anderson, sportswiter
Dave Anderson, Dodgers

Jack Armstrong, All American boy
Jack Armstrong, Reds

James Baldwin, writer
James Baldwin, White Sox

Daniel Boone, frontiersman
Daniel Boone, Orioles

Milton Bradley, games
Milton Bradley, Cubs

William Brennan, Supreme Court
William Brennan, Dodgers

Brett Butler, comedienne
Brett Butler, Indians

Mike Davis, writer: "City of Quartz"
Mike Davis, Dodgers

Stephen Foster, composer
Steve Foster, Reds

Albert Hall, building in London
Albert Hall, Braves

Willie Horton, criminal
Willie Horton, Tigers

Glenn Hubbard, economist
Glenn Hubbard, Braves

Brian Johnson, special effects for "The Empire Strikes Back"
Brian Johnson, Giants

Howard Johnson, restaurant
Howard Johnson, Tigers

Jeffrey Jones, actor
Jeffrey Jones, A's

James Earl Jones, Darth Vader
James "Jim" Jones, cult leader
James "Jimmy" Jones, Yankees

Joseph Kennedy, JFK's dad
Joseph Kennedy, Devil Rays

Tommy Kramer, Vikings QB
Tom Kramer, Indians P

Richard Lewis, comedian
Richie Lewis, Marlins

Steve Martin, comedian
Steve Martin, Padres (1991 Bowman)

Dick Miller, actor in Gremlins
Rick Miller, Angels

John Mitchell, Nixon's AG
John Mitchell, Mets

Mike Moore, makes documentaries
Mike Moore, Mariners

Gene Nelson, country singer
Gene Nelson, Yankees

Alfred E. Neuman, Mad Magazine
Al Newman, Twins

Paul O'Neill, economist
Paul O'Neill, Yankees

David Palmer, America's first black president (on "24")
David Palmer, Expos

Johnny Ray, 1950's singer
Johnny Ray, Pirates

Jerry Reed, country singer
Jerry Reed, Indians

RJ Reynolds, cigarettes
RJ Reynolds, Pirates

Steve Rogers, Captain America
Steve Rogers, Expos

Bill Russell, Celtics
Bill Russell, Dodgers

George C. Scott, actor
George Scott, Yankees

Michael Scott, the Office
Mike Scott, Astros

Joe Simpson, svengali
Joe Simpson, Mariners

Billy Smith, Islanders
Billy Smith, Orioles

Dave Stevens, Rocketeer creator
Dave Stevens, Twins

Jeff Stone, kid on the Donna Reed show
Jeff Stone, Phillies

Roy Thomas, comic book writer
Roy Thomas, Mariners

Brian Williams, news anchor
Brian Williams, Astros

Randy Jackson, baseball player
Randy Jackson, entertainer/producer

Del Unser, baseball player
Del Unser, race car driver


Send me yours!

8 comments:

  1. Mike Myers (baseball)
    Jim Morrison (baseball)

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  2. Paul Mitchell - Hair stylist
    Paul Mitchell - Baseball Player

    Bobby Brown - R&B singer
    Bobby Brown - Ball Player

    Benjamin Harrison - US President
    Ben Harrison - Baseball Player

    Ethan Allen - Patriot
    Ethan Allen - Baseball Player

    Bobby Allison - NASCAR driver
    Bob Allison - Baseball Player

    Charles "Chuck" Berry - musician
    Charles "Charlie" Berry - Baseball Player

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  3. I don't think it was a discussion at my site, but I do recall seeing it somewhere (I have the fuzzy brain, too).

    Ricky Nelson. Mid-'80s player for the Mariners. But known more as the '50s rocker/heartthrob

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  4. There's always former Cardinal Mike Tyson.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Tyson_(baseball)

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  5. I don't know if this fits what you are looking for exactly but what about late 80's early 90's Cardinals pitcher Cris Carpenter, not today's Chris Carpenter.

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  6. I like this topic. I'll add the following:

    Dave Clark (bb and music)
    Dusty Rhodes (bb and wrestling)
    John Kennedy (bb and President)

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  7. Dave Anderson, sportswiter
    Dave Anderson, Dodgers

    Jack Armstrong, All American boy
    Jack Armstrong, Reds

    James Baldwin, writer
    James Baldwin, White Sox

    Daniel Boone, frontiersman
    Daniel Boone, Orioles

    Milton Bradley, games
    Milton Bradley, Cubs

    William Brennan, Supreme Court
    William Brennan, Dodgers

    Brett Butler, comedienne
    Brett Butler, Indians

    Mike Davis, writer: "City of Quartz"
    Mike Davis, Dodgers

    Stephen Foster, composer
    Steve Foster, Reds

    Albert Hall, building in London
    Albert Hall, Braves

    Willie Horton, criminal
    Willie Horton, Tigers

    Glenn Hubbard, economist
    Glenn Hubbard, Braves

    Brian Johnson, special effects for "The Empire Strikes Back"
    Brian Johnson, Giants

    Howard Johnson, restaurant
    Howard Johnson, Tigers

    Jeffrey Jones, actor
    Jeffrey Jones, A's

    James Earl Jones, Darth Vader
    James "Jim" Jones, cult leader
    James "Jimmy" Jones, Yankees

    Joseph Kennedy, JFK's dad
    Joseph Kennedy, Devil Rays

    Tommy Kramer, Vikings QB
    Tom Kramer, Indians P

    Richard Lewis, comedian
    Richie Lewis, Marlins

    Steve Martin, comedian
    Steve Martin, Padres (1991 Bowman)

    Dick Miller, actor in Gremlins
    Rick Miller, Angels

    John Mitchell, Nixon's AG
    John Mitchell, Mets

    Mike Moore, makes documentaries
    Mike Moore, Mariners

    Gene Nelson, country singer
    Gene Nelson, Yankees

    Alfred E. Neuman, Mad Magazine
    Al Newman, Twins

    Paul O'Neill, economist
    Paul O'Neill, Yankees

    David Palmer, America's first black president
    David Palmer, Expos

    Johnny Ray, 1950's singer
    Johnny Ray, Pirates

    Jerry Reed, country singer
    Jerry Reed, Indians

    RJ Reynolds, cigarettes
    RJ Reynolds, Pirates

    Steve Rogers, Captain America
    Steve Rogers, Expos

    Bill Russell, Celtics
    Bill Russell, Dodgers

    George C. Scott, actor
    George Scott, Yankees

    Michael Scott, the Office
    Mike Scott, Astros

    Joe Simpson, svengali
    Joe Simpson, Mariners

    Billy Smith, Islanders
    Billy Smith, Orioles

    Dave Stevens, Rocketeer creator
    Dave Stevens, Twins

    Jeff Stone, kid on the Donna Reed show
    Jeff Stone, Phillies

    Roy Thomas, comic book writer
    Roy Thomas, Mariners

    Brian Williams, news anchor
    Brian Williams, Astros

    This is fun!

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  8. This set is a great idea. I can't think of any off the top of my head, but I'll hopefully be able to come up with something.

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