A Cup of Joe

Name a famous athlete named Joe. The first one that comes to my mind is Joltin' Joe DiMaggio.  Do people still remember him as Mr. Coffee?  I do.  

Here are another handful of Hall of Fame Joe's.

Torre and McCarthy rank #5 and #8 on the list of winningest managers in baseball history.  They led their teams to 4,451 wins.  They went to 15 World Series and won 11.  Of yeah, Joe Torre was a 9 time all-star as a player.

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Another Joe-ish Hall of Famer, Morgan was a 10 time All-Star and 2 time World Series Champion.

I have a couple of football Joe's.   The first Joe that comes to mind is no average Joe by any stretch of the imagination.  Another New York icon, "Broadway Joe" led his AFL Jets to the shocking Super Bowl III win in 1969.

While not as charismatic as Namath, Joe Montana had the more spectacular career, winning 4 Super Bowls in San Francisco.

Who are your top Joe's?

2001 UD Hall of Famers --Hall of Records

The last ten cards in this great 90 card set are called "The Hall of Records".

 

 

Target Markdowns -- 2005 UD All-Star Classics -- Pack 1

The other day I accompanied my wife to the mall.  We stopped at Target where I was happy to find some packs of 2005 UD All-Star Classics marked down to $1.59.  I bought five which I'll post here one at a time.

Sons of Italy Cards -- The DiMaggio's

The Son's of Italy set includes 97 players of Italian descent.  Who are more representative than Joe DiMaggio and his brothers:

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Joe Loves His Bat

Hey, if you hit in 56 straight you'd kiss your bat too!

Blow Out the Candles Nov 25

The Yankee Clipper, Joe Dimaggio was born in Martinez, California on this date in 1914.

"Where have you gone Joe Dimaggio, a nation turns it's lonely eyes to you, woo woo woo. What's that you say Mrs. Robinson, Joltin'Joe has left and gone away, hey hey hey...hey, hey, hey."

The ubiquitous Ben Stein is celebrating his 65th birthday today. I like his humor better than his politics.

Ben Stein comes in at 2:23

2008 Baseball Heroes

I'm a sucker for sets with new cards of retired players. Upper Deck's Baseball Heroes fits the bill nicely. Here are six guys who are truly baseball heroes. All of them were on World Series winners except of course the last who did win 2 MVP's and hit 512 home runs.

#143 Roberto Clemente

#121 Yogi Berra

#18 Frank Robinson

#127 Joe Dimaggio

#67 Al Kaline

#41 Ernie Banks