The front: Hanging out at the batting cage. The red seats
make me think this might be Milwaukee? Anyone know who the hatless Royal is
behind him?
The back: They don’t mention that LaCock made the last out
of that ALCS, with the tying run on second base.
The player: This is LaCock’s “final tribute card”. He played
in Japan in 1981 but this was the end of his big league career. A solid but
unspectacular “fourth outfielder” type.
The man: His father, Ralph Pierre LaCock, took on the name
“Peter Marshall” and had a long TV and movie career, most notably as the host
of Hollywood Squares for sixteen years. His aunt Joanne Dru (Joan Letitia
LaCock) was a movie actress in the 1950s, including a starring role in the
Dizzy Dean biopic The Pride of St. Louis.
After his playing career he went on to a long career in coaching. He has
competed in numerous charitable events, including over 50 triathlons. He
donated bone marrow to a Hodgkins lymphoma patient in 2002; his wife is
executive director of the Mid-America Chapter of the Leukemia and Lymphoma
Society in the Kansas City area. He currently serves as a special consultant to
the Zinger Bat Company.
My collection: I have eight of his cards, ranging from 1975
to 1981. I would be interested in trading for his 1976 Topps card, #101.
I never knew his father was a game show host - that's pretty cool!
ReplyDeleteThus begins my conflict with 1981 Topps. Burnt orange for the Royals? Ugh.
ReplyDeleteI always assumed that that was Dave Chalk in the background.
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