Scott Proctor pitched seven years in the major leagues for the Yankees, Dodgers and Braves. His best season was 2006, when he went 6-4 with a 3.52 ERA, leading the American League with 83 games pitched. Overall in 307 games he went 18-16 with a 4.78 ERA. He kindly answered my questions about baseball cards.
"I do not have any stories about cards of myself other than that my younger kids that weren’t very old when I played see them and think its weird that Dad is on a baseball card. I have collected cards as a kid and still have them to this day. I also was given a storage container from my aunt when her husband passed away. Periodically my two younger boys will pull all the cards out and go through them to look at them. I do not currently collect cards other than I am looking to purchase a Mickey Mantle card to go with a signed baseball that I have in my collection. I would say that I still love the cards of the guys that I admired as a kid. Those would be Greg Maddux, John Smoltz and Dale Murphy. It crazy to think that I collected their cards as a kid and then had some of them as teammates during my career. "
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ReplyDeleteI often wonder how weird it must be for children of big-leaguers to see their dad on a baseball card. Very cool!
ReplyDeleteThat would be strange to collect cards of someone as a kid and then grow up and have those same players as teammates.
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