Roger McDowell

Madding of "Cards on Cards" speculates that the fire that Mickey Hatcher was putting out was set by notorious pranskter Roger McDowell. If so, it would just one of many odd things Roger has done on cardboard. He has also:

- taken the water hose to Wrigley Field fans


- used a disposable camera with two super soakers aimed down his pants


- stolen teammate Lee Mazzilli's gloves while playing for the Mets


- ignored a kid's request to autograph his Mets program after they traded him to the Phillies


- and, his favorite, sucked on a lollipop while wearing a bandana.


Roger is a red, white and blue blood graduate of Lasorda U.

Dr. Dirt, Mr. Clean, and Dennis Mannion

Another fun card from 1991 Donruss that came from Rich is "Dr. Dirt and Mr. Clean," featuring the clean-cut Dale Murphy (who now hosts an anti-steroids website) and the down and dirty Lenny Dykstra (now a stock trader) in a posed publicity shot for the Philadelphia Phillies. (Because it is a team's photo, it is the only card in the set without the Donruss logo).

Interestingly, Donruss admits that it was a publicity shot, even thanking the Phillies, specifically Dennis Mannion.

Who is Dennis Mannion? Not the photographer, as I would have guessed, but the Phillies marketing executive who gave Donruss the permission to use the shot. He is now the Chief Operating Officer of the Los Angeles Dodgers. He also likes the Dave Matthews Band, Brooks Brothers aftershave, Grey Goose, Ben & Jerry's, and Denver Nuggets’ remixed music (combing techno and classic rock). I am not making this up.