Monday, September 13, 2021

1976 TCMA Dubuque Packers

 Another Astros farm team. Pitcher Alan Knicely eventually became a catcher and spent several seasons in the majors.

Catcher on this team was Bruce Bochy.

The most interesting cards were those other than the players. Here is manager Bob Cluck; pitching coach George Lauzerique (who was pitcher-coach on his own card; this was his unsuccessful attempt to make a comeback to the major leagues); and GM Steve Greenberg puffing on a cigar.

Here's one of the weirdest cards I've seen.

Front:

Back:
Turns out Harpo is a really interesting person. Blind in one eye and partially blind in the other, he was already, by the time this card came out, possibly the world's leading collector of fluorescent light bulbs. Here is a short film about Hutchinson produced in 2006.




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