The front: The white wall with the metal wiring looks like the Yankee Stadium dugout.
The back: An unnecessary apostrophe in Blue Jay's. I guess that makes this an error card.
The player: This is a final tribute card for Lemanczyk, who retired after the 1980 season after an 8-year career. His best season was 1979, when he was an All Star for the Blue Jays. He went 8-10 with a 3.71 ERA, but suffered through some injury problems that he was not able to fully bounce back from.
The man: For many years he has owned a baseball academy in Lynbrook, NY, only a mile or so from where I live.
My collection: I have 11 of his cards, from 1975 to 1981. I would be interested in trading for 1979 Bubble Yum Blue Jays #NNO.
If I remember my grammar correctly, the apostrophe is necessary since it notating something belonging to the Blue Jays, the club record. However it should have been after the s in Jays since it is a pluralize word ending in s. I could be wrong though...
ReplyDeleteTechnically it could be "set a Blue Jays record" or "set the Blue Jays' record". But you're right that the apostrophe could work, but it would need to be after the "s", not before.
DeleteA. The whole apostrophe thing to show possession of a word already ending in "s" has always confused me.
ReplyDeleteB. Had to look up the 1979 Bubble Yum Blue Jays. Wasn't familiar with it and was hoping there would be an early Stieb card (there wasn't).