Carew 1977 - image included
downgoesfrazier
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It seems to me that Carew's 1977 season is overlooked. Everyone knows Brett hit .390 in 1980 and Gwynn flirted with .400 in the strike-season of '94 and that Ted Williams was the last guy to bang .400, but Carew's 1977 season of .388 seems to float beneath the radar a bit. That was an unreal season for both Carew AND the Twins. Anyway, I was prepping this slide and just LOVE the clarity and lighting on it. I know there are some Carew card collectors here and thought you'd like to see the man just before his fantastic 1977 season...
Here he is in '73 with the cheezy mustache...he looks like The Continental from SNL! Where's his smoking jacket??? Is Killebrew flipping us the bird? You be the judge.
Here he is in '73 with the cheezy mustache...he looks like The Continental from SNL! Where's his smoking jacket??? Is Killebrew flipping us the bird? You be the judge.
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<< <i>Yes, you are the man, Feel better now? >>
What did I miss?
That's about the best portrait pic I've ever seen of Carew!
Sweet.
mike
From one man to another...Rod's a photogenic guy! He's ruggedly handsome. Rich, bronze skin tone, muscular with those hazel eyes...lost my thoughts there for a minute
I used to really dig the Twins uniforms when they wore the bright whites--no pins. While they're at it, how 'bout playing outdoors again? This photo was taken in the "Met" parking lot.
dgf
This is my favorite Carew item - a 73T Candy Lid proof - I wish they used a shot like yours!
mike
Where on earth did you get THAT thing?
Got any Banks photos DGF?
1977 was a great summer for Baseball. I remember it well. I was 14 and deliverying Sunday Chicago Tribune's in Milwaukee. I remember always studying the Sunday's Baseball averages to how well Carew was doing. He always seemed to be hitting 60 points higher than every other batter. Amazing career year for Rod.
Indeed. Banks photographs quite well. Unlike Andy Etchebarren, Ron Karkovice, Willie McGee, Otis Nixon...
...I know the action shot doesn't show his face, but it's just so clean! It's also new and the template was available when I uploaded the images. The rest of my Banks stuff is action.
dgf
<< <i>Card,
Indeed. Banks photographs quite well. >>
Like Ruben Sierra. I collected his photogenic cards for a while. Got any of him, dgf??
[edited to add -- and then remove -- Sierra pic..]
That year, and that chase, are vivid in my mind.
<< <i>Agreed. Carew always did photograph well. Kind of like Ernie Banks. >>
Cepeda, too. And more recently, Dave Justice. They all had that Harry Belafonte thing going on.
I remember getting a Twins helmet with my slushie at Hop In a couple of years before that, when I was @ 8, and not having the faintest clue what team sported that logo
keeping my ears open for oddball cards of Rose from the 60's and 70's.
Also agree that his 77 season is overlooked, then again I think his career is overlooked by many.
One of the top pure hitters in the history of the game. Action images before 73 are kind of rare, keep an eye out!
Thanks again,
Randall
Loves me some shiny!
<< <i>Fantastic shot! I was hoping you would post some Carew images with the dgf treatment.
Also agree that his 77 season is overlooked, then again I think his career is overlooked by many.
One of the top pure hitters in the history of the game. Action images before 73 are kind of rare, keep an eye out!
Thanks again,
Randall >>
Agree with this statement, I remember watching him as a kid, and man he could just slap that ball to any part of the field he wanted.
As always, great shots! Carew is one of my childhood favorites. I think he is very underappreciated, though obviously not on this board. Great work.
Robert
<< <i>One of the top pure hitters in the history of the game. >>
You can just about eliminate the words "one of". He was absolutely gorgeous to watch. I think Howard Cosell had man-love for him...could you blame him?
The guy is so deeply underappreciated. One night at the old Comiskey Park, my Dad said to pay special attention to him. I was around 8 years old--that age when memories really start--and Carew just went off. It was as if my Dad MADE it happen. Carew lashed a laser-like beam into the left-field corner and I watched it scoot down the line. We were sitting looking directly down the 3rd base line. Later, he hit a ball off of the picnic sign in RCF and had to abruptly put the brakes on rounding third. He was--in my little boy mind--the fastest player ever! Lemon played the ball perfectly, hit Orta and Jorge just heaved it plateward. It's funny how huge those kind of memories are when you're older.
I remember Tony Perez rounding third in a game at Wrigley Field when he was playing with Montreal in 1977. He was so huge as the dirt kicked out behind him and he grunted rounding the bag. We had front row seats behind the Cubs dugout that day. I swear I thought Perez wore eye make-up. He had these circles around his eyes that looked like eye shadow. When he rounded third he looked like he was 8 feet tall and weighed 300 pounds. He was actually scary!
I'll try to dig up some more Carew...
dgf
<< <i>Mike,
Where on earth did you get THAT thing? >>
I have a small collection of proofs Phil.
Most from the Toppsvault. But this one was sold to me by a board member.
I think I made a thread on them and have posted them in mailcall. Edit: I did two years ago.
mike
I'll try to post a few more. I have to go through the B&W archives and pull some from a Red Sox/Twins game I have from '71 and '73 for action shots. I may have some Carew action.
Killebrew looking on!
This one is from the early 70's
...woops! That's Candy Earl...Candy/Carew...honest mistake...er...
Abe
I have a few. I'll pull up a couple of favorites...
dgf
1982
Really, really Old School
Truth be told, he looks absolutely hammered in this shot.
These are NOT Killebrew...
Excellent shots of Sir Rodney. I can't get enough of them!
Thanks again for sharing...