Friday, January 6, 2012

Christmas Part 2: Football on Baseball

Man, what a busy new year thusfar. And it's only gonna get crazier - I start student teaching in 11 days! Probably won't post too much during those ten weeks either, as I expect to be pretty busy. So here's another post while I'm still posting!

This one features a guy playing a sport that he's not commonly associated. But the Philadelphia Phillies drafted Ricky Williams in 1995 an an outfielder, and he played in their organization from 1995-98 while attending college as well. He was no great shakes - his highest level was a ball, and his overall average line was .211/.265/.261. But the guy did enough to get featured on a bunch of cards, and naturally that drove me to pick up a card or two of his!

For Christmas I got three!
All three are great, but my absolute favorite has to be the one in the middle:
Hilarious photo - straight cheesin' with a side of awkward. Someday I may start a collection of guys playing the wrong sport, but for now I'll just look at cards like this one and chuckle!

4 comments:

  1. Totally forgot Ricky played baseball... cool stuff. Good luck on your student teaching. What grade(s) are you going to be in?

    I'm sure you'll have a blast... I've been teaching for almost 15 years and have enjoyed the whole ride.

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  2. Elementary special ed. So far it seems pretty awesome!

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  3. Awesome. One of my friends teaches elementary special education and she loves it. I don't have the patience, but every individual has their own calling.

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  4. I think wrong sport that every time I look at my Russell Wilson Rockies cards. Wilson is the QB for Wisconsin along with a Rockies minor leaguer (for now).

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