The Story Behind One of the Greatest Baseball Cards Ever (1 Viewer)

[McJose]

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/27425987/guy-ball-crotch-story-funniest-baseball-card-ever-made

https://sports.cbsimg.net/images//visual/whatshot/Keith-Comstock-rascal-basket-card.jpg

 They've all seen that baseball card. Two of my grandsons are 10 and 12. Their mom showed them the card awhile back, and they loved it. Thirty years later and there's Grandpa, getting hit in the nuts.

 

[mr. furley]

BEAT AGAIN

 

[opensourcebeer]

Clicked on this topic thinking it would be about the 89 Fleer Billy Ripken card.

 

[McJose]

Clicked on this topic thinking it would be about the 89 Fleer Billy Ripken card.

Only baseball card I own.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Only baseball card I own.

http://i.ebayimg.com/images/i/370875229304-0-1/s-l1000.jpg

Just like covering up a nipple with tape, here is the safe for work version.

 

[Zow]

http://i.ebayimg.com/images/i/370875229304-0-1/s-l1000.jpg

Just like covering up a nipple with tape, here is the safe for work version.

What am I missing? 

 

[Leroy Hoard]

What am I missing? 

The bottom of the bat has writing in magic marker, google and ye shall see.

 

[Mister CIA]

What am I missing? 

It says "#### Face." 

 

[Long Ball Larry]

"Todd told me, 'You're the veteran,' and said I needed to tell the guys in the clubhouse that they shouldn't sign their card contracts unless this photographer allowed me to get a ball to the crotch."

 

[Long Ball Larry]

What am I missing? 

left the y off of his first name.

 

[McJose]

It says "#### Face." 

Yep, I’ve got the unedited version 

 

[flapgreen]

Great story 

 

[NotSmart]

Great story!

Looks like I wasn't the only one that wanted to buy one of these cards after the above story came out:

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=keith+comstock+procards+1989&_sacat=0&LH_TitleDesc=0&rt=nc&LH_Sold=1&LH_Complete=1