F*ck Face snuck into baseball card for the second time

March 2, 2007 6:18 AM

People wondered how something as blatant as this got in Billy Martin's 1989 baseball card. President Bush and Mickey Mantle want to know too.
posted by XQUZYPHYR (14 comments total)

Billy Ripkin, not Billy Martin.
posted by JanetLand at 6:21 AM on March 2, 2007

You mean Bill Ripken? Wasn't Billy Martin dead by 1989?
posted by macadamiaranch at 6:21 AM on March 2, 2007

Or Ripken. Must be something about Billy that causes mistakes.
posted by JanetLand at 6:22 AM on March 2, 2007

Ah, poop.
posted by XQUZYPHYR at 6:24 AM on March 2, 2007

Great! So is this going to make baseball cards relevant and valuable again? Because I have this huge box in my parents' basement...
posted by billysumday at 6:26 AM on March 2, 2007

My vote is marketing ploy. Stupid, stupid marketing ploy.
posted by inigo2 at 6:31 AM on March 2, 2007

From "fuckface" to Fuckface.
posted by Saucy Intruder at 6:34 AM on March 2, 2007

or, on preview, what the title said. *sigh*
posted by Saucy Intruder at 6:34 AM on March 2, 2007

President Bush smiles and waves from the stands, right, and Mickey Mantle looks on from the dugout at left, as Derek Jeter swings his bat.

You think that's something?

I've got an Honus Wagner card with Jolly Dick Cheney in the background flipping the bird.
posted by Fuzzy Monster at 6:44 AM on March 2, 2007 [1 favorite has favorites]

Go O's?

And yeah, that's Ripken, not Martin. Billy Martin was with the Tigers.

And this isn't even baseball, but somewhat related.
posted by zennie at 6:47 AM on March 2, 2007

Holy shit, I forgot about that. My best friend growing up got his hands on one of these and we giggled about it in the corner as if he'd come across a Playboy featuring Suzanne Sommers (hey, we were ten). I'm meeting him for dinner tonight, I should see if he still has it. Get himself a mean $5-$15.

From zennie's link:

Washington insists his gesture is a popular hand gesture among his friends in his hometown.

That's true. It just so happens that it's also a popular hand gesture among everyone's friends in every town.
posted by Terminal Verbosity at 6:59 AM on March 2, 2007

I like that there's even a link to "flipping the bird" in Wikipedia.
posted by wfc123 at 8:02 AM on March 2, 2007

I have the Billy Ripken card. And yes, it's for sale.
posted by jaronson at 10:36 AM on March 2, 2007

...got in Billy Martin's 1989 baseball card.

So, then this is the 'error version' of this thread? Later versions of this thread will be corrected, right? Maybe this'll be worth something someday.
posted by AsYouKnow Bob at 10:57 PM on March 2, 2007