When atheletes were underpaid

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Here we have Jim "Catfish" Hunter, pitcher for the Oakland A's modeling something from the "Jimmy Olsen collection". This brings me back to a time when my hockey and baseball cards had a guaranteed 70% moustache ratio...

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[toys2cool]

he made that look pretty darn cool

[ctc]

Hey!

Doesn't Sheldon on "The Big Bang Theory" have pants like that?

Don C.

[starsky]

he probably only did that until he broke open the free agency market and signed with the yankees.

[Earth 2 Chris]

The love child of Jimmy Olsen and Steve Lombard (semi-obscure Superman reference).

Chris

[EMCE Hammer]

That blazer is corduroy.

[Earth 2 Chris]

That blazer is corduroy.

And he appears to be out in the desert. Just want you want to have on in hot baking sand.

Chris

[BOTZWANA]

So that is Grumpier Old Men's Catfish Hunter huh? Yeah, he looks fishy to me too...

[knight errant00]

And, having bought and read the Phantom Quarterback issue of Superman as a kid, I got that one . . .

The love child of Jimmy Olsen and Steve Lombard (semi-obscure Superman reference).
Chris

[SpaceCrawler]

Charlie McCarthy called, he wants his bow tie back.

Sean

[ScottA]

Just in time for St. Patrick's Day. Nice one Mr. Catfish. I wonder how many of these he signs at shows.

[palitoy]

Just in time for St. Patrick's Day. Nice one Mr. Catfish. I wonder how many of these he signs at shows.

None, he died tragically in 1999.

[ScottA]

Wow, I didn't know that. I thought he was still around.

[palitoy]

Me too, until I googled him this morning.

[jwyblejr]

Side note:my folks met him in Florida once when we were there during spring training. Said he was a heck of a nice guy. Unfortunately,they met Billy Martin as well. Couldn't say the same with him.