I coulda made ten bucks!

That's what a quick eBay search for "mark mcgwire rookie card" tells me, anyway. I however do not have a Mac rookie card, and am instead holding a card from his third year wherein he is depicted as a duck. Seriously, what's the deal with those uniforms? They do look a bit duck-ish. Then again, they're not baby blue.

Now, say what you will about the whole steroid "issue", especially in light of McGwire's congressional "testimony", but check it out - the guy has always had huge arms. He might look skinny in this picture, but look at those arms! They're as big as his legs, and I have crappy photoshopped evidence to prove it. Look! As he got older, clearly all he had to do was bulk up those legs to become the behemoth that he became. Basically.

I have a new theory. It goes like this: The better the player, the more boring the back of the card. You see, they have actual good stats to use, so the card writers don't panic and include any piece of crap info they can find. Hence, you get a lot of relevant info like AL Rookie of the Year in '87, to which you nod your head and say Yeah, that guy is good. Trouble is, I can't do anything with that. Curse you, Mark McGwire! You and your goodness!

Ahem.

Is it just me, or does anyone else want to punch Justin Chris Priddy in the mouth after seeing this? Just seems a bit pompous, is all. Yeah, I got nothin' else.