Rad!

So it's 1991, and all the cool kids are going with what I like to call the Achy-Breaky Mullet. Enter Scott Radinsky. Big and mulleted, he became a quick favorite with the homer announcers that did the Sox games on WGN. And what, pray tell, did they yell when he did something good? That's right, they yelled "Rad!", as though it were 1986. Yes, I did pick that year out of a hat, but I'm confident that they were at least five years behind the times with their use of Rad as an exclamative. Certainly by then we were on to Awes, or Spiff, or some other piece of crap.

Weren't we?

Seriously though, what's up with this picture? Did the photographer hate Scott? Hey Scott, what's the cube root of 3724? *click* That's the face I'd make, at any rate.

I do like the back of these cards, primarily because they show a small shot of the rookie card for that player. In Radinsky's case, he's only into his second year, so the card's only a year younger. Not coincidentally, so is his mullet. Good times. The card also lists which pitches he throws, and the frequency with which he throws them, which is kinda cool. Unfortunately, I don't think the card writer had a lot to work with for Scott, because this is the nugget of information he thought was most interesting out of all that data:

COMMENTS: On the 0-0 pitch vs. RH, Radinsky throws fastballs 91% of the time.

No kidding? A relief pitcher who throws a fastball three-fourths of the time to begin with likes to start with the fastball for his first pitch? I'm shocked. Still, it must be a hard life being a baseball card writer, so I'll cut a little slack. Maybe. This time only. Ah who am I kidding, do better than that.

If you'd like to see the card in a different setting, click here. Personally, I'd have spelled Rocktober with a K, but maybe that's just me.