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Baseball Feature: Best of LVSportsBiz’s Weirdest Baseball Cards

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com

There are few more intense emotional bonds between people and things than the connection baseball fans have with their baseball cards.

How much are baseball cards worth? Well, you can look up the values online. They baseball card experts say make sure you store them in plastic sleeves for maximum protection.

People might assume that the baseball card collecting industry might have died in light of our digital world, but The Atlantic has an interesting take on that topic.

Today LVSportsBiz.com takes a break from reporting about Dana White and UFC 249; where and when will the MLB, NBA and NHL play their games eventually in light of this pandemic; and how teams are staying relevant in the age of COVID-19. LVSportsBiz.com is publishing its top 25 funny, weird, bizarro and offbeat baseball cards from our collection. Let’s stroll back in time:

Ed Kranepool, The Krane


Mike Kekich and Fritz Peterson, wife swappers


Tim Flannery, surfer

 

 


Mickey Hatcher, glove man

 


Walt Williams, no neck

 


Kurt Bevacqua, Mr. bubble gum


Ken Griffey, 5 tool man who liked cartoons

 


David Cone, the splitter


Mike Benjamin, having fun 

 

 


Julio Franco, bat lover


Oscar Azocar, bat lover II


 

Jose Canseco, Jose being Jose

 


Rich Allen, man for all cards

 


Kent Tekulve, funny man


Sammy Stewart, funny man II


Roger Bailey, send money


Rollie Fingers, pre-mustache


Craig Counsell, two card man

 


Rob Dibble, bad boy

 


Brady Anderson, when he was skinny

 


Brett Butler, before cell phones


Omar Vizquel, documentarian

 


Steve Lyons, kinda crazy


David Ortiz, before Big Papi


Marvin Miller, he had a baseball card too


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Alan Snel: Alan Snel brings decades of sports-business reporting experience to LVSportsBiz.com. Snel covered the business side of sports for the South Florida (Fort Lauderdale) Sun-Sentinel, the Tampa Tribune and Las Vegas Review-Journal. As a city hall beat reporter, Snel also covered stadium deals in Denver and Seattle. In 2000, Snel launched a sport-business website for FoxSports.com called FoxSportsBiz.com. After reporting sports-business for the RJ, Snel wrote hard-hitting stories on the Raiders stadium for the Desert Companion magazine in Las Vegas and The Nevada Independent. Snel is also one of the top bicycle advocates in the country.
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