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Baseball. Blogging. Whenever.Monday, June 29, 2009MysteryI got a letter in the mail on Saturday addressed to "Craig Calcaterra, Shysterball." Inside was a mint condition 1978 Topps Bucky Dent card. No return address. No note, no nothing else accompanying it. New York City postmark. Typewritten address label. Hurm.I haven't died in the last 48 hours, so I'm ruling out anthrax attack. Bucky Dent hasn't died in that time either, so, for the time being at least, I'm (sadly) ruling out a baseball-themed serial killer tipping me off to his victims as part of an elaborate cat-and-mouse game. It could be some kind of occult thing in which someone has substituted the Cardboard Gods for the traditional tarot deck with Bucky Dent as the Death Card, but anyone who would take the time to do that would probably not have used a business envelope and probably would have sealed it with wax because that's just kind of how those people roll. Out of an abundance of caution, however, I have sent the police to Josh Wilker's house. I appreciate the card, actually. It's kind of cool, and if whoever sent it intended it as a gift, thank you. I worry, however, that someone sent it to me in an effort to anger me, mistakenly thinking that I'm a Red Sox fan. If that was the intent, you have failed. I met Bucky Dent at spring training in 1982 and he was really nice to my brother and I. He also spent some time in Columbus managing the Clippers, and by all accounts was a nice addition to the community. I've got no ill-will towards Dent, so I do hope no one's deviousness was wasted. Part of me doesn't want to find out who sent it because mysteries are fun. But I must admit that I remain perplexed this morning. UPDATE: Pinto got a George Scott the other day. The folks at Purple Row got a Bucky Dent too. As David mentions in the comments, this smells like viral marketing. Without looking it up, I wonder if a book is coming out about the Yankees-Red Sox rivalry. UPDATE II: Will Carroll got a Steve Swisher. Maybe this is viral marketing for Wilker's book? UPDATE III: Add Rich Lederer and Jon Wiesman to the list of card recipients. Posted by Craig Calcaterra at 9:00am Comments
Brandon Tingley said...
If they had REALLY wanted to annoy you, they would have sent one of those famous Billy Ripken “error” (how did anyone ever miss that??) cards. Of course, those are actually worth money. Although less than I thought—looks less than $10 on ebay. Posted 06/29 at 11:54 AM
David Pinto said...
@Matt No offense. I just want to straighten that out. Posted 06/29 at 12:01 PM
Zach Sanders said...
Will Carroll [url=“http://twitter.com/injuryexpert/statuses/2388590758 Posted 06/29 at 12:12 PM
David said...
Feels good to be right. Good thought about the book by Craig and follow-up by Matt M. When this was first written, it had the tint of a slightly exotic mystery (as the post’s title says). Heck, Craig was even thinking it might’ve been yet another government false-flag attack where they murder people with Anthrax, just like in 2001. (Okay, okay, I actually elaborated on Craig’s comment about anthrax.) But now, how underwhelming does it feel to learn that it’s just more desperate corporate crap? Clearly, the progenitors of the “viral” marketing are reading this, so I have a message: get a real job. You’re utterly worthless to civilization. I’m sure that I had a affected them very profoundly. Posted 06/29 at 12:13 PM
Jason @ IIATMS said...
I have no idea if there’s a card waiting for me at home, but I doubt it. I will continue to strive to be part of a “utterly worthless to civilization” viral marketers’ scheme. Posted 06/29 at 01:17 PM
Andrew said...
http://baseballanalysts.com/archives/2009/06/the_week_that_w_2.php Posted 06/29 at 01:19 PM
Richard in Dallas said...
@ Jason Posted 06/29 at 01:21 PM
David said...
‘I will continue to strive to be part of a “utterly worthless to civilization” viral marketers’ scheme.’ Cool, you’re so contrarian! What a rebel you are! Posted 06/29 at 01:22 PM
Jason @ IIATMS said...
I just want to hang with you cool guys, David! Posted 06/29 at 02:12 PM
Redsauce said...
This book? http://www.amazon.com/78-Boston-Historic-Game-Divided/dp/045122602X Posted 06/29 at 02:32 PM
Johnny said...
Looks like Home Run Derby got a Dent card too Posted 06/30 at 12:59 PM
Chad Finn said...
I got a 1978 Tommy Helms. I’m still holding out hope for a Butch Hobson. Posted 07/08 at 10:25 PM
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“Without looking it up, I wonder if a book is coming out about the Yankees-Red Sox rivalry.”
Um, yeah, you just nailed it. I saw an entire book the other day dedicated to the ‘78 one game playoff. I’m not gonna link to the Amazon page out of annoyance that these guys wasted a lot of people’s time with their little trick. Seems open and shut now that you mention it.