![]() ![]() Cards should be available to the masses to I even dislike it in card shops, although I Now, I've gone through this entire post without touching on the controversy over this whole NBA Optic thing, and that is limiting customers in what they can buy off of shelves.Īm not someone who thinks that cards should be sold behind a counter or I'm just very pleased that all the card commotion is about this particular product, from a company and a sport that doesn't interest me in the least. The chance is always there for many products. But there are always chances I could buy Panini Donruss or wrestling cards or cards from some movie I don't like just because the actress is cute. There are plenty other products or sports that don't interest me or I don't like. So, anyway, that's about all I could think of that I would never buy. I can't even deal with them showing up on my blog let alone owning one. You'll notice I picked one of the least offensive GPK cards I could find. That's not going to get me to buy a card of a cartoon showing some kid with boils all over him. Wacky Packages had something else: a parody of a product. If you're going to go the gross-out route, you need to have something else to draw me in. Also gross-out humor doesn't appeal to me. I was too old for them (I think I was in college when the first GPK cards came out). With shoulder problems he became our go-to LH bat off the bench.Many collectors who grew up in the '80s adore these cards and find them quite humorous. “Poco once threw out 11 straight base-stealers in spring training. “Very sad to hear that the Braves family lost another key member of our early 80s team,” Murphy wrote in a tweet. Pocoroba’s former Braves teammate Dale Murphy also shared his feelings on Twitter after the news broke. He signed a couple balls for me as well.” “Oh no!! Not Poco! RIP,” Whitney wrote in a tweet. After news began to break of the passing, Daniel Whitney - better known as Larry the Cable Guy - replied to one of Pocoroba’s teammates to express his condolences of Pocoroba’s passing. While Pocoroba built a name for himself on the field and with Braves fans, people outside of the sport had fond memories of him, too. Atlanta would finish second in the division the next two seasons but would never make it back to the playoffs before Pocoroba’s career was over at the age of 29, a decision he had to make because of shoulder issues, according to a CBS story on his death.Īfter his baseball career was over, Pocoroba took a much different turn in his life and began running a specialty meat business in suburban Atlanta, according to ESPN. From 1975-1984, the Braves made the playoffs just once, winning the division but were swept in the NLCS. In Pocoroba’s time with the Braves, the franchise did not see tons of success overall. He also reached his career-high in runs batted in that season at 44. Pocoroba hit a career-high eight home runs in 1977, the year he played the most games (113) of his career. Pocoroba also minimized the strikeouts in his career, striking out just 109 times, while walking 182 time in his career. In his baseball career, Pocoroba appeared in 596 games, hitting an average of. We share our deepest condolences to his family and friends. “Biff spent his entire 10-year major league career with the Braves (1975-1984), was an All-Star in 1978 and a member of the 1982 division-winning club. “We are saddened to hear of the passing of former Braves catcher Biff Pocoroba,” the Braves’ statement read. A private memorial service is scheduled for Friday, according to ESPN.ĭrafted by the Braves in the 17 th round of the 1971 amateur draft, Pocoroba was with the organization from 1975-1984 and he never played for another franchise. Pocoroba, born on July 25, 1953, is survived by his wife of 37 years, Jody Karin Raymond, four children and 15 grandchildren. No cause of death was announced in the release or included in reports. ![]() Former Atlanta Braves All-Star infielder Biff Pocoroba died at the age of 66, the organization announced in a statement on Wednesday. ![]()
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