#keith comstock

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'You're the guy with the ball to the crotch': The inside story behind the funniest baseball card ever made

Thirty years ago, Keith Comstock turned a routine minor league baseball card shoot into an unforgettable baseball-to-the-groin image. This is how the legendary card came to be, in the former pitcher's own words.

I wonder how much that baseball card is worth.

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Keith Comstock

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Phillies 50: Forgotten 1987 - Ken Jackson and Greg Jelks

Phillies 50: Forgotten 1987 – Ken Jackson and Greg Jelks

The ‘Phillies 50’ series usually highlights one pitcher and one position player from each Phillies team between 1971-2019. A player who made a minimal contribution to each of those teams, and combined that with an overall minimal impact on Major League Baseball as a whole.

For the 1987 Phillies there were two position players who so perfectly fit the bill that I decided to provide a snapshot of…

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'You're the guy with the ball to the crotch'

Keith Comstock played on four major league clubs as a journeyman reliever, but his professional career is most often remembered for one thing: a ball to the crotch. Thirty years ago -- in what otherwise would have been a forgotten minor league set -- Comstock appeared on one of the most memorable baseball cards ever made. Here's the story of how it came together, in his words.

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Just, y'know, Billy Bob Thornton sending a video to my dad. No big deal.

Oh, and the other guys are hosts of a local radio show that used to have dad come and hang out with them just because.

I mean, I know my dad is pretty cool, but seriously???

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Random Baseball Card #1167: Keith Comstock, pitcher, Seattle Mariners, 1990, Fleer.