Mets’ Minor League Team Is Hosting ‘Seinfeld’ Night, Complete With Puffy Shirts and Cereal

The Wrap ^ | April 16, 2014 | Jordan Zakarin

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

Check out this link:

http://www.fanbase.com/Toledo-Mud-Hens-1988/roster

You might want to hold on to those cards for the garandkids. I appreciate the offer, sir.

Names of note:
Billy Bean (Oakland A’s manager of Hollywood note, “Money Ball”?
Ivan DeJesus
Scott Lusader
Ramon Pena (Call up to the Playoff Roster?)
Steve Searcy
Mike Trujillo
George Vukovich
Delwyn Young

None are HOF players but each, I believe, made it to the Tiger’s roster. Some might be associated with the “lean years” but big-leaguers none-the-less.

[Hegewisch Dupa]

THey had about a couple dozen guys who made the majors, but no big name. They did have Billy Beane of “Moneyball” fame, for what it’s worth, and oddly enough they also had a Bill Bean - what are the odds???

[Scoutmaster]

The offer still stands. If I have grandchildren, they can argue over guitars, Millard Fillmore memorabilia, Edison cylinder phonographs, and 1960s baseball cards.

I know Billy Bean is in the set. I didn't realize Billy Bean was Billy Bean. Tim Leiper is also in the set. I know this because Leiper has the goofiest grin ever pictured on a baseball card. He's as memorable as any Wally Moon card.

[Gamecock]

How did this escape the attention of the Seinfeld Ping List?

[Scoutmaster]

I'm a little late on this, but I decided to bring home Billy Bean from the office set of Toledo Mud Hens baseball cards (the set that's been opened). He's now been scanned for posterity, and here he is for your viewing pleasure.

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

Thanks.

He doesn’t look anything like Brad Pitt.

[Scoutmaster]

Yes, but he also doesn't look anything like Tim Leiper.

I didn't scan my Tim Leiper, but here's a newer Leiper card (his grin is not as goofy but his batting stance is still the same):

I may have mentioned in an earlier thread that there was a period of about a year when I would purchase donuts for the whole floor on Fridays. People would gather in and around my office and someone would be honored for something they did during the week (say, a copy center guy who stayed late on some big project). That person sat in a visitor's chair in my office and donned the Toledo Mud Hen baseball cap.

Then, presented with the card set, he or she would pick the Mudhen of the Week. I had a cheap wooden plaque, maybe 8x10, with a plastic slide-in holder for the card and a little brass engraved plaque engraved "Mudhen of the Week."

After a few months we had to call the Tim Leiper Rule - which meant you couldn't pick Tim Leiper. His card looked like the kid from Deliverance, but with a bat and not a banjo.

I think I have the plaque in a box in the basement and will post a photo if I find it.