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Baseball Image of the Day: Casey Blake Beardless

RIP Casey Blake’s beard. Hopefully he’ll let it grow back over the season.

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Gamingboy Posted: March 12, 2010 at 02:41 PM | 14 comment(s) Login to Bookmark
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1. How to lose a guy in jemile weeks Posted: March 12, 2010 at 03:30 PM (#3477984)

You could have told me this was Jim Thome and I would have believed it. I'm still not totally convinced it's not...

2. Avoid running at all times.-S. Paige Posted: March 12, 2010 at 03:30 PM (#3477985)

Sort of looks like Jim Thome there.

edit: didn't see your comment. yeah it looks sort of exactly like thome.

3. The Kids Are Enright (1k5v3L)

Posted: March 12, 2010 at 03:32 PM (#3477988)

Damn. Too late with my Jim Thome comment. Has anyone ever seen Thome and Blake on the same team at the same time? Oh. Nevermind.

4. RB in NYC (Now with New iPhone!) Posted: March 12, 2010 at 03:37 PM (#3477992)

Looking at Thome's stats, I noticed he led the league in strikeouts and walks in '99. That can't happen all that often, can it? I see Ruth did it a bunch of times but even the modern age with guys swinging-and-missing more often, it seems unlikely.

5. Avoid running at all times.-S. Paige Posted: March 12, 2010 at 03:38 PM (#3477995)

Dunn probably has flirted with that every season, no?

6. Tripon Posted: March 12, 2010 at 03:45 PM (#3477999)

Damn. Too late with my Jim Thome comment. Has anyone ever seen Thome and Blake on the same team at the same time? Oh. Nevermind.

They were on the Dodgers 09 team together for about a month after Thome was traded to the Dodgers.

7. RB in NYC (Now with New iPhone!) Posted: March 12, 2010 at 03:48 PM (#3478003)

Dunn has come close a couple of times, although for a lot of his early career, no one was taking the walks title from Bonds so it was basically a moot point.

8. jacksone (AKA It's OK...) Posted: March 12, 2010 at 04:24 PM (#3478034)

Wow - the resemblance is amazing.

9. Danny Posted: March 12, 2010 at 04:35 PM (#3478044)

Cust did it in 2008, and he probably would have in 2007 if he hadn't spent April in AAA.

10. Misirlou's got a busy day, he's wearing a vest Posted: March 12, 2010 at 04:38 PM (#3478048)

Nolan Ryan did it 6 times.

11. phredbird

Posted: March 12, 2010 at 05:49 PM (#3478095)

i've got it. you take the top of jim thome's face and attach it to jay leno's chin and you get casey blake.

12. Tuque

Posted: March 12, 2010 at 07:43 PM (#3478166)

Speaking of chins, I was noticing recently that Brad Penny's is a real stunner.

13. JMPH Posted: March 12, 2010 at 07:54 PM (#3478175)

It might be because I remember Casey Blake from his early Twins days when he was clean shaven, but I have to look really hard at that picture to see the Thome resemblance.

Edit: Wow, I looked it up, and I'm surprised by how little he played with the Twins from 2000-02. Only appeared in 29 games.

14. Crispix Attacks Posted: March 13, 2010 at 12:14 AM (#3478289)

How will this affect his Hall of Fame chances?

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