This BAD FOOTY CARD was sent to us by former DGES WORLD FAMOUS FOOTY TIPPING COMP tipster, Glen Smooker from team SMUK. I’m having trouble pronouncing the name on this Bad Footy Card, but I’m pretty sure his name is a sentence of some kind.
TIPSMASTER’s NOTE: Great BAD FOOTY CARD SMUK! Did you manage to collect the whole family collection?
Rusty’s brother Mike Kuntz, uncle Justin Kuntz, cousin Ivor Kuntz, nephew Phil Kuntz and sister Ima Kuntz.
I bet they can all fight…
Rusty’s credentials:
Wikipedia reports that this guy made his Major League Baseball debut with the White Sox on September 1, 1979. After being used sparingly by the Sox for four seasons, He was traded to the Minnesota Twins, then to the Detroit Tigers after the 1983 season. With Detroit in 1984, he had the best numbers of his career, a .286 average and an excellent .393 on-base percentage, although he appeared in only 84 games, mostly as a pinch-hitter and fourth outfielder.
In the fifth and deciding game of the 1984 World Series against the San Diego Padres, he pinch-hit for DH Johnny Grubb with the bases loaded and the score tied at three. He hit a pop-up to short right field that Tony Gwynn was unable to see (“I lost the ball in the sky,” he later admitted). Second basemen Alan Wiggins made the catch, but was unable to prevent Kirk Gibson from racing home from third with the go-ahead run. The Tigers never trailed after that, giving him an unlikely game-winning RBI. Rusty returned the Tigers in 1985 but appeared in just five games for Detroit (last on April 24, 1985) before being sent to the minors. After batting just .222 for AAA Nashville, he then retired as a player.
Thanks to Smuk for a great contribution for our latest episode of BAD FOOTY CARDS
2 Comments
July 10, 2009 at 11:46 am
I thought Rusty Kuntz was a nickname for Cameron Ling’s sister.
Speaking of Ling, John Harms had a great line in his weekly column in The Age on Wednesday: ‘Get away from the fence, Ling. You’re scaring the kids.’
Another line from same article: ‘You’re just like your old man Ablett. Too f*cken cheap to buy a hairpiece.’
July 10, 2009 at 1:46 pm
Gives new meaning to ‘pitching the ball through the batters box’ !!