Sam Horn. Light-hitting, slightly tubby Red Sox DH. If things had gone differently, we could be comparing him to David Ortiz. Take that in either direction, by the way. Now he's best known for the message boards that bear his name, which have garnered enough media attention that various members (and even the owner) of the Red Sox have joined up and will occasionally answer questions from fans. The most shocking thing I've found this morning is that SOSH doesn't sponsor Horn's Baseball-Reference page.

Incidentally, this person is not the Sam Horn in question, although I think she might be able to post a lifetime .240 average if she worked hard enough at it.

What is it about sports, though, that attracts fans to lesser-talented players? Ask Wade about his fascination with Lombo for an example. I'm trying to think if I have an example of my own. Maybe Rafael Ramirez. We'll get to him in this thing eventually, by the way. Great card. In any case, it's nice that Horn's gained such notoriety, but it's also a bit odd and random.

Well, this is certainly fun. According to the spiff chart there, Horn hits fastballs from RHPs really really well. Everything else, well they have no idea. The chart also tells us that if you throw Horn a fastball over the middle of the plate and/or waist high, he hits it really well. Go figure. He's apparently a real-life Pedro Cerrano, which means he should be off somewhere stealing Corbin Bernson's headcovers and running for President. At least that's how it works in my brain, which I'll admit may not be normal in any way.

In fact, the main comment on the card (if you can't make it out) says: COMMENTS Outstanding against waist-high fastballs vs RH. Even the card writer couldn't make anything zippy out of that.

Nice that they showed him in the field on his rookie card, considering that he played a grand total of 12 games at 1B in his entire career. At least this way he's got photographic proof that he used his glove.