Why no 1982 Fingers??

[zingsheim]

I just thought of this when I was reading the auto tips section. With all the 5" 82 bobbles this year why no Rollie Fingers? They hit everybody else, and I just thought of this like 2 days ago. Seems weird to me. Maybe just ran out of fridays I guess. But a HOF'er seems kind of hard to leave out of the mix.

[billyhallfan]

i didn't realize that until you mentioned it, maybe it was because he wasn't actually on the World Series team because of injury.

[Paul77]

On the subject of 1982 bobble snubs, I wanted a Doug Jones.

 

In all seriousness, BHF's thought about not actually pitching the in the playoffs seem about right to me.

[tnweill]

Any chance it might have something to due w/his back taxes he owes the state and the Brewers not wanting to get involved? Just a thought.

[zachlaka]

His tax situation has been taken care of already. I don't know how though just heard it was all ok.

[Paul77]

His tax situation has been taken care of already. I don't know how though just heard it was all ok.

Supposedly, from Fingers account, it was all a mistake.

 

He said all along he always paid his taxes. Of the $1.4million he "owed", almost all of it was in back interest. But he produced tax papers going back to 1981 and got it "taken care of". He wouldn't say what, if anything, he did have to pay only that, "people said I owed $1.4 mill. I did not. The IRS is happy with me."

[BrewCrewForever]

Yeah 20fry Doug Jones would have been money. And a Yost.

[hawing]

I think I suggested once before, Yost in mid-homerun swing, with a Green Monster accessory over which his batted ball can sail.

[BrewCrewForever]

I think I suggested once before, Yost in mid-homerun swing, with a Green Monster accessory over which his batted ball can sail.

Yeah I remember that, that would be a sweet bobble.

 

[dadofandrew]

I would guess it might have had something to do with the tax issue, but the WS thing makes sense as well.

[jeffreyzee]

maybe because they just had a fingers...

[Paul77]

maybe because they just had a fingers...

The Brewers had a Yount (3 variations) and a Cooper in the time that has passed since the Fingers was released. Molitor, Thomas, Gantner and a different Yount all had bobble heads previously. I still think the best guess is the fact that he didn't actually participate in any post season games.