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Sunday, August 16, 2009

Exploring the 1995 Indians Media Guide: Part 2: The Mustaches (Pages 17-133)

by Corey

In this, the second installment of our nostalgic journey through the 1995 Indians Media Guide, we'll be channeling our inner Gary Meadows, and counting down the 10 rockingest mustaches in the book. Between the stars, the nobodies, the coaching staff, and everyone in the middle, the '95 Indians were a squad with some quality mustaches.

If you missed Part 1, it can be found here. Also, please forgive my amateurish photography (this would have been a disaster if I'd tried to use a scanner). Now let's get to it!
  1. Paul Shuey

    Paul Shuey's 1995 mustache

    Clearly, Shuey didn't really figure out the whole mustache game until later in his career. His 1995 'stache is weirdly misshapen.

  2. Dennis Martínez

    Dennis Martínez's 1995 mustache

    El Presidente always sported this solid, stately look.

  3. Eddie Murray

    Eddie Murray's 1995 mustache

    Eddie Murray wouldn't be Eddie Murray without an amazing mustache. Alas, his best mustaches came decades earlier, but even in the twilight of his career, Murray had the Carl Winslow look down pat.

  4. Carlos Baerga

    Carlos Baerga's 1995 mustache

    Like Martínez's, only bigger.

  5. Matt Turner

    Matt Turner's 1995 mustache

    Yeah, I'd never heard of him either. He pitched 12 innings for the Tribe in 1994, and was obviously invited to spring training the following year, but he never appeared in a game again. His mustache, however, was timeless—by which I mean it was stuck in 1981.

  6. Luis Isaac

    Luis Isaac's 1995 mustache

    Someday, Louie Isaac's mustache will be in the Indians Hall of Fame, if not the MLB Hall of Fame. Relievers from Assenmacher to Betancourt owe their careers to it.

  7. Tony Peña

    Tony Peña's 1995 mustache

    I'll never forget when Tony Peña's mustache hit that home run...

  8. Álvaro Espinoza

    Álvaro Espinoza's 1995 mustache

    The glasses really complete the look.

  9. Jeff Newman

    Jeff Newman's 1995 mustache

    In case you don't remember, Newman was the third base coach from 1992 to 1999, when he followed Mike Hargrove to Baltimore.

  10. José Mesa

    José Mesa's 1995 mustache

    Most fans probably remember Mesa with his monster goatee, but we in Cleveland remember him with this monster mustache that's yearning to be a goatee.
That's it for Part 2. What will the next installment bring? Stay tuned to find out!

Posted at 11:10 PM

1 Comments:

Blogger Gary Hunt said…
Matt Turner was actually an interesting story. They acquired him from the Marlins in 1994 to be a back-end-of-the-bullpen guy. Then, in quintessentially Cleveland fashion, he acquired cancer (either Hodgkin’s disease or non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma - I can't remember which) and was forced to retire. The Indians made some moves to make sure he was cared for financially, and I understand he recovered and is now coaching.
Posted at August 17, 2009 8:18 AM  

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