I don’t know about you, but when I think of 1960s baseball, I think of Roger Maris, Sandy Koufax, Gaylord Perry and.. bear cubs drinking LSD from baby bottles?
On Tuesday night, “Stirrups Now!” (@uniformcritic), a twitter account that seeks to spread baseball history, blessed the Internet with several politically incorrect Houston Astros’ programs from the 1960s. As the account succinctly stated, “There are no words for [these] mid 60s Astros program[s].”
There are no words for this mid 60s Astros program. pic.twitter.com/i0UEP3JxUU
— Stirrups Now! (@uniformcritic) February 18, 2015
The colorful programs feature a bear cub emerging from a dark cellar, a blind Met, a Native American attempting to start a fire with gasoline and more.
Check them out for yourself:
Another sensitive program from the Astros. pic.twitter.com/sFqPapQNVG
— Stirrups Now! (@uniformcritic) February 18, 2015
More niceties from the Astros back in the 60s. pic.twitter.com/N4NHJ79hMe
— Stirrups Now! (@uniformcritic) February 18, 2015
Astros program covers were cruel. This one mocks the Mets & is for when Nolan Ryan made his MLB debut. pic.twitter.com/p0Z2b0obct
— Stirrups Now! (@uniformcritic) February 18, 2015
“Stirrups Now!” reached into a treasure chest of baseball Americana and pulled out Internet gold. Wouldn’t it be great to see teams have some fun and print similar programs today? Don’t cross your fingers. No one can take a joke anymore.
P.S. Take a look at those prices. 25 cents!