Celebrity Jersey Cards is a weekly series in which I create virtual trading cards for celebrities wearing sports jerseys. Today I continue marching alphabetically through all MLB teams.
Born in Russia, Yuliy Borisovich Briner changed his name slightly and became an acting legend. He also made bald heads cool. His most famous role was as King Mongkut in The King and I, a role he played 4,625 times. Besides acting, he was an avid photographer. Brynner passed in 1985 at the age of 65. He won many awards during his career, but he earned a Celebrity Jersey Card when he threw a ceremonial pitch at Candlestick Park.
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Giants announcer/former pitcher Mike Krukow often tells a story of the Yul Brynner game. His ceremonial pitch supposedly traveled about 5 feet (granted, he was an actor, not an athlete) and the crowd responded with laughter. Krukow was the Giants SP that day, and got hammered early and often by the visiting team. When manager Frank Robinson came out to remove Krukow from the game, he told him that "Brynner had better stuff than you did today."
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