Bruce Sutter was a perennial All-Star by the time the 1981 season revved up and got going. he’d just been to 4 straight midsummer classics and won the 1979 Cy Young award. In fact, he was credited with the win for the ’78 & ’79 All-Star games, and then got the save in 1980. That [...]
And here we have the Kirk Gibson card where he looks like a stoner who’s just been asked “Quick Kirk, what color was Washington’s white horse?” Yeah, marvel at his reaction for a moment. Despite this being a ridiculous looking photo, he was a budding star coming off his breakout season where he batted .328/.369/.479, [...]
John played in parts of 13 major league seasons, with his best years coming as a Cleveland Indian. By 1981, he was finishing up his career in Texas.