My First Cards

This card features the expression of a man playing for the Mariners in the early 1980′s, who wishes there’d never been an expansion draft. He was a below average hitter, who turned into a slugger against a certain three teams.

Brian Allard pitched his heart out for a month leading up to the strike in 1981, but then never threw another pitch in the majors again. I have no idea why. You’d think a sub-3.00 ERA for a month would at least earn you one more start.

Larry “not AnderSON, but” AnderSEN, spent 1982 pitching for Seattle, where he was a horrible train wreck of a pitcher in his home park. He had a pretty good and lengthy career after that, even pitching solidly in the postseason. And yes, this is the same guy who would someday be traded for a young future HOFer named Jeff Bagwell.