What a card: Eddie Whitson enjoyed a career year in 1984, winning 14 games in 31 starts for the NL champion Padres. He won Game 3 of the NLCS and started Game 2 of the World Series for San Diego.
My observation on the front: Topps insisted on calling Whitson "Eddie" on his cards. All of the other card companies called him "Ed," which is all I knew him as during his career.
More opinion from me: The many printing dots are spoiling what would be a terrific golden card on a blue background.
Something you might know: Whitson turned his successful 1984 season into a big contract with the Yankees, then got off to a terrible start in 1985, causing fans to turn on him and send him hate mail. Later that season he got into a brawl with manager Billy Martin.
Something you might not know: During Whitson's difficulty in New York, he once found nails driven into his driveway behind all four tires of his vehicle.
My observation on the back: The Giants now play their home games in "AT&T Park" because wonderful-sounding ballpark names are a relic of the past.
The blog wants to speak now: The Ballgames category is updated.
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