What a card: Tony Armas enjoyed a career year in 1984, setting career highs in just about everything and blasting 43 home runs for the Red Sox.
My observation on the front: This kind of captures the thrill of the game that I felt as a youngster. The player stepping to the plate, looking to the first base coach, bat in hand. Add the old-school Boston road jersey and it's very awesome.
More opinion from me: Armas really liked to strike out and did not like to walk.
Something you might know: Armas' son, Tony Jr., pitched for several MLB teams, including the Expos, during the early 2000s.
Something you might not know: Armas was the first player from Venezuela to receive a million-dollar-a-year salary in the major leagues.
My observation on the back: Add Randy Johnson, Clemens, Blyleven, Seaver and Sutton to the list of those who have surpassed Walter Johnson.
The blog wants to speak now: The Dodgers have just thrown the first combined no-hitter in their epic pitching history. I'm going to celebrate instead of research.
1 comment:
He also has four body parts in his name:
Toe
Knee
Arm
Ass
And his son was one of the players sent by the Red Sox to the Expos for Pedro Martinez (after being acquired in a rare Red Sox-Yankees trade for Mike Stanley).
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