Monday, September 10, 2018

#37T - Oscar Gamble


What a card: Oscar Gamble signed as a free agent with the White Sox on March 23, 1985. It marked his return to the team that he spent one memorable year with 1977 in which he hit a career-high 31 home runs.

How'd that go: It was the end for Gamble. He barely exceeded his abysmal numbers with the Yankees in 1984, batting .203 in 148 at-bats in '85. Chicago, in a pennant race, released Gamble in mid-August. His MLB career was over.


Backatya: "She sung National Anthem ..." is not proper English. It should be "she sang National Anthem."



Back-to-back: Gamble is kind of chilling in each photo. You'll notice that Topps removed the "OF" position designation on his Traded card.

The flagship card is No. 724 and was blogged on Nov. 14, 2017.

The blog wants to speak now: The News category is updated.

1 comment:

Byron said...

There should also be a definite article in front of "National Anthem" assuming that the card writer meant she sang "the" US National Anthem. Though I suppose it could be an indefinite article if the White Sox were playing the Blue Jays that day and she sang the Canadian National Anthem, which would be "a" national anthem.