What a card: This is the second rookie card in the '85 Traded set. Chris Brown hit 16 home runs during his rookie season in 1985 and finished fourth in the NL Rookie of the Year voting that season.
My observation on the front: I see a straight-forward "CB" to designate the hat's owner.
More opinion from me: I remember not liking Chris Brown out of the gate. The Giants were terrible at the time and they didn't deserve "hot rookies" in my mind.
Something you might know: Brown was an All-Star for the Giants in 1986 after hitting .336 during the first half of the season. He was expected to become one of the top third baseman in the league but injuries led to him exiting the majors by 1989.
Something you might not know: Brown, who drove fuel trucks for an oil company in Iraq in 2004, struggled through difficulties when he came back to the U.S. in 2006. He lost his job, his wife left him and he then died after a mysterious house fire. Brown had told family members thugs had kidnapped him and set his house on fire, but police weren't sure of that and didn't rule out Brown setting the fire. The truth has never been fully determined as far as I can tell. Brown was 45.
My observation on the back: The trivia question was a popular one at the time because Tigers relief pitcher Willie Hernandez had just won the MVP and Cy Young Award in 1984.
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Chris was also a high school teammate with Daryl Strawberry at Crenshaw High School in Los Angeles. That's quite a 1-2 punch.
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