What a card: The Giants dealt Jack Clark to the Cardinals on Feb. 1, 1985 in exchange for pitcher Dave LaPoint, shortstop Jose Uribe and outfielders David Green and Gary Rajsich.
How'd that go: Quite well. The Cardinals reached the World Series in Clark's first year and Clark, playing in his first postseason, hit the decisive blow, a three-run blast in Game 6 of the NLCS against the Dodgers to get St. Louis there. After an injury-filled 1986, Clark enjoyed the best season of his career with St. Louis in 1987.
Backatya: Clark and his wife, Tammy, met in a pharmacy. They also had a son, Anthony. They appear to be no longer married as Clark's bankruptcy filing in March of 2018 mentions an Angela as his wife.
Back-to-back: Somewhat similar photos on each card. The Traded card shows the stance Clark used with the "flat bat." The original card shows him putting that bat into action. Also, I believe the player on the on-deck circle in the Traded card is catcher Darrell Porter.
The original card is No. 740. It was blogged earlier this year, on Jan. 4, 2018.
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