What a card: David Green was one of the players who came over to the Giants in the trade with the Cardinals for Jack Clark on Feb. 1, 1985.
How'd that go: The Giants had hoped that Green would help make up some of the power lost from Clark as Green hit 15 home runs in 1984. Green hit five in 1985 and the Giants shipped him to Milwaukee after the season.
Backatya: I have my doubts about the 165 pounds listed on the back here. Maybe early in his career.
Back-to-back: The Traded card is no match for the flagship card.
We do see the Giants' pumpkin uniforms for the second card in a row (they sure were busy with the transactions in '85).
The flagship card was blogged on Aug. 28, 2012.
The blog wants to speak now: The News category is updated.
Whitey Herzog says in his book that Green was as talented as any player of his time, but he had problems with alcohol. The Cardinals got him into rehab and he swore he was clean. One day Herzog was following him home from the ballpark and saw the beer cans come flying out the window. I don't think he was a Cardinal much longer.
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