What a card: Alfredo Griffin arrived in Oakland thanks to deal on Dec. 8, 1984 in which the Blue Jays acquired pitcher Bill Caudill for Griffin and outfielder Dave Collins.
How'd that go: Pretty good. Griffin returned to his 162-games-a-season routine in 1985 and won his only Gold Glove Award that year.
Backatya: Johnny Bench is now in third place in this category behind Mike Piazza and Carlton Fisk.
Back-to-back: I like the flagship card a lot more but look how happy Griffin is on the Traded card. It's probably because he knows this is his route to a World Series ring. He'd be traded from the A's to the Dodgers just in time for L.A. to win the 1988 World Series.
The flagship card was originally blogged on Dec. 19, 2014.
The blog wants to speak now: The Ballgames category is updated.
Fisk never played in the N.L.
ReplyDeleteOnly four walks in 1984. Wow.
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