What a card: Don Sutton was dealt to the A's in a trade on Dec. 7, 1984. The Brewers sent Sutton to Oakland for pitcher Ray Burris and a player to be named, minor-leaguer Ed Myers.
How'd that go: In Sutton's only season for Oakland in 1985, he won in double figures (again) at 13-8 and pitched closed to 200 innings (again). He was traded to the Angels in September of that year.
Backatya: You can tell by Sutton's birthdate that he pitched for Oakland when he was 40. He did pretty well for himself in his early 40s.
Back-to-back: Two candid shots in what may or may not be the same ballpark.
The flagship card is No. 729 in the set and was originally blogged on Nov. 28, 2017.
The blog wants to speak now: The TV category is updated.
Seeing the back of Sutton's card made me realize that he pitched in the 1982 World Series for the Milwaukee Brewers. I honestly had no recollection of that (though I noticed he didn't exactly help the Brewers out in the WS that year when I looked his stats up from the series).
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