What a card: John Tudor was traded to the Cardinals in a deal with the Pirates on Dec. 12, 1984. The Pirates sent Tudor and Brian Harper to St. Louis for outfielder George Hendrick and a minor leaguer.
How'd that go: Stellar ... until the World Series. Tudor went 21-8 with a 1.93 ERA and 10 shutouts in 1985 for the Cardinals, finishing second in the Cy Young Award voting. He started Game 7 of the World Series that year, but failed spectacularly in an 11-0 defeat to the Royals.
Backatya: As an upstate New York guy I hoped that Tudor did some of his high school pitching in Schenectady. But he went to high school in Peabody, Mass.
Back-to-back: The blurry-hand effect on the Traded card is very '70s/'80s. But it is definitely more interesting (aside from the Pirates pillbox hat) than the flagship card, which is No. 214 in the set and was originally blogged on Sept. 17, 2013.
The blog wants to speak now: The Other Cards tab is updated.
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