Why this card is awesome: Because the trade described on the back is wrong. If you check out here and scroll down, you can see that this was actually a three-team trade involving Martinez, Lefferts, Sanderson, Connally, plus Gary Lucas and Al Newman. Plus, this card has a bonus shot of Joey Cora in the background!
Cool stat: Martinez had 5 two-homer games. They all came with the Padres, and his team won them all.
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The thing I remember most about this pudgester is Harry Caray incessantly carrying on about "Mellow Carmelo" as if he was the second coming of Hack Wilson, only taller.
Future Bucco #11!!!!!
A former neighbor of mine claimed to be a distant relative of Carmelo Martinez. Have no idea if he was right or not, but, especially since Carmelo's career was basically over at the time, it would've been a pretty random thing about which to lie.
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