Why this card is awesome: Because Perry is standing in front of something weird...a barn? An airplane hangar? Also, he's the first of two quick cards coming up featuring Reds in the PEE PEE club, i.e. first and last initials both "P." (Let me assure you that the PEE PEE club has nothing to do with...oh never mind.)
Cool stat: Perry didn't have a long career, but he wasn't bad. Spanning 1985 to 1990 (his entire career), he makes the top 25 for fewest hits per 9 innings among pitchers with at least 100 IP. Go, PEE PEE, go!
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I see Gregg Olson on that list. It really is a shame that he hurt his elbow in 1993 and was never the same. He could've been the first closer to 500 saves, before Trevor Hoffman.
Olson was just chosen for the Orioles Hall of Fame, BTW.
I remember when Gregg Olson (Baltimore) and Tom Gordon (Kansas City) broke in at the same time--both getting stints in 1988 and having their first full seasons in 1989. Gordon has had his share of injuries too, but still going in 2008 with the Phillies, I'm sure Olson would trade his own career for Gordon's.
Airbrush alert!!
no mention at all of his awesome snaggle tooth?
Perry's standing in front of Manny Trillo's house. Trillo used to have all the guys over for a party during the All-Star break. Trillo would get them drunk and then steal their signs.
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