Why this card is awesome: Because this might be the only card in the set to feature an empty folding chair in the background. It's a bit tough to see, but it's there.
Cool stat: This is kind of weird. Hendrick had 119 PAs against Steve Carlton (his most against any pitcher) while runner-up Bill Lee faced Hendrick 78 times. That's a huge disparity. That's more than 50% additional PAs against Lefty than against Spaceman. I wonder why? The fact that he hit Carlton so well must have had something to do with it.
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Looks like George Hendrick is showing the least amount of stirrup of any player in this set whose stirrups are visible in his card. I will go ahead and assign Hendrick substantial blame for being at the beginning of the trend towards baseball players wearing pajama pants whie playing.
My friends and I always thought it looked like her wore pajamas while he played, now it is commonplace.
See also: Manny Ramirez
Steve Carlton was 38-14 against the Cardinals in his career for a winning percentage of .731. I think the Phils threw him out there against the Cards every chance they could to shove that trade in our faces. Rick Wise......geesh. I don't know why Silent George hit him well, but he did.
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