Why this card is awesome: Because his mustache is parted like the Red Sea.
Cool stat: Christensen had a short and unremarkable major league career, but he did quite quite well off Bruce Hurst in 9 career PAs.
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2 comments:
For some reason, I get the feeling no one ever threw him that ball.
Heh--it's easy to imagine him whining "Aww, come on, man!!" right after the photo was taken.
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