Why this card is awesome: Because of holy sneaker tongues, Batman! Also this is the second player from the last 4 cards born in Alabama, the Wizard of Oz being the other.
Cool stat: In 1989, Tibbs went undefeated over 8 starts. Believe it or not, that makes the top 20 since 1901 for most starts in a season with no losses. (That doesn't include a few guys this year, such as Brandon Webb, who's undefeated at the moment.)
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I love that the color of the borders and text is designed to match the trees in the background. Trees?
That's spring training for you.
Andy! You jinxed Brandon Webb!
He had to lose sooner or later :)
Actually, Tibbs is the 2nd in the last 5 cards born in Alabama (Ozzie is #460 and Tibbs is #464; you have Darwin, Slaught and McGriff in between). If you go back to card #457, you have 3 players in the last 8 cards born in Alabama.
In picky mode, and making sure I get as many references here to Terry Leach, I remain,
Chris :-D
Whoa, tied for first on that list is Jason Bere, 1999 - 14 starts, 6.08 ERA, 0 losses.
Yeah, that Bere season was one of the biggest fluke years ever.
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