What a card: Al Bumbry became a free agent in November 1984 and signed with the Padres on March 28, 1985.

How'd that go: Bumbry played in just 68 games for San Diego, batted .200 and that was it. He was a free agent again after the 1985 season and he hung it up.


Backatya: Referring to Vietnam as "Viet Nam" is a bit outdated, although apparently the United Nations and the Vietnamese government still splits it into two words.

Back-to-back: 


The original card is No. 726, blogged on Nov. 20, 2017.

As someone who started collecting when Bumbry first started appearing on baseball cards, and pulling his Orioles card year-after-year for more than 10 years, seeing him as a Padre is quite strange. 

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