On the blog today, finally "fixing" a missing manager card in the fabulous 1978 sub-set, that of Milwaukee Brewers Alex Grammas, who skippered the team in 1977:
Grammas
put in two seasons with Milwaukee, leading them to almost identical
records in 1976 and 1977, 66-95 (1976) and 67-95 (1977).
It
was the only two years at the helm of the team, and besides a temporary
stint as Manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1969 (season-ending 5
games as a fill-in for Danny Murtaugh), his only taste as a Big League
manager.
The Brewers decided to go with George Bamberger in
1978, for which I did produce a card for way back in 2013 here on the
blog, but felt that Grammas really deserved one here.
I've
always been a huge fan of the 1978 Topps managers sub-set, and wished
they would have used that template for something else, with star players
instead.
Ah well...
