Up on the blog today, we have a 1979 "not so missing" card for seven-game Major Leaguer Jerry Maddox, who put in all his Big League appearances with the Atlanta Braves in June of 1978:
Maddox
collected three hits over 14 official at-bats in his time as a Major
Leaguer, scoring a run while driving in one while playing third base.
Sadly
for him it would be his only time in the Big Leagues, being sent back
down to Richmond for the rest of the season, which was also the case for
all of 1979.
In 1980 he'd take his bat and glove South,
playing in the Mexican League for Nuevo Laredo, before retiring for
good, still only 26 years of age.
Nevertheless, the man made the "Big Show", even if for only seven games, and THAT is something to celebrate here at WTHBALLS!
Cheers!
