PHIL GARNER WAS ONE TOUGH SON OF A BITCH

Thirty Triples in Six Years; You KNOW He Hustled His Ass Off

CARD CARD ID AMAZING FACT THEREOF
Issued the same year he scored the winning run in game two (you remember, all-time classsic, 11-innings, 1-0, vs. The Phillies) of the NLCS 1981 All-Star Program Insert Although he actually played the game in a Pirates uniform
1982 Donruss # 544 Garner actually played 31 games in an Astros uniform in '81, but I guess Donruss didn't have time to snap a picture of him wearing Astros duds, although Topps and Fleer managed.
P.S. A reverse negative version of this card made it into circulation, but I haven't bothered with it--yet
'Phil joined the Astros September 1, 1981, and helped the club to 2 straight victories over the Mets' 1982 Squirt # 13 Part of a 22-card set that also included such superluminaries as Jerry Remy, Dennis Leonard, and George Hendrick
1986 Police # 9 I guess he lost the mustachio sometime in 1985

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