This week, a 27 year old rookie card for a guy who ended up playing 15 MLB seasons...it's Charlie O'Brien! He was a legend at Wichita State, then joined a crowded field of catchers in Oakland before a trade sent him to Milwaukee. Charlie was a light bat, but showed his value as personal catcher for some of the best pitchers in baseball and caught for 13 Cy Young winners. He won a World Series with Atlanta and helped create and popularize the hockey style catcher mask!
Topics: Tulsa Race Massacre, deer scents, Brian Boru, SI Brawl
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Links:
- Card 566 on Beckett
- Charlie’s Sabr Bio by Steve West
- Brian Boru and his armor Wiki
- Charlie’s SI Cover
- Charlie Keeps his career alive at SI
- Charlie’s Book at Texas A&M Press
- Popular Mechanics story about Charlie’s mask
- Puck Junk the evolution of Baseball goalie masks
- 1995 NLCS Homer:
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