Sunday, June 8, 2025

Gene Garber #597

 
We're back after a brief break! This week a sidearm closer who never got the credit he deserved and now farms emus...it's Gene Garber! Garber didn't get a real chance with the Pirates, was sent to KC, but then really made his mark in Philadelphia as a set-up man. He was sent to Atlanta where he set club records for saves in a season and career, he also ended Pete Rose's hit streak in 1978. In retirement he runs his family farm in Pennsylvania, at one point selling Emu Oil.

Topics: The Garber Baby?, side arm motions, bird facts

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