Items of Potential Interest » Pitchers http://www.itemsofpotentialinterest.com Hey Here Are Some Things that May be Interesting Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:08:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Mustachioed Pitchers of the 1980s #1: Eric Show http://www.itemsofpotentialinterest.com/2010/01/mustachioed-pitchers-of-the-1980s-1-eric-show/ http://www.itemsofpotentialinterest.com/2010/01/mustachioed-pitchers-of-the-1980s-1-eric-show/#comments Fri, 08 Jan 2010 15:00:21 +0000 Chris Eckert http://www.itemsofpotentialinterest.com/?p=442
Eric Show Mustache Rating: 3.5 Fingers* Years Active: 1981-1991 Teams Played For: San Diego Padres, Oakland Athletics Career Stats: 101-89, 3.66 ERA Was He Ever a Diamond King?: No Claims to Fame: -Gave up Pete Rose’s 4,192nd hit in 1985 -Hit Andre Dawson in the face in 1987 -Most Career Wins as a Padre (100) -Jazz guitar enthusiast and member of the John Birch Society -Died [...]]]>


Eric Show
Mustache Rating: 3.5 Fingers*
Years Active: 1981-1991
Teams Played For: San Diego Padres, Oakland Athletics
Career Stats: 101-89, 3.66 ERA
Was He Ever a Diamond King?: No
Claims to Fame:
-Gave up Pete Rose’s 4,192nd hit in 1985

-Hit Andre Dawson in the face in 1987

-Most Career Wins as a Padre (100)

-Jazz guitar enthusiast and member of the John Birch Society

-Died at 38 following a drug overdose

Show had a sad but fascinating life. The San Diego Union Tribune published a nice piece on him in 2008. Prior to this series, I only knew him as the guy that gave up Pete Rose’s record-breaking hit, and one of the many pitchers in the 1980s who had a mustache.

* an additional half-Finger has been awarded for how well he wears the brown-and-gold warmup jacket

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