Back photo: Pitching close-up.
Better photo?: The photo on the front is more Collector's Choice-y, so I'll vote for that. It is also the photo so far that could conceivably show up as "Exhibit A" at some point.
Ties to my personal collections: No direct ones, but I still hunted down some of his early Donruss cards. His first game, and his only game of the 1989 season, saw him fail to record an out, and get an ERA of infinity. As for his second start, read on.
Paragraphs in wikipedia entry: 8
Wiki-facts: "Alvarez provided one of the highlights of the 1991 Chicago White Sox season on August 11, by pitching a no-hitter against the Baltimore Orioles at Memorial Stadium in only his second Major League start."
Google it: At the bottom of the first page, you can see this video of a diving catch by Lance Johnson to save that no-hitter.
How was his strike-shortened 1994? Pretty good. 12-8 with an ERA of 3.45.
Birthday boy: March 24, 1970. No other MLBer was born that date. One season NBAer Marques Bragg was. Also, Mike Vanderjagt, former "idiot kicker" (tm: Peyton Manning) was born that day.
Up next: 37 - Rich Amaral.
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