Front photo: Seems to be staring back in disbelief at a call.
Back photo: Being waved home, but doesn't appear to be in a hurry.
Better photo?: The rear photo is nice that includes the coach waving him home at the side, and that gives it the slight edge over the closely-cropped front pic.
Ties to my personal collections: Played part of the 2007 season in Toronto. Got several photoshop special cards, although his Upper Deck card does look like it is a legit photo of him on the team. He finished that season with a handful of games in Boston, and got a World Series ring out of it.
Paragraphs in wikipedia entry: 7
Wiki-facts: "Clayton portrayed Miguel Tejada in the 2011 film Moneyball"
Google it: Wanna buy his house?
How was his strike shortened 1994? 3 HR and 30 RBI with a .236 average.
Birthday boy: January 2, 1970. The only person across the *-reference world born that day was 90s NFLer Glenn Cadrez. Grammy-winning composer Eric Whitacre was also born that date.
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Clayton was my electee when I wanted to start a player collection of a guy that played on a lot of different teams....and actually has cards of most of them. He shows up in a lot of traded sets!
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