I have four cards of Dallas Braden. This one is from 2007 Topps Updates and Highlights.
Playing career: Remember Dallas Braden? He was a young,
undistinguished pitcher for the A’s who picked a fight with A-Rod in 2010 and
then threw a perfect game a few weeks later. After that season he injured his
shoulder and only pitched in three more major league games.
My memories: I remember him going out of his way to get in
an argument with A-Rod. It seemed like a little guy trying to prove himself by
going after the biggest guy around. When he pitched the perfect game, he again
did a lot of yapping to the media, and I was thinking that I was going to have
to hear about this self-promotional guy for the next ten years. I was glad
there ended up being a few more perfect games that year to dilute his, and while the injury
is unfortunate, he probably would have
been one of the most annoying guys in the league.
Where he is now: A studio analyst for ESPN. Sounds about
right for him.
Google Autocomplete results: He is sixth when you type
Dallas B, between Dallas BBQ Flatbush, a restaurant in Brooklyn, and Dallas
Baptist University, a school in Texas. There do not appear to be any other
prominent Dallas Bradens.
Coming up next: The next profile will be Chad Bradford.
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