Saturday, June 29, 2024

Cake or gum? 1976 Topps Pete Broberg

Last time it was Topps on top with a 7-1 victory. Who will win this time?

Two sides of Broberg's windup and delivery. These two photos side-by-side are messing with my head, making me think he is switch-pitching. However he is right-handed in both photos.

Pete Broberg was the number one overall pick in the 1971 draft by the Washington Senators, who immediately put him in the major league rotation. That year he went 5-9 but with a respectable 3.47 ERA. He never had as good a season again – some said it was because he needed minor league seasoning; others said the problem was in his attitude, not his arm. Nevertheless over eight seasons with four teams he went 41-71 with a 4.56 ERA. After his career he attended law school, then after passing the bar joined his father’s law firm, now known as Coe & Broberg, where he still practices, and is considered one of the leading real estate and zoning attorneys in Palm Beach. Among his former clients is former, and possibly future, President Donald Trump, whom Broberg represented in a dispute over some property owned by Trump in 1991.


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