Wood vs. Wood #291

Giveaway update - still lots of cards available! Laurens, OhioTim, RJ Sahl, please email me your addresses! (Anyone else I've sent cards to in the past, I'll assume the address is the same as last time!

Last Wood v Wood was a 5-3 victory for 1962. Who will win here? 

Hal Stowe has a serious look as he poses in front of the trees. Hal Stowe's one-inning major league career was already over at this point. In his one major league inning, the eighth inning of September 30, 1960, Stowe came into the game with the Yankees down 4-2. Stowe walked his first batter, Vic Wertz, who came around to score via a balk, a groundout, and a sac fly. Stowe then got a popout to end the inning. Duke Maas took over for Stowe in the top of the ninth, and got the win when the Yankees rallied for three runs in the bottom of the ninth. Over the next four seasons Stowe was dominant in AA ball but struggled at AAA, and he never returned to the majors. After his baseball career he owned his family's restaurant Stowe's Fish Camps, in Gastonia, NC, from 1976 through the late 2000s/early 2010s. He is now retired.

Mitch Williams is standing at attention in Detroit, as is the crowd behind him. If not for his cap I'd think they were standing for the National Anthem. Mitch Williams was one of the top relievers in baseball in the late 1980s and early 1990s, saving over 15 games in a season six years in a row, including four seasons of 29+. His 192 career saves rank in the top 60 all time. He is now a motivational speaker and a Partner at Rehmann Transportation in Texas. He shared some baseball card stories with this blog in 2016.