Gum or burgers or gum? 1985 Lance Parrish

Last time Topps beat Wendy's 7-2. What will happen here?

Despite being the best team in the American League by a wide margin, only one Tiger made the AL All Stars subset, catcher Lance Parrish. That's a good representation of how important the whole team is in baseball. The Wendy's photo looks to be from the same time as the All Star card, though the All Star card seems to have come out much darker in coloring. His Topps base card features some pre-game action at Tiger Stadium, with a nice view of the Tiger Stadium grandstand. 

(Topps put league leaders on the back of All Star cards in '85, a departure from previous years. No Tiger even led the league in a major statistical category, but if they had gone back to a design with the top 3 in each league, Parrish would have been on the Home Run Leaders card, in a tie for 3rd with Dwayne Murphy and Andre Thornton, behind Tony Armas and Dave Kingman. On the Victories Leaders card, Jack Morris tied for 2nd with Bert Blyleven, behind Mike Boddicker. And on a hypothetical Saves Leaders card, Willie Hernandez would be #3 behind Dan Quisenberry and Bill Caudill.)

The slugging Parrish was one of the best catchers of the 1980s, with eight All-Star appearances for three teams between 1980 and 1990. He was a big part of the 1984 Tigers World Championship team, hitting .237 with 33 HR and 98 RBI, and two more home runs in what would be his only postseason appearance. In 19 years, for 7 teams, Parrish hit .252 with 324 HR and 1,070 RBI. After his career he spent time as a broadcaster and a minor league manager. He is now a special assistant to the Tigers' GM.