Cake or gum? 1976 Mike Torrez

Last time it was a close one, with cake victorious by a score of 6-4. Who will win here?

Once again we have two photos from the same session, this time at the Oakland Coliseum. In a bit of a departure from usual patterns, it's Hostess with the closeup, Topps with the farther-away shot. You can even see Torrez's #24 written on his glove.

Mike Torrez pitched for seven teams in his 18-year-career. 1975 was his one year with the Orioles, and his one year winning 20 games. Torrez had been traded along with Ken Singleton from the Expos for Rich Coggins and Dave McNally, a great trade for Baltimore. However after the season the Orioles traded Torrez and Don Baylor to Oakland for Reggie Jackson, a trade that did not work out as well for them. In early 1977, the Yankees, with several injuries in their starting rotation, traded Dock Ellis to Oakland for Torrez, and he had a great regular season and an even better postseason, dominating the Dodgers with two complete game victories, including the clinching Game 6. A free agent after the season, Torrez signed a big contract with Boston and ended up facing the Yankees in the one-game playoff at the end of the regular season, where Torrez famously gave up Bucky Dent's big 3-run home run. Torrez struggled to live up to his big contract in Boston. He has said that he preferred pitching to Thurman Munson than Carlton Fisk, and he did improve when Fisk left, going 10-3 in 1981. Overall in 494 games Torrez went 185-160 with a 3.96 ERA. After his career he has done some coaching, and for many years has owned MAT Premiums, a promotional-items distributor.