Saturday, January 17, 2026

Burgers or gum? Marty Castillo

Last time was a 6-3 win for burgers. What will happen here?

Wendy's has another standard spring training shot, while Topps has Castillo in the dugout, with lots of fans lining up behind the dugout to watch the players. Castillo was a seldom-used catcher-3rd baseman for the Tigers between 1981 and 1985. 1984 was the year he played the most, 70 games where he hit .234 with 4 HR and 17 RBI, his only season above the Mendoza line.

Overall in 201 major league games he hit .190 with 8 HR and 32 RBI. Castillo has stayed away from baseball since his retirement, with the Tigers and Detroit newspapers unable to secure him for team reunions. In 1995 Castillo and his wife opened a sports bar called Marty Castillo's Upper Deck in Cape Coral, FL. In 1999 Castillo, whom Sports Illustrated called one of the nicest and most popular Tigers in 1984, was convicted of assault and battery against his wife. The two divorced and his wife traded his share of the bar for child support; now called BackStreets Sports Bar, it recently celebrated it's 30th anniversary. The most recent mention of Castillo is another domestic violence arrest in 2011. 

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