There was a time that I was such a huge Detroit Tigers fan that I even collected cards from their AAA minor league affiliate at time - the Evansville Triplets.
That is where I can across this card that fascinated me:
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loginStine Poole He was a catcher buried in the Tigers system because at the time, Detroit had the beast that was Lance Parrish behind the plate. They also had a very capable backup by the name of Johnny Wockenfuss [we'll meet him at a future date] that could absolutely rake left handers. So there really was no place for a catcher to go in the Tigers system. Still, Poole looks happy in this picture. He was from California and he just struck me as the carefree Surfer type of dude. Plus there was that name: Stine Poole. I like my own name, it being the only one I've ever had, but I don't think it would suck to be called Stine Poole.
The Tigers eventually traded him to the Twins for Sal Butera. Straight up. No cash. No picks. No player to be named later. Just Poole for Butera.
You know your career in O.B. is in trouble when you get traded for Butera. Stine didn't last long in the Twins organization and his career was over before he ever made the Majors.
Seems like he has done okay for himself. He became a
furniture maker and a darn good one it would seem. He doesn't seem haunted that he never made the Bigs. The Bio on his website never mentioned that he played AAA ball. I think if I made it that close to MLB I'd tell *everyone*.............
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