Who is the man: Both Dennis Saunders and Tim Marting spent most of 1970 playing in the minors. Marting spent all of 1970 with the Tigers' Triple A team in Toledo. Saunders played in Toledo as well as in Double A Montgomery, Ala.. He also appeared in eight games for the Tigers.
Can ya dig it: This is the fourth one of these Rookie Stars cards in which neither player would have another card. Rookie Stars? Ha!
Right on: This is the second Tigers Rookie stars card in the set. The players on the first one fared better than these two did.
You see these rookies are bad mothers: Nope, nope and nope. No wonder the Tigers would go in the tank four years from the time this card appeared with rookies like this. Both players were out of baseball by the time 1972 was done.
Shut your mouth: Marting worked in a degree at Florida Southern College while he was playing in the minors for the Tigers. Single at the time, he told the paper in Toledo, "There's no way I could work a wife into my schedule."
No one understands him but his woman: Saunders looks like he's going to be sick.
(A word about the back): Topps doesn't tell you that Marting's .308 batting average at Lakeland in 1967 came in 15 games.
Used your pic and inspiration (Saunders) for today's Unknown Transaction blog (http://unknowntransaction.blogspot.com/2015/06/wrapping-up-dennis-saunders.html) where we put a wrap on the travels of Saunders.
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