Taking the torch to spread the word about the Peter Max inspired 1972 Topps Baseball set...count down style.
Tuesday, June 20, 2017
#322 Jose Pena
Mexican League
veteran trying his luck north of the border, surfacing with the Dodgers via
rule 5 draft....no Fernando find, gave limited returns...7-4 record, 4.97 ERA
as a reliever...started in Reds organization....Poor results in 5 games in June
1969 with the Reds....returned to Mexican League and excelled catching the eye of the Dodgers ....First professional game 1961 Mexican Minor League.... spent 1962 to
1966 with Mexico City Tigers....according to Wikipedia was married to
a female professional poker player at the time in a Dodger uniform...Started out strong
with Dodgers during 1970 then proceeded to melt down in June....1971 did mop up
middle relief work.
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