the almost daily dodger - charlie hough

i had the opportunity a couple of months ago to add charlie hough's 2004 topps all-time fan favorites refractor

for just a couple of bucks so here we are. these are really great cards but are tough to come by for reasonable amounts.

the back of hough's card is limited to his dodger tenure

but we know he went on to pitch another 15 seasons for a variety of teams. it's worth noting that kenley jansen and clayton kershaw have passed hough in terms of games pitched for the dodgers, but he's still 7th among los angeles dodgers (8th including brooklyn stats).

i like the fact that, in addition to pitching for the dodgers, rangers, and white sox, hough finished his career with the marlins. that fact comes in handy on immaculate grid sometimes when the marlins show up as i try each day to complete the grid using only players that were in the 1978 topps set. i've never been able to complete a marlins inclusive grid with all 1978 topps players though, as the only three people i can use are hough, andre dawson, and bob mcclure and the grids haven't aligned properly as of yet.

hough also won more than 200 games and recorded more than 2,000 strikeouts in his career, so he has a fair amount of flexibility among the most common pitching categories used in the grid. and, if they ever run a category of hawaiian born players, he would fit there, too.

i last used hough on the grid a few days ago, thanks to his dodger/ranger status.

this one netted a score of 18 which is not bad for a group of 1978 topps folks. maybe i should have used burt hooton instead of hough. i'll use jerry grote or ted martinez as my dodger/met and i go back and forth between keith hernandez and tom veryzer as my indian/met. toby harrah popped into my head even though i typically use bert blyleven or gaylord perry as my ranger/indian.

hough wasn't involved, but just this morning i had my best grid ever.

not only are all the players from the 1978 topps set

they are also all former dodgers. i will admit that i only know that pat zachry hit .300 in a season because of previous grids, but now that i know he's fair game.