Fuji picks #482, Ricky Gutierrez

The Player: Ricky Gutierrez

The Card: 1993 Upper Deck #660, looks to be from Spring Training.  

How I got the card: I purchased the signed card from eBay.  

About the Player: Gutierrez is currently the third baseball coach for the Nationals.  He was the Orioles second pick in the 1998 draft.  He was traded to the Padres in 1992 in exchange ,Craig Lefferts.  In 1994 he was part of a fourteen player trade that sent him and several other players to Houston and brought Ken Caminiti, teve Finley and more to the Padres.  He played for the Cubs, Indians, Mets and Red Sox.  He won a World Series ring with the Red Sox in 2004.  That was his final season as a player.

Fun Fact: His nephew, James Jones, played in the NBA and is currently GM for the Suns.

Between:  Brian Guinn and Rick Guttmorson

Up Next: Matt picks #330, Miguel Dilone

Contest:  Each month I will pick a player to be the prize winner. If that players padrograph number is picked the person who picked the number will win an $20 eBay gift certificate.  

Please pick numbers between 2 and 1385.  The more numbers you select the better your odds are.  No batches please just individual numbers.  No one has picked the correct number yet.