Chad Finn had a picture of this old baseball card of Alan Embree on his blog:
From the looks of it, Embree grew up in the 50s, and probably enjoyed many malts at the soda fountain and cut a rug at the hop.
But seriously, Alan Embree may have been terrible this season, but he was one of “the 25” and will always be, appearing in 11 of the 14 postseason games in 2004 and giving up only 10 hits and 2 ER in 7 1/3 innings. Best bullpen in baseball at the point in time, and looking back how magical it was to have a trio in Embree-Timlin-Foulke that could shut the door.
That postseason was magic, but it exacted a price: Schilling and Foulke may never be the same, and Embree lost something on the fastball. But what memories, and for that, Alan Embree, I thank you.