Friday, May 2, 2008

#404 Benny Santiago All-Star



Why this card is awesome: Because that thin mustache sure could use some steroids.

4 comments:

Luke said...

here's a good question, who had the most appearances in the 88topps set? (inc. team leaders)

Ol' Benny has 3 that I know of: Record Breaker, ALL Star and base card....

Andy said...

I don't know the answer right off, but a bunch of guys have 3, I think. Mattingly is in a Record Breaker and All-Star too. Boggs is on the Team Leaders card and an All-Star card. Eddie Murray appears TWICE on a record-breaker card, plus on the Team Leaders card (but no All-star card.)

Jim said...

Why did Topps always call him "Benny" I never actually heard anyone call him that. Kind of like "Bob" Clemente.

Andy said...

He was called Benny by other companies, too. For example his 1988 Score card is Benny Santiago. I think by 1989 or 1990, though, he was Benito on all cards.