We're celebrating the 20th anniversary of one of the great classic baseball card sets, 1988 Topps. We're going through all 792 cards one by one, posting bits about what makes the card awesome and cool stats about the player or team featured on the card. We're also posting the 1988 Topps Traded set!
Friday, September 19, 2008
#13T Buddy Bell
Wow, what an ugly airbrushed card!
IMPACT FACTOR 1/10:Bell put together half a season as an average 3B with Houston before being released.
I was a big fan of Buddy growing up. For years, we in Chicago heard rumors of a trade which would have brought him to the White Sox. Instead, we endured an endless stream iof 1 or 2 year stopgaps. Making it worse was that my cousin lived in Cleveland and gave me crap for year!
Kevin Bell is just one in a long line of Chicago's (both sides of town) hot prospects at 3rd...Kevin Orie, Tim Hulett, Carlos Martinez, Gary Scott, Wade Rowdon... Kevin Bell busted his knee pretty bad.
Wow. That might be the worst air brushing of 1988.
ReplyDeleteI was a big fan of Buddy growing up. For years, we in Chicago heard rumors of a trade which would have brought him to the White Sox. Instead, we endured an endless stream iof 1 or 2 year stopgaps.
ReplyDeleteMaking it worse was that my cousin lived in Cleveland and gave me crap for year!
Hey, you Chisox fans had a Bell at 3rd.....Kevin "I fielded under .900 one year" Bell.
ReplyDeleteKevin Bell is just one in a long line of Chicago's (both sides of town) hot prospects at 3rd...Kevin Orie, Tim Hulett, Carlos Martinez, Gary Scott, Wade Rowdon...
ReplyDeleteKevin Bell busted his knee pretty bad.