88 Topps Cards

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!

Tuesday, January 29, 2008

#82 Darrel Akerfelds

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Why this card is awesome: Because nobody told Akerfelds that when you only wear your warmup jacket for running and not for tossing, so ever...
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#81 Reds Leaders

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Why this card is awesome: Because of the hilarious Happy Clown / Sad Clown action. Ron Robinson looks like somebody just gave him a puppy, ...
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#80 Mark Langston

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We're 10% of the way done with the set! Why this card is awesome: Because it's such a great photo. Like the Clemens photo on card #...

#79 Ernie Whitt

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Why this card is awesome: Because of all those game-winning RBI, 51. For those who don't know, GWRBI was an official stat for a relativ...
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#78 Dan Petry

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Why this card is awesome: Because is it just me, or does Petry look like a right-handed version of Jim Abbott in that photo? (If any reader...
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#77 Tom O'Malley

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Why this card is awesome: Because of that unbelievably huge guy sitting in the first row wearing white. He kind of looks like a modern-day ...
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Monday, January 28, 2008

#76 Denny Martinez

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Why this card is awesome: Because this is the only card I can think of that features ACTUAL REAL wood paneling, unlike the 1968 and 1987 se...
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Next giveaway

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Having reached card #75, you might expect me to give away cards 51 to 75. However, I've decided to increase the number of cards per give...

#75 Joe Carter

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Why this card is awesome: Because Louisville Slugger obviously paid a chunk of change to Topps to get prominent placement on this card. By ...

#74 Tom Lasorda

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Why this card is awesome: Because of the utterly hilarious photo. We all know Lasorda was a SlimFast representative, but he seems to be goi...

Reminder: 1988 Topps Gallery of Champions giveaway

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Here's your final reminder of our 1988 Topps Gallery of Champions giveaway. Click this link for directions on how to enter. The contest...

#73 Randy Bush

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Why this card is awesome: STIRRUPS! Cool stat: Bush wasn't spectacular, but he was good and consistent. In fact, Bush is tied for four...
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Sunday, January 27, 2008

#72 Dennis Eckersley

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Why this card is awesome: This card might be the most awesome card of the 1980s. Seriously. Here's why: Eckersley had two careers. Fro...
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#71 Gary Pettis

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Why this card is awesome: Because of the mention of a baseball lifer, scout Loyd Christopher. He played in the 1940s for the Red Sox, Cubs,...
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#70 Roger Clemens

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Why this card is awesome: Because it's the second-best card in this set. It's just an awesome photo of Clemens from head to toe, be...
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#69 Mike Hart

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Why this card is awesome: Because of all the time in the minor leagues. Just look at the back of his card! Other than a cup of coffee with ...
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Saturday, January 26, 2008

#68 Dave Dravecky

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Why this card is awesome: Because this photo of Dravecky looks to me just like actor David Strathairn as White Sox pitcher Eddie Cicotte fr...
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#67 Ken Oberkfell

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Why this card is awesome: Because Oberkfell is doing the State of Liberty. Cool stat: Oberkfell walked 13 times in his career with the bas...
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#66 Shane Rawley

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Why this card is awesome: Because 66s are wild on this card. It's card #66, and Rawley had 66 strikeouts in his first year on the card,...
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#65 Leon Durham

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Why this card is awesome: Because of a very thought-provoking trade on the back, essentially Leon Durham for Bruce Sutter. It's an inte...
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