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!

Monday, February 18, 2008

#159 Brad Arnsberg

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Why this card is awesome: Because I guess Arnsberg has two heads, but only one is sticking through the giant neck hole at the moment. Cool ...
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#158 Tim Hulett

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Why this card is awesome: Because of the back, we're reminded that Hulett was drafted in the special secondary draft in 1980. Here is t...
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#157 Atlee Hammaker

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Why this card is awesome: Because of the great shot showing his exact grip on the baseball. Awesome. Cool stat: The two guys with the most...
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Sunday, February 17, 2008

#156 Gary Matthews

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Why this card is awesome: Because Matthews looks so terribly old on this, his last baseball card. But then again, he always looked old, did...
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Saturday, February 16, 2008

#155 Bruce Sutter

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Why this card is awesome: Because Sutter doesn't look very happy in this photo, perhaps because he just missed the entire 1987 season d...
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Friday, February 15, 2008

#154 Jeff Stone

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Why this card is awesome: Because this classic pose gives us the best look at the Phillies' uniform from this era. Against the green ba...
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#153 John Habyan

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Why this card is awesome: Because of the mention of street hockey on the back. In a year when Topps listed all kinds of cool info about whi...
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#152 Jody Reed

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Why this card is awesome: Boy, I never realized it at the time, but Reed, especially on this card, sure looks a lot like Jerry Remy . Despi...
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#151 Bob Knepper

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Why this card is awesome: Because of the oddity you can see on the back, that Knepper led the league in runs allowed in 1985, despite posti...
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Thursday, February 14, 2008

88 Topps Cards Giveaway #6

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OK, this giveaway is for the following: Cards 101 to 150 of the 1988 Topps set, including Kirby Puckett and Eric Davis The 2004 All-time Fan...
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#150 Eric Davis

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Why this card is awesome: Because this card is just AWESOME . It's a fantastic action shot captured by Topps of the long and lean Davis...
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#149 Ken Howell

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Why this card is awesome: Because while I have no idea whether Howell is religious, it's nice that Topps put a shot of what looks like ...

#148 Carmelo Martinez

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Why this card is awesome: Because the trade described on the back is wrong. If you check out here and scroll down, you can see that this w...
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#147 Bill Buckner

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Why this card is awesome: Because of Buckner's TOTALLY AWESOME hair. I've been trying to think what it looks like--sort of like a ...
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#146 Donell Nixon

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Why this card is awesome: Because of the fact about Otis Nixon on the back. Nixon (Otis, that is) had a terrible 1987, getting into just 19...
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#145 Bill Madlock

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Why this card is awesome: Because it's one last glory shot for a retiring warrior, as this was Madlock's last card. Special bonus a...
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#144 Don Gordon

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Why this card is awesome: Because Gordon looks like he just arrived after his trade from Toronto. Cool stat: Gordon had a short career s...
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1988 Topps action on Ugly Baseball Card Blog

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This site is great, and today it has a 1988 Topps John Smiley!
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Wednesday, February 13, 2008

#143 Mickey Tettleton

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Why this card is awesome: Because who is Tettleton looking at? Doesn't he know that the third-base coach (not the first-base coach, who...
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#142 Andy Van Slyke

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Why this card is awesome: Because the trade that brought Van Slyke to the Pirates (mentioned on the back) was one of the most interesting o...
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