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!

Saturday, March 15, 2008

#252 Bob Brower

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Why this card is awesome: Beacuse, boys and girls, when your back leg is parallel to the ground, you are not going to hit the ball very far...
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#251 Tom Foley

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Why this card is awesome: Because of somebody's fat, lumpy ass in the background. Cool stat: Foley had one two-homer game in his care...
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Friday, March 14, 2008

88 Topps Cards Giveaway #7

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Whew, it's been a long time since we had a giveaway. This time, we're giving away cards 151 to 250 from the 1988 Topps set. That inc...
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#250 Nolan Ryan

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Why this card is awesome: Because I love the fact that despite all those many stat lines already on the card, he was led the league in ERA ...
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#249 Mike Marshall

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Why this card is awesome: Because it sure looks like Marhsall's hitting off his front foot--not the best way to do things. I can't ...
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Auto-matic for the 1988 Topps People - Jamie Moyer

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With apologies to dayf for ripping off one of his blogs in the title, here's a little gem I got in the mail yesterday. Yes, I realize t...
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#248 Storm Davis

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Why this card is awesome: Because of a good trade by the Athletics to get Davis, who would be an important member of their playoffs teams i...
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Thursday, March 13, 2008

#247 Thad Bosley

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Why this card is awesome: Because it's all so amazingly blue! Bosley is in blue from head to toe, the team name is blue, the banner is ...
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Ugly 1988 Topps

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The Ugly Baseball Card Blog has some more 1988 Topps action , again for a card we haven't seen yet on this site. It's worth the read...

#246 Mike Campbell

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Why this card is awesome: Because it's the second Future Stars card (Kevin Elster was the first) but a future star Campbell was not. Co...
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Wednesday, March 12, 2008

#245 Rich Gedman

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Why this card is awesome: Because he was signed as an undrafted free agent. Good call, Mr. Enos. Cool stat: Guess all day about who Gedman...
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#244 Jeff Robinson

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Why this card is awesome: Because with just that hint of a smirk, you know Robinson is a wise guy (and he was.) Cool stat: Robinson didn...
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#243 Mark Ryal

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Why this card is awesome: Because there's so much orange and blue on this card, it really seems that Ryal should be playing for the Met...
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#242 Tom Niedenfuer

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Why this card is awesome: Because aside from the ridiculous pose Niedenfuer (can we call him "Needy" for short?) is in, I again f...
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Tuesday, March 11, 2008

#241 Damaso Garcia

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Why this card is awesome: Because somebody needs to tell Garcia that the hat is supposed to on the head, not falling off the back of the he...
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#240 Lee Smith

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Why this card is awesome: Because this is the photo where Smith officially took over from Terry Forster as The Fat Tub of Goo. Cool stat: ...
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#239 Roy Smalley

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Why this card is awesome: Because of the serious body armor on his shin, well before it became so common in the game. Cool stat: Check out...
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#238 Luis Polonia

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Why this card is awesome: Because I have never been able to figure out if this is an actual action shot of Little Luis, or some kind of ver...
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#237 Mike Heath

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Why this card is awesome: Because of the funny optical illusion at the bottom of the card. Heath's left foot is right above the little ...
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Monday, March 10, 2008

#236 Ted Power

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Why this card is awesome: Because of bad trends. 1987 marked the second consecutive year that Power's ERA rose the better part of a ful...
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