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, April 26, 2008

#385 Carlton Fisk

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Why this card is awesome: Because of all those stats on the back of the card, one really stick out as odd: 9 triples in 1972. For a catcher...
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#384 Neil Allen

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Why this card is awesome: Because it's another card where you can get a nice view of his grip on the baseball. I wonder if cards like t...
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Friday, April 25, 2008

#383 Eric Bell

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Why this card is awesome: Because Bell joins our list of sad-looking players. He's in a similar pose to Chuck Crim , though Bell looks ...

#382 Keith Miller

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Why this card is awesome: Because he was voted "top base runner"...when that's the most impressive fact on your card, you hav...
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#381 Angels Leaders

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Why this card is awesome: Because have you ever seen two guys who look less happy about their picture being taken? Wally Joyner looks like ...
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#380 Joe Magrane

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Why this card is awesome: Because you wanna talk about baseball history? At the time this card was issued, the two scouts mentioned on the ...
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Thursday, April 24, 2008

#379 Rafael Ramirez

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Why this card is awesome: Because it's yet another Rafael in our set. We've had Palmeiro, Belliard, and Santana so far, and here...
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#378 Todd Frohwirth

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Why this card is awesome: Because of two things: the markings that identify his glove (looks like "FRO") and that dopey misplaced...
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#377 Sam Horn

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Why this card is awesome: Because he was signed by scout Ray Boone! I love how baseball presents so many unbroken strings back to its own p...
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Wednesday, April 23, 2008

#376 Bill Wilkinson

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Why this card is awesome: Because Wilkinson seems to be taking the commandment "love thyself" a bit too far, although not quite a...

#375 Tom Brunansky

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Why this card is awesome: Because of consistency--he may not have been a superstar, but he was bullseye precise every year from 1984 to 198...

#374 Doc Edwards

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Why this card is awesome: Because Edwards is actually 51 in this photo. He only looks 84. Cool stat: The 1987 Cleveland Indians were one ...
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Tuesday, April 22, 2008

#373 Checklist 265-396

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Why this card is awesome: Because once we actually get to the last card on this checklist, we'll be halfway done with the entire set!
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#372 Matt Williams

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Why this card is awesome: Because Williams must have been standing right next to Jose Uribe, as they both have the solid green background. ...
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#371 Joe Hesketh

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Why this card is awesome: Because, this time Topps said, "Hey Joe--we like to try to get shadows on everybody's face. To make doub...

#370 Jose Canseco

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Why this card is awesome: Because of false idols. During the 1988 season, when Canseco was putting together the first 40/40 year ever, this...
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Monday, April 21, 2008

Sorry

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Sorry for the lack of posts last few days--I accidentally screwed up the post for the next card so I wanted to wait until I was back in the ...
Friday, April 18, 2008

#369 Greg Harris

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Why this card is awesome: Because of that totally awesome face that Harris is making. It's nice how Topps highlighted his funny mouth b...
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#368 Gerald Young

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Why this card is awesome: Because as ridiculous as those uniforms were, I really dig the Astros cards from this set. This is another card t...
Thursday, April 17, 2008

#367 Tim Leary

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Why this card is awesome: Because of yet another shadow face. The background behind Leary is nice, though...blue sky, fluffy clouds, green ...
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