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, May 10, 2008

#435 Mike Pagliarulo

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Why this card is awesome: Because that caterpillar on Mags' lip appears to be itching him. And also because he was born in Medford, MA....
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#434 Rick Aguilera

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Why this card is awesome: Because it appears that Aguilera was distracted by something--my guess is a scantily-clad female fan--right as th...
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Friday, May 9, 2008

#433 Bill Pecota

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Why this card is awesome: Because Pecota is the only guy I can think of to have a sabermetric tool named after him. Cool stat: Pecota had...
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#432 Mike Moore

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Why this card is awesome: Because I'm amazed how the photographer got that porcupine to sit so still on top of Moore's head for thi...
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#431 Casey Candaele

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Why this card is awesome: Because is it just me, or does Candaele look extremely bundled up here? Candaele was an odd choice to be an All-S...
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#430 Glenn Davis

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Why this card is awesome: Because if you look carefully, you can see a blurry New York Met in the dugout balancing a cantaloupe on his head...
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Thursday, May 8, 2008

#429 Tigers Leaders

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Why this card is awesome: Because this card is totally awesome AND totally sucky. It's awesome because of the obvious--Gibby and Tramme...
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#428 John Shelby

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Why this card is awesome: Because which Dodger player or coach is that on the right side of the card, blond hair sticking out of his cap? W...
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#427 Paul Kilgus

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Why this card is awesome: Because I've bitched about shadows a lot, but this has to be the worst shadow on any card in this set. I mean...
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#426 Randy Ready

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Why this card is awesome: Because this is a pretty interesting photo of Ready right in the middle of a swing. His front foot is already tur...
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#425 Jeff Reardon

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Why this card is awesome: Because I swear this is a photo of the Unabomber thinking about his next target. Who knew the Unabomber wore suc...
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#424 Dwayne Murphy

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Why this card is awesome: Because you can see every nook and cranny on Murphy's face and neck in this photo. Cool stat: In the 4 seaso...
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Wednesday, May 7, 2008

#423 John Smiley

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Why this card is awesome: Because sometimes the obvious comment is the one you need to make: it's so ironic that the one thing John Smi...
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#422 Dave Concepcion

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Why this card is awesome: Because Concepcion sure looks like a coach in this photo, hitting infield grounders. He wasn't retired as a p...
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#421 Ed VandeBerg

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Why this card is awesome: Because it's got to be very rare for a guy to lead the league in appearance in his first year in the majors, ...
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#420 Wally Joyner

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Why this card is awesome: Because Joyner's pointing straight at the ground. I bet you've looked at this card dozens of times and ne...
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#419 Scott McGregor

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Why this card is awesome: Because after Randy Myers, here's another card with closed eyes. What in the hell was Topps thinking? Cool st...
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#418 Joel Youngblood

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Why this card is awesome: Because, what's going on in the dugout? I can't tell who's on the left, but I'm sure that guy on ...
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#417 Mark Ciardi

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Why this card is awesome: Because despite making the big leagues, that fact on the back about him being a part of a ski team in high school...
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