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, June 7, 2008

#488 Andy McGaffigan

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Why this card is awesome: Because McGaffigan looks like he's on the verge of cracking up. After seeing this card, I always assumed that...
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Friday, June 6, 2008

#487 Jim Pankovits

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Why this card is awesome: Because is that a wad of tobacco in your cheek or are you just happy to see us? Like Don Slaught's card , thi...
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#486 Pat Keedy

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Why this card is awesome: Because which reddish object is less welcome? His sensual red lips, or his Michael Jackson-like red gloves? Cool ...
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Thursday, June 5, 2008

#485 Harold Reynolds

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Why this card is awesome: Because in early 1988, this card was big news, or at least the fact that Harold Reynolds led the AL in steals in ...
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Wednesday, June 4, 2008

Wow

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This isn't a political blog, so I'll keep this very short. I'm proud of the U.S. to have finally put a minority candidate up for...

88 AUTO FEST #6

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Making this one a bit tougher. Please see previous AUTO FEST posts for the rules. First comment below to correctly identify this card wins a...
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#484 Pat Clements

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Why this card is awesome: Because this card reminds us of one of the more forgotten terrible Yankee trades on the 1980s. The Yankees got Cl...
Tuesday, June 3, 2008

#483 Rod Booker

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Why this card is awesome: Because I can't for the life of me figure out which player or coach that is in the background. My best guess ...
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#482 Mark Davis

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Why this card is awesome: Because has a bit of a sly look on his face, almost as if he's a year or so away from putting together an awe...
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Monday, June 2, 2008

88 AUTO FEST #5

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Please see previous AUTO FEST posts for the rules.
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#481 Mariano Duncan

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Why this card is awesome: Because I sure hope he's bunting. Otherwise, he's choking up way too much! You probably don't remembe...
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#480 Dwight Gooden

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Why this card is awesome: Because, damn, look at the season he had in Lynchburg, according to the text. 19 wins and 300 Ks. If you check hi...
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Sunday, June 1, 2008

#479 Brett Butler

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Why this card is awesome: Because as much as I hate fart humor, it seems quite clear to me that Butler just ripped a big one. Look at the p...
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Saturday, May 31, 2008

88 Topps anagrams

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This is just for fun. These are some anagrams of players featured on cards 1 to 100. Feel free to post the answers in the comments. ...
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#478 Sid Bream

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Why this card is awesome: Because that gold stripe around Bream's waist is remarkably unflattering. Also, the guy in the dugout in the ...
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Friday, May 30, 2008

#477 Jamie Quirk

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Why this card is awesome: Because I find this photo hugely ironic. Those of you who were baseball fans in the mid-90s and early 00s will re...
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2004 Topps All-time Fan Favorites #54 Dave Stewart

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Why this card is awesome: Because it sure has got a lot of bright colors on it, especially that blue sky. I wonder why, though, they chose ...

#476 Dave Stewart

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It's another 3AM feeding post! Why this card is awesome: Because that all-yellow warmup jacket is awesome. Also, again, I am surprised ...
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Thursday, May 29, 2008

88 AUTO FEST #4

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OK here we go with #4: This is damn tricky. I'll also tell you that once you figure out what this is, there are at least 3 cards I saw t...
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#475 Pete Rose

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Why this card is awesome: Because it's pretty sweet that they gave Rose card #475, one of the 31 best numbers in the set. (Of course, t...
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