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, August 4, 2008

#577 Tom Browning

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Why this card is awesome: Because of those two dudes chillin' in the background, arms folded and relaxing in the sun. Cool stat: Brown...
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#576 Tommy Hinzo

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Why this card is awesome: Because this is one of my favorite cards of the set. The photo looks very old to me. Hinzo is a smallish guy, and...
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Sunday, August 3, 2008

#575 Don Sutton

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Why this card is awesome: Because right after Graig Nettles, here's another super veteran, Don Sutton. Judging by the 1987 Angels defen...
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Saturday, August 2, 2008

#574 Graig Nettles

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Why this card is awesome: Because, like Ray Knight , it's weird to see Nettles in a jersey from a team like the Braves. We think of him...
Friday, August 1, 2008

#573 Bob Stanley

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Why this card is awesome: Because -- STOP THE PRESSES I have discovered something about this card that I suspect is unique in the long and ...
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#572 Chris James

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Why this card is awesome: Because that, my friends, is a level swing. Look at that bat--damn near parallel to the ground. You don't see...

Don Mattingly in 3D

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I just debuted my own 3D Don Mattingly 1988 Topps card over at Things Done to Cards . Please read the post over at TDTC for instructions.

#571 Mark Williamson

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Why this card is awesome: Because now I know why I always confused Mark Williamson and Eric Bell. Previously, I thought Bell's card res...
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#570 Jeffrey Leonard

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Why this card is awesome: Because what do Jeffrey Leonard and John Cangelosi have in common? They are both scratching their backs with the...
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Thursday, July 31, 2008

#569 Charlie Leibrandt

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Why this card is awesome: Because this whole card is tilted to the right. I wonder why they did that? Maybe Leibrandt didn't have his V...

#568 Chris Brown

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Why this card is awesome: Because of the unusual black shirt Brown's wearing under his uniform. Cool stat: Brown was a maddening playe...
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#567 Mike Diaz

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Why this card is awesome: Because it's a great shot of the shoulder patch on the Pirates' uniforms from that year. No doubt that ph...
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#566 Charlie O'Brien

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Why this card is awesome: Because of the super-classic catcher pose. Look how small his chest protector is! Today, catchers wear something ...
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Wednesday, July 30, 2008

#565 Lloyd Moseby

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Why this card is awesome: Because although Moseby's in a classic baseball card pose (rest on bat) I can't think of another example ...
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#564 Frank Lucchesi

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Why this card is awesome: Because this card demonstrates how things have changed over the years. Look at this photo of Lucchesi. How old wo...
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#563 Jose Guzman

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Why this card is awesome: Because, once and for all, this is NOT Juan Guzman . Yes, Jose and Juan are both very common Latino names, but t...
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Chien-Ming Wang autographs

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A while back, I asked for some trades to get some CMW cards that I could get autographed. Well I got all my autos back and here they are. W...
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Oops

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I screwed up the time stamp on Moseby's card which is why he got published a bit early. Oh well.

#562 Jim Lindeman

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Why this card is awesome: Because I am perplexed about what team is seen in the background. Clearly this is a spring training game using al...
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#561 Rick Cerone

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Why this card is awesome: Because how does a guy get so many career triples (13 at the time this card was made) with so few stolen bases (4...
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