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!

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

#652 Bruce Benedict

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Why this card is awesome: Because Benedict's career was built the way they should have been. He was a Braves lifer as a backup catcher....
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#651 Mike Jackson

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Why this card is awesome: Because this is yet another nice hidden gem rookie card from this set. This was Mike Jackson's first Topps ca...
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Monday, August 25, 2008

Giveaway #10 PART TWO

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Since dayf doesn't want the cards he won , here's another little contest to give them away. The contest works like this: first perso...
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88 Topps Giveaway #10

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This one is a huge giveaway. The first person to figure out the question below wins the following: Cards 551-650 of the 1988 Topps set, whi...
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#650 Cal Ripken

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Why this card is awesome: Because while I'd love to say that this is the classic Ripken batting stance, the truth is that there is no s...

#649 DeWayne Buice

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Why this card is awesome: Because this card has Buice's name wrong. His first name is "De Wayne," with a space, not DeWayne w...
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#648 Al Newman

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Why this card is awesome: Because I'm pleased to say that Al Newman is not dead. For some reason, when I see Newman's name, I alwa...
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#647 Pascual Perez

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Why this card is awesome: Because, oh man, there are SO MANY stories about Pascual Perez. Again I'm going to invite readers to comment...
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Contest coming later today

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I am posting a new contest at 4:45 PM ET today. First correct answer wins a whole mess of stuff. See the post for more details.

#646 Checklist 529-660

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Why this card is awesome: Because it's interesting that the first and last player in each column on both sides of the card had notable ...

#645 Matt Nokes

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Why this card is awesome: Because, ahh, here is REALLY the last All-Star Rookie card from the 1988 Topps set, and it's a decent one in...
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#644 Terry McGriff

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Why this card is awesome: Because of those two dudes hanging out behind the lesser cousin McGriff. They look like they just stepped out of ...
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Sunday, August 24, 2008

#643 Rocky Childress

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Why this card is awesome: Because of all the obscure-sounding minor league stops on the back of the card - Helena, Bend, Spartanburg, Penin...
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Saturday, August 23, 2008

#642 Bob Dernier

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Why this card is awesome: Because, hot damn, this is a red, white, and blue card. For some reason, that red border really stands out on thi...
Friday, August 22, 2008

#641 Rick Honeycutt

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Why this card is awesome: Because, OMG, what a terrible airbrush job. Not only did they give him a ridiculous hat that looks like he's ...
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#640 Garry Templeton

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Why this card is awesome: Because this is the most obvious of the uncorrected errors of the 1988 Topps set: a green border on a Padres card...
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#639 Brewers Leaders

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Why this card is awesome: Because unless I am mistaken, this is the only card in the 1988 Topps set that prominently features a person who ...
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2004 Topps All-Time Fan Favorites #9 Frank Viola

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I don't actually own this card. The scan was graciously provided by dayf at Cardboard Junkie . Why this card is awesome: Because that g...

#638 Steve Balboni

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Why this card is awesome: Because if you know Steve Balboni, you know he was one of the strongest guys ever to play baseball, and yet he ha...
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#637 Jay Bell

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Why this card is awesome: Because you gotta love that there's a guy taking a hack in the batting cage in the background. Plus, we see o...
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