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!

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

#688 Jim Winn

›
Why this card is awesome: Because if you're going to be a pitcher, Winn is such a rough name, since it's so easy to joke how rarely...
1 comment:
Tuesday, September 2, 2008

#687 Mickey Brantley

›
Why this card is awesome: Because, geez, Brantley got around in the minor leagues. From Bakersfield CA to Chattanooga TN to Salt Lake City ...
2 comments:

#686 Terry Francona

›
Why this card is awesome: Because I guess this must have been Santa Claus day at the ballpark, given that there are two of them in the stan...
2 comments:

2005 Topps All-Time Fan Favorites #74 Ron Darling

›
This is another set of scans provided by dayf at Cardboard Junkie . Why this card is awesome: Because methinks that this photo was taken a ...
3 comments:

#685 Ron Darling

›
Why this card is awesome: Because this is the second guy in 6 cards to be born in Honolulu. Charlie Hough was too. And for that matter, Dar...
1 comment:

#684 Hal Lanier

›
Why this card is awesome: Because, looking at the back of the card, it sure seems like the Astros had a lot of guys play 3B. Cool stat: In...

#683 Julio Franco

›
Why this card is awesome: Because let's take a guy with one of the coolest unique batting stances ever, and put him in a blurry photo w...
3 comments:

#682 Jimmy Key

›
Why this card is awesome: Because I can't look at this card without thinking of Jimy Williams' card . Clearly they must have been s...
3 comments:

#681 Bobby Bonilla

›
Why this card is awesome: Because I love playing games to try to figure out who else is on the card. Who's that standing next to Bonill...
3 comments:

#680 Charlie Hough

›
Why this card is awesome: Because this is simply a great photo showing the sky blue eyes of a very good pitcher. Hough had a very long and ...
1 comment:
Monday, September 1, 2008

#679 Darrell Miller

›
Why this card is awesome: Because of that weird effect going on in the dugout--looks like fancy yellow laser beams going across the card. C...
4 comments:
Sunday, August 31, 2008

#678 Jim Acker

›
Why this card is awesome: Because of the odd mention of minor league totals. Yeah, he had 437 IP and 28 wins in the minors before making t...
1 comment:
Saturday, August 30, 2008

#677 Eddie Milner

›
Why this card is awesome: Because check out that dumpy, slumped over guy sitting on a bucket of Gatorade at the end of the dugout. I guess ...
1 comment:
Friday, August 29, 2008

#676 Ken Dixon

›
Why this card is awesome: Because there's a weird airbrushing on the left. There's a pitcher in the background but Topps but a blue...

#675 Jim Rice

›
Why this card is awesome: Because in 1988, when I saw this card, I thought Rice looked like a dork. It's not a good photo, bottom line,...

#674 Mike Fitzgerald

›
Why this card is awesome: Because I can't figure out which Expo that is in the background. It follows that it's the on-deck hitter,...
6 comments:

#673 Tony Phillips

›
Why this card is awesome: Because Phillips is a pretty underrated player, mainly because he was much better in the second half of his caree...

#672 John Davis

›
Why this card is awesome: Because this is a very interesting rookie card. Davis had a nice 1987 season with the Royals, but that came after...
1 comment:

#671 Tim Laudner

›
Why this card is awesome: Because it sure is impressive to have 16 HR and 43 RBI in 288 AB and still bat below .200. Wow. Cool stat: Of L...

#670 Dan Plesac

›
Why this card is awesome: Because Plesac is one of the best relievers from the last 20 years and nobody knows it. He came in as a very effe...
1 comment:
‹
›
Home
View web version

About Me

My photo
Andy
I was a contributor to the now-defunct Baseball-Reference.com blog. Now I'm doing this.
View my complete profile
Powered by Blogger.