RIP Ryne Sandberg 1959-2025

2025 Topps Chrome 1990 Ryne Sandberg #T90C-27

Many things happened during my almost six-year hiatus. Many things that made me think, "I should get on the blog and write something about this." But something (mostly excuses) would somehow successfully talk me out of getting on here and saying something.

July 28, 2025 was one of them. 

My wife and I had already celebrated my son's birthday over the weekend with his sister and the rest of the family the weekend prior. He got to hang out with his friends the day before. Today, his actual birthday, we had a simple dinner at Taco Bell.

In the baseball world, the Cubs were coming out of the All-Star Break, and were somehow, after leading the NL Central for most of the first half, were now suddenly tied with the eventual division champion Brewers. Worse, the Brewers were on one of the hottest streaks in MLB history while the Cubs were treading water and on a downward trend. So for me, it was painful to watch, and if I could avoid hearing bad news, I'd do it. And my son's birthday was a welcome distraction.

Sometime in January 2024, I had heard that Ryne Sandberg was battling metastatic prostate cancer. I started thinking about my dad. My father suffered six years prior with both colon and liver cancer (not the same, I know...but still very traumatic and life-altering), managed to beat it (saw the video of the bell ringing), but the complications caused his health to get worse. He eventually succumbed to it in October. Writing about my dad's passing was one of the last things I posted on this blog. I never wanted to make his death one of the reasons why I stopped posting. But I'm sure the ensuing...not depression...but sadness played a part in why I lost my motivation to write.

Back to the story. I was sad that one of my childhood heroes was suffering with this. And was able to watch games where the Cubs honored Ryno that season. Then, in August 2024. he came out and said that the treatments had worked and he had recovered. He beat it! Yes! 

During the 2024 off-season, however, I started hearing that the cancer came back. And worse, it was hitting other organs. I had a gut-wrenching feeling that this was going to be harder to recover. And all through out the first half of the 2025 MLB campaign, the Cubs would pay tribute to Ryno.

My wife, son, and I went to the aformentioned Taco Bell to have a quiet celebratory dinner. Before we turned into the restaurant, I turned on the radio, just to get an idea of how the ballgame was progressing. Of course, the Cubs, who just came off a series win against the White Sox, were now taking on the Brewers, with first place of the NL Central on the line. But when I turned on the radio, Pat Hughes and Ron Coomer were not really talking about the game, which already was a sign that the Cubs were losing. But it was WHAT they were talking about that made me pause (and fortunately not crash the car into the building). 

Ryne Sandberg had passed away.

1989 Topps Sticker Backs Ryne Sandberg #38

I turned off the radio, went into the restaurant, ordered dinner (Mexican Pizza and I think a Grilled Cheese Steak Burrito...don't judge me), and quietly shared the news with both my wife and son. We still had a good time. We've celebrated all weekend, and it was just us. Now was not the time to feel down. 

Then when we got home, I started to reminisce. The Cubs were the first team I watched when I first followed baseball in 1987. They had the eventual MVP in Andre Dawson. They had a future ace in Greg Maddux, who at the time was just trying to stay in the Majors. They also had a second baseman who never made errors, or at least it was a rare as a blue moon. 

The announcers said that this second baseman was one of the few holdovers from the first division winning team in 1984. It turned out that Sandberg was the MVP that year. Watching him play as I was learning the game, and subsequentially the Hobby of baseball card collecting, I knew I had found my favorite baseball player. He wasn't flashy. He didn't say anything that would cause controversy. He didn't really trash talk the other team. He was consistent. He was quiet. Most importantly, he was good. He had productive hits, not always trying for the home run, but got the right hit when it mattered. I mean, he hit for power, but his focus was just trying to get the inning moving, getting on base whether by walk, bunt, or a line drive. His defense was incredible. He had the record breaking streak of consecutive errorless games. He was just a great all-around player.

I was happy when he was inducted into Baseball's Hall of Fame. His speech was legendary. It wasn't full of "me, me, me." He talked about how he "played the game a certain way...the way it was supposed to be played." And that way...was with respect.

I look back at July 28, 2025. My son turned 23-years-old. Before he was born, my wife and I had a list of names made. At 3:31 am, we tossed that list. She gave him his first name, after her favorite drummer. I said no to Roger. But Taylor was acceptable. I got to pick his middle name. Only one name came to mind.

Ryne.

Twenty-three years later from that day, the man who wore number 23 for my favorite team, and my son's namesake, passed away. In November, one of Sandberg's sons and his wife celebrated the birth of a baby girl. 

They named her Ryne. 

The name goes on.

My condolences go out to the Sandberg family, the Cubs and Phillies organizations, Major League Baseball, and fans everywhere.

Sincerely,

JayBee Anama

Random Topps Card of the Day: 1989 Topps #774 Ron Oester

Thanks to the Topps Card Randomizer, introducing the Random Topps Card of the Day for Saturday, June 21, 2014:

• Official Card Set Name and Card Number: 1989 Topps #774.
• Player Name, position, team: Ron Oester, second baseman, Cincinnati Reds.
• Major League Debut: September 10, 1978.
• Last Line of Statistics: 1982 stats (Reds): 151 G, 549 AB, 63 R, 143 H, 19 2B, 4 3B, 9 HR, 47 RBI, 5 SB, .359 SLG, 35 BB, 82 SO, .260 AVG.
• Any special information about player: Drafted by the Reds #9th, June 1974. Bats: both. Throws: right.
• Number of regular Topps Cards (includes regular and traded cards only): 11. This is his tenth Topps card.
• Blurb on the back: "Ron enjoyed a 21-game hitting streak in 1984."
• Commentary: It's hard to believe, but it's been 25 years since the 1989 season of baseball card collecting was turned upside-down by the introduction of a fifth card company. From 1981 through 1987, Topps, Donruss, and Fleer were vying for people's Hobby dollars. In 1988, Score, with it's colored card backs, joined the fray. And then, 1989 happened. Upper Deck launched their first card product, and the Hobby, for better or worse, has never been the same since. Now it's 2014, all of the other companies are either gone entirely or are still making baseball cards, but on a lesser scale. In he meantime, Topps is using the 1989 design as one of the four featured "sets" for it's Topps Archives product, and then of course, the eponymous set has die-cut, mini card versions of the 1989 design (imagine if you took your 1989 Topps cards and then cut them along the colored borders, and voila!) as inserts. Too bad Topps couldn't figure out how to center the player's names within the colored team name in Archives. It looks goofy to see the names beginning all the way on the left and then have so much empty space on the right. Ronald John Oester's 1983 Topps card was previously featured as Random Card back on May 10, 2013, and I remember blabbing on about imagining if teams consisted of players who actually lived in the city? It seemed like every native Cincinnatian wound up playing for the Reds at one point in their lives or another. And second baseman Oester was no exception. He wound up playing his entire career for his home-town team, and in 1989, Oester hit for a .246 average with 1 home run, drove in 14 runs, and played nearly flawless defense at both second and short. In his last season in the majors, Oester and the Reds shocked the world by beating the heavily favored Athletics in the World Series.
• Lo-Hi Beckett value: $0.01-$0.05.
• How many cards of this player do I own?: 14.

Tomorrow is Retro Sunday, the one day of the week that we feature a card from 1951-1975. The card we will feature tomorrow is: 1959 Topps #490. Come back at 1:00 PM CST to see who (or what) it is.

Sincerely,

JayBee Anama

RIP Don Zimmer 1931-2014

By now, those who follow the game of baseball know that Don Zimmer passed away yesterday. It is said that he died after "undergoing heart-valve surgery and then being diagnosed with fibrosis on his lungs."

There have been many articles that have since been written about him.

ESPN to MLB Network have quickly shown tributes to the baseball lifer.

Here's a guy who has been involved in some capacity with Major League Baseball from the time he suited up with the Brooklyn Dodgers and was named the starting shortstop on July 2, 1954 by Walter Alston in a game against the Phillies. Zimmer went 1-2 that day with a walk, scoring 2 runs. His lone hit was a triple in his first at bat.

He won his first World Series title with the Brooklyn Dodgers in that magical 1955 season. He followed the team to Los Angeles when they moved to the west coast. After six seasons in Dodgers blue, Zimmer was traded to the Cubs in 1960 and was named to his first and only All-Star team as a player in 1961.

He was left available in the 1961 expansion draft and was selected by the New York Mets. He appeared in 14 games for the Mets before being traded to the Reds. He returned to the Dodgers in a trade after the 1962 season, but his second stint in LA was short. After 22 games, he was traded off to the Washington Senators - the team that would go on to be the Rangers - where he finished his finished his playing career in 1965.

His lifetime numbers during this 12-season career include 1095 games played, a .235 average, 91 home runs, 352 rbi's, stole 45 bases and achieved an percentages of .290/.372/.662. Defensively, he appeared in 1000 games, committed 156 errors in 4019 chances (a .961 fielding percentage) with 2222 assists and 418 double plays. Primarily an infielder, he also spent time as a catcher (35 games) and an outfielder for 8.

But his career in baseball didn't end there. He spent the 1966 campaign in Japan, playing for the Toei Flyers, and returned to the US playing for two minor league clubs in 1967. It was after 1967 when he retired as a player and began his second career in baseball as a coach. After toiling in the minors as a minor league coach, he was hired by the Expos in 1971, thus beginning a coaching/managing career that would send him across the baseball map, from Montréal to San Diego, Boston, the Yankees, Cubs, back to the Yankees, Giants, Rockies, a third stint with the Yankees, and then finally the Devil Rays/Rays. In between coaching stints, he managed the Padres, Red Sox, Rangers, and Cubs, helming his clubs to a 885-858 record during his 13-season run as a manager.

That's all great, and he was still credited as being part of the Rays franchise in 2014, making this, if you count his minor league career (1949) year his 65th season in professional baseball. He was the last living member of the Brooklyn Dodgers to work in some capacity in the game.

But for the writer of this humble little blog, he will solely be remembered for the four seasons he took the reins as manager for the Chicago Cubs. From 1988 to 1991, Zim was the manager who guided the Cubs to a 265-258 record and led the team to the 1989 NL East title. For a 12-year-old, just learning the game, watching this club was fun. That 1989 team was special to me (I missed the 1984 version, and only three guys from that team were still around for the 1989 run). Even now, I could probably name a majority of the players on a team that included three future Hall of Famers, and countless (in my mind) All-Stars. Even now, the two guys who finished 1-2 in the NL Rookie of the Year race have become "Fan Favorites" (at least in the minds of The Topps Company).

It was Zimmer, affectionately known as Popeye here, that brought this team together, and although, in true Cubs fashion, they didn't get to the World Series, this team lives on in the hearts of Chicagoans everywhere.

I was sad when the Cubs let him go in 1991. But it looks like he went on to a fine career afterwards as a coach for all of those teams listed earlier.

When I saw the alert on my phone saying that Don Zimmer had died, a bit of my youth had died as well. He is to me what probably Gil Hodges was to some. Maybe Casey Stengel.

A baseball lifer, Zimmer was. And a man, who while not having the numbers for consideration as both a player and a manager, should be considered (in my opinion) for enshrinement into the Hall of Fame. Somehow, in some way, the man should be posthumously inducted into the Shrine in Cooperstown.

My condolences go out to the Zimmer family, the many organizations that welcomed Donald William Zimmer to their franchise, and to baseball fans everywhere.

God bless you, Don Zimmer. Thank you for being a part of my childhood.

Sincerely,

JayBee Anama

Random Topps Card of the Day: 1989 Topps Traded #124T Gary Ward

Thanks to the Topps Card Randomizer, introducing the Random Topps Card of the Day for Friday, October 25, 2013:

• Official Card Set Name and Card Number: 1989 Topps Traded #124T.
• Player Name, position, team: Gary Ward, designated hitter-outfielder, Detroit Tigers.
• Major League Debut: September 3, 1979.
• Last Line of Statistics: 1988 stats (Yankees): 91 G, 231 AB, 26 R, 52 H, 8 2B, 0 3B, 4 HR, 24 RBI, 0 SB, .312 SLG, 24 BB, 41 SO, .225 AVG.
• Any special information about player: Signed with the Twins as a Free Agent 08/29/1972. Signed with the Tigers as a Free Agent 04/23/1989. Bats: right. Throws: right.
• Number of regular Topps Cards (includes regular and traded cards only): 15. This is his thirteenth Topps card.
• Blurb on the back: "Gary delivered 3-run pinch-Home Run in 10th inning providing Yankees with 7-4 win vs. Tigers, 9-8-88."
• Commentary: Released by the Yankees after the first week of the 1989 season (April 16), Gary Lamell Ward still believed that he could still be a productive player in the majors. So after a week off to clear his mind a bit (and for those of us who have been unemployed know the feeling), he signed on with the Detroit Tigers. He quickly showed that he could still produce. Although his All-Star days with the Twins and Rangers were behind him, Ward covered all three spots in the outfield as well as fill in at DH. In 1989, he hit for a .251 average with 9 home runs, 29 rbi's, and percentages of .300/.400/.700. The following year he hit .256, and although his home run total remained at 9, he drove in 17 more runs than the previous year. Granted free agency in 1990, and unable to sign on with any team, Ward retired from the game, and watched his son, Daryle, follow in his big league footsteps. Gary Ward is back in the minors now, moving up the ranks as a hitting coach in the White Sox farm system. In 2013, he was the hitting coach for the Double-A Birmingham Barons, and is being considered for the same role for the big league team in 2014.
• Lo-Hi Beckett value: $0.01-$0.05.
• How many cards of this player do I own?: 17.

Tomorrow's card will be: 1999 Topps Traded and Rookies T28. Post will arrive at 1:00 PM CST. Flash back with the blog tomorrow.

Sincerely,

JayBee Anama

Random Topps Card of the Day: 1989 Topps Traded #80T Larry McWilliams

Thanks to the Topps Card Randomizer, introducing the Random Topps Card of the Day for Saturday, June 8, 2013:

• Official Card Set Name and Card Number: 1989 Topps Traded #80T.
• Player Name, position, team: Larry McWilliams, pitcher, Pittsburgh Pirates.
• Major League Debut: July 17, 1978.
• Last Line of Statistics: 1988 stats (Cardinals): 42 G, 136 IP, 6-9, 64 R, 59 ER, 70 SO, 45 BB, 17 GS, 2 CG, 1 SHO, 1 SV, 3.90 ERA.
• Any special information about player: Drafted by the Braves #1st, June 1974. Signed with the Phillies as a Free Agent 01/30/1989. Bats: left. Throws: left.
• Number of regular Topps Cards (includes regular and traded cards only): 12. This is his twelfth and final Topps card.
• Blurb on the back: "His first major league Two-Hitter: 9-18-81."
• Commentary: Now this is more like it. Because the Topps Traded set was printed on white card stock (at least the sets sold at Hobby shops everywhere), you can actually read the statistics on the back a lot better than on the regular grey-stock printed cards. The pink background really helps, although the black borders still are condition sensitive. Larry McWilliams 1985 Topps card was a previous Random Card of the Day subject, so today's commentary will be a brief summary of his 1989 season. Long past his glory days with the Pirates in the early 80's, McWilliams signed with the Phillies in 1989 after a subpar year with St. Louis. In 40 games, 21 as a starter, McWilliams had a record of 2-11, 2 saves, an ERA of 4.10, 54 strikeouts, and a WHIP of 1.425 in 120.2 innings pitched. Needless to say, his stay in Philly was a disaster. So much so that by September 2, long after the trading deadline, McWilliams was traded to the Kansas City Royals for a player-to-be-named-later. He appeared in 8 games for KC, earning a 2-2 record, one save, 4.13 ERA, and 24 strikeouts in 32.2 innings of work. In 1990, the Royals released McWilliams after appearing in 13 games. In 8.1 innings, Larry's year ended with a high ERA of 9.72 (9 earned runs) and a WHIP of 2.280.
• Beckett value: $0.01-$0.05.
• How many cards of this player do I own?: 13 cards.

Tomorrow is Retro Sunday, the one day of the week that we feature a card from 1951-1975. The card we will feature tomorrow is: 1973 Topps #621. Come back at 1:00 PM CST to see who (or what) it is.

Sincerely,

JayBee Anama

Random Topps Card of the Day: 1989 Topps Traded #108T Juan Samuel

Thanks to the Topps Card Randomizer, introducing the Random Topps Card of the Day for Tuesday, May 21, 2013:

• Official Card Set Name and Card Number: 1989 Topps Traded #108T.
• Player Name, position, team: Juan Samuel, outfielder-second baseman, New York Mets.
• Major League Debut: August 24, 1983.
• Last Line of Statistics: 1988 stats (Phillies): 157 G, 629 AB, 68 R, 153 H, 32 2B, 9 3B, 12 HR, 67 RBI, 33 SB, .380 SLG, 39 BB, 151 SO, .243 AVG.
• Any special information about player: Signed with the Phillies as a Free Agent 04/29/1980. Traded by the Phillies to the Mets 06/18/1989. Bats: right. Throws: right.
• Number of regular Topps Cards (includes regular and traded cards only): 12. This is his eighth Topps card.
• Blurb on the back: "His first 6-RBI major league game: 6-23-86."
• Commentary: Juan Milton Samuel could well be the reason why the Phillies traded Ryne Sandberg to the Cubs. They probably felt that "Sammy" would make be the Phillies' second baseman of the future, and with Mike Schmidt entrenched in the hot corner for the Phils (remember, Sandberg was a primarily a third baseman), there was no place to put the man who would soon be known as "Ryno" anywhere. But Juan Samuel was no slouch at the plate either, and for six plus seasons, gave Phillies fans someone to cheer (or whatever it is they do in Philadelphia). He would hit a cumulative .263 with 100 home runs, 413 rbi's, steal 249 bases, was so fast that he even hit 71 triples, leading the league twice and had five straight years of double digit three-baggers. He was a two-time All-Star with Philly, and won a Silver Slugger in 1987 (probably his best season at the plate). But in 1989, with the Phillies going nowhere in the division, traded Samuel, who by now was playing centerfield instead of second base, to the Mets for outfielder Lenny Dykstra, pitcher Roger McDowell and a PTBNL on June 18. In 86 games for the Mets, Samuel would hit .228 with 3 home runs, drive in 28 rbi's, and steal 31 bases. Samuel would be traded off to the Dodgers at the end of the season for outfielder Mike Marshall and pitcher Alejandro Peña. He would play for LA for three seasons, returning to second base and be named to his third and final All-Star team in 1991. Juan Samuel's final Topps card as a player would come in the 1992 Topps set, and I'll be honest, I thought that he was done when he didn't appear in the 1993 Topps set. But Samuel continued playing until 1998. After being released by the Dodgers on July 30, 1992, he signed on with the Royals, finishing the season in KC. He would sign a one year deal with the Reds for 1993, and another one with the Tigers for 1994. He signed a second one-year deal with the Tigers for 1995, but was traded back to the Royals for a PTBNL. After a second stint with KC, he signed with the Blue Jays, spending three seasons with Toronto before calling it a career. But from 1993 to 1998, Topps didn't include him in any of their sets. He has since continued in baseball, coaching or managing at different levels over the years. He even managed the Orioles on an interim bases in 2010. In 2008, Samuel's contributions to the Phillies were recognized as he was inducted into the Phillies Wall of Fame at the new Citizens Bank Park. He joined the Phils as their third base coach in 2011, where he held the job until 2013. Why? Because in 2013, the Phillies promoted their AAA manager to a coaching job at third base. Samuel was more than happy to move over to the first base coaching box to accommodate the promotion. Oh, the guy that is now the third base coach for Philly? Some guy named Ryne Sandberg.
• Lo-Hi Beckett value: $0.01-$0.05.
• How many cards of this player do I own?: 28 cards.

Tomorrow's card will be: 2008 Topps Updates and Highlights #UH247. Post will arrive at 1:00 PM CST. Post will arrive at 1:00 PM CST. We're looking back at a card from 1980 here on the blog tomorrow.

Sincerely,

JayBee Anama

Random Topps Card of the Day: 1989 Topps #515 Barry Larkin

Thanks to the Topps Card Randomizer, introducing the Random Topps Card of the Day for Monday, May 6, 2013:

• Official Card Set Name and Card Number: 1989 Topps #515.
• Player Name, position, team: Barry Larkin, shortstop, Cincinnati Reds.
• Major League Debut: August 13, 1986.
• Last Line of Statistics: 1988 stats (Reds): 151 G, 588 AB, 91 R, 174 H, 32 2B, 5 3B, 12 HR, 56 RBI, 40 SB, .429 SLG, 41 BB, 24 SO, .296 AVG.
• Any special information about player: Drafted by the Reds #1st, June 1985. Bats: right. Throws: right.
• Number of regular Topps Cards (includes regular and traded cards only): 18. This is his third Topps card.
• Blurb on the back: "His first 4-Hit major league game: 9-10-86."
• Commentary: I think one of the reasons why I haven't done anything with the Archives project in such a long time is not because I'm out of ideas. There will always be players I could choose. But I think it's because I've invested so much into the commentaries of the CotD segments that it becomes repetitive. If you've actually read these things, I include the entire career of the player. That wasn't really the idea. Having the commentary gave me a section to write what I thought of the card and then a brief summary of that player's season. That evolved over time. Because I've written so much about how I absolutely love the 1989 Topps set, it would become too repetitive to say the same things about it that I like. And because I've previously discussed Barry Larkin's career in an Archives project post, it would be unproductive of me to copy everything over. So instead, today's commentary will be a quick review of the Hall of Fame shortstop's season in 1989. How awesome was it for another Cincinnati native to play for his hometown team and do so for nineteen seasons? Before all of the accolades (12 All-Star Teams, 9 Silver Sluggers, 3 Gold Gloves, and 1 MVP Award) Barry Louis Larkin had to fill the shoes of another long-time Cincinnati shortstop, Dave Concepcion, who held down the post himself for 19 seasons (1970 through 1988). Larkin was actually the second player tabbed to play short for the Reds after Concepcion, with Kurt Stillwell taking most of the starts in 1986. But by 1987, it was Larkin getting most of the starts, and by 1988, showed enough prowess at the plate to be named to his first ASG...in Cincinnati. In 1989, he was hitting a comfortable .340 with 4 home rns and 32 rbi's before injuring himself in relay competition before the All-Star Game (which is probably why MLB holding it). He returned in September in a pinch-hitting role, hitting 4-10 with 4 walks (one intentional) in 15 plate appearances. The next year, with all the injuries and controversy behind them, and with manager Lou Piniella at the helm, Larkin and the Reds would go on to shock the world and win the 1990 World Series. It would be the crowning achievement in his eventual Hall-of-Fame career.
• Lo-Hi Beckett value: $0.05-$0.15.
• How many cards of this player do I own?: 54 cards.

Tomorrow's card will be: 1997 Topps #226. Post will arrive at 1:00 PM CST. Flash back with the blog tomorrow.

Sincerely,

JayBee Anama

Random Topps Card of the Day: 1989 Topps Traded #30T Alvaro Espinoza

Thanks to the Topps Card Randomizer, introducing the Random Topps Card of the Day for Thursday, May 2, 2013:

• Official Card Set Name and Card Number: 1989 Topps Traded #30T.
• Player Name, position, team: Alvaro Espinoza, shortstop, New York Yankees.
• Major League Debut: September 14, 1984.
• Last Line of Statistics: 1988 stats (Yankees): 3 G, 3 AB, 0 R, 0 H, 0 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 0 RBI, .000 SLG, 0 BB, 0 SO, .000 AVG.
• Any special information about player: Signed with the Astros as a Free Agent 10/30/1978. Signed with the Yankees as a Free Agent 11/17/1987. Bats: right, Throws: right.
• Number of regular Topps Cards (includes regular and traded cards only): 6. This is his second Topps card.
• Blurb on the back: "Alvaro made his major league debut, 9-14-84. The appearance wasn't made official until the 1985 season."
• Commentary: This is Alvaro's second trip to through the Randomizer as his 1994 card was picked last year. Let me see if I have this correct. If Espinoza appeared in three games in 1988, (one as a starter, the other two as a late-inning defensive replacement), and went 0-3 (in his lone start), how is it that in the 1988 Monthly Scoreboard that appears at the bottom of his trading card it shows that Alvaro had 3 hits and 3 rbi's in August??? Makes no sense and it's funny that I haven't seen anybody point this out...EVER! On an unrelated note, I think I still have a pair of those glasses similar to what Alvaro is wearing somewhere in the house. Too bad I can't see in them anymore. In 1989, Alvaro was the Yankees every day shortstop, appearing in 146 games, hitting a .282 average with 0 home runs and 41 rbi's. Defensively, he had a fielding percentage of .970 on the heels of 22 errors in 730 total chances, including 114 double plays. In his three plus years with in the Bronx, Espinoza provided a steady glove, a decent bat (.255, 7 HR, 94 RBI, .598 OPS), and even pitched in a game in 1991. Alvaro was released by the Yankees on March 17, 1992 and before the season started, found work with the Cleveland Indians.
• Lo-Hi Beckett value: $0.01-$0.05.
• How many cards of this player do I own?: 8.

Tomorrow's card will be: 2008 Topps #241. Post will arrive at 1:00 PM CST. Until tomorrow everybody.

Sincerely,

JayBee Anama

Random Topps Card of the Day: 1989 Topps #246 Rey Quinones

Thanks to the Topps Card Randomizer, introducing the Random Topps Card of the Day for Monday, February 04, 2013:

• Official Card Set Name and Card Number: 1989 Topps #246.
• Player Name, position, team: Rey Quinones, shortstop, Seattle Mariners.
• Major League Debut: May 17, 1986.
• Last Line of Statistics: 1988 stats (Mariners): 140 G, 499 AB, 63 R, 124 H, 30 2B, 3 3B, 12 HR, 52 RBI, 0 SB, .393 SLG, 23 BB, 71 SO, .248 AVG.
• Any special information about player: Signed with the Red Sox as a Free Agent 09/08/1982. Traded by the Red Sox to the Mariners 08/19/1986. Bats: right. Throws: right.
• Number of regular Topps Cards (includes regular and traded cards only): 5. This is his fourth Topps card.
• Blurb on the back: "Belted 3 game-winning Home Runs in 1987 (May 5 at Detroit, July 8 vs. Brewers, September 16 vs. Indians)."
• Commentary: Quick, name a Mariner that was given uniform #51 not named Randy Johnson or  Ichiro??? One of those answers would be Rey Quinones, a shortstop with the M's from 1986 to 1989. He played for four seasons (1986-1989) and made the most of his time in the majors with Seattle. Although he was billed as the "shortst5 op of the future" for the Boston Red Sox, he was traded in the middle of the 1986 season for Dave Henderson and Spike Owen. During his time in the Pacific Northwest, Quinones played in 318 games, hit a good .251 with 24 home runs and 115 RBI's and a .660 OPS. On the field, he was a decent fielder, with a .952 fielding percentage (94 errors in 1962 chances). He caused a bit of a stir when he left the M's unannounced to go to a funeral for a relative in Puerto Rico, and he was also became known as a player who would refuse to play, whether he was claiming injury even though x-rays proved otherwise, or rationalizing that as one of the "best shortstops in the AL" he didn't need to play everyday, saying that others could use the playing time. After seven games into the 1989 season, Rey was traded to the Pirates in the hopes that he would fill in a void that the Bucs had in that position. Although Rey hit 3 home runs and drove in 29 rbi's, the Pirates released him on July 22 after 71 games played. It would be the last time he would see  action in the majors as a player.
• Beckett value: $0.01-$0.05.
• How many cards of this player do I own?: 5 cards.

Tomorrow's card will be: 1983 Topps Traded #5T. Post will arrive at 1:00 PM CST. Flash back with the blog tomorrow.

Sincerely,

JayBee Anama

Random Topps Card of the Day: 1989 Topps #166 Doug Jennings

Thanks to the Topps Card Randomizer, introducing the Random Topps Card of the Day for Thursday, November 14, 2012:

• Official Card Set Name and Card Number: 1989 Topps #166.
• Player Name, position, team: Doug Jennings, outfielder-first baseman, Oakland Athletics.
• Major League Debut: April 8, 1988.
• Last Line of Statistics: 1988 stats (Tacoma, AAA-Pacific Coast): 16 G, 49 AB, 12 R, 16 H, 1 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 9 RBI, 5 SB, .347 SLG, 18 BB, 13 SO, .327 AVG.
• Any special information about player: Drafted by the Angels, #2nd, January 1984. Drafted by the Athletics, Rule V Draft, 12/07/1987. Bats: left. Throws: left.
• Number of regular Topps Cards (includes regular and traded cards only): 1. This is his first and only Topps card.
• Blurb on the back: "Doug was signed for Angels by Scout Preston Douglas."
• Commentary: So Doug Jennings didn't have much of a career in the Majors.  He played a grand total of 189 games in five seasons (which included a four game stint in 1989 and an eight game run in 1991) for the Athletics and Cubs. In his time in the majors, he hit five home runs, drove in 37 rbi's, had a bating average of .202 (which could have been much less, but he managed to hit a decent .250 with the Cubbies), an OPS of .619, and stole no bases, but did get caught 5 times.  So what did he do after 1993?  After a year in Indianapolis (the Reds' AAA team), he spent three years with the Orix Blue Wave in Japan (1995-1997).  He returned to the US in 1999, playing for the Newark Bears for Atlantic League.  In 2000, the Royals took a chance on him after seeing him play with the Long Island  Ducks (Atlantic League).  He spent time in the Mexico (Cordoba Cafeteros and Tabasco Olmecas) in 002.  Another stint with the Ducks led to signing with the Brewers minor league team, sending him back to Indianapolis in 2003. The Ducks kept his spot on the roster open because he came back to them for both the 2004 and 2005 campaigns.  So while his run in the majors was sadly short, he did enjoy a long career in the game.  But for his 1988 season in which he played 71 games as a pinch hitter and back up to the Bash Brothers, Topps included him in one of my favorite sets of all-time.  Thanks Topps. 
• Beckett value: $0.01-$0.05.
• How many cards of this player do I own?: 1 card.

Tomorrow's card will be: 2007 Topps #338. Post will arrive at 1:00 PM CST. Until tomorrow everybody.

Sincerely,

JayBee Anama

Random Topps Card of the Day: 1989 Topps #695 Carlton Fisk

Thanks to the Topps Card Randomizer, introducing the Random Topps Card of the Day for Friday, October 5, 2012:

• Official Card Set Name and Card Number: 1989 Topps #695.
• Player Name, position, team: Carlton Fisk, catcher, Chicago White Sox.
• Major League Debut: September 18, 1969.
• Last Line of Statistics: 1988 stats (White Sox): 76 G, 253 AB, 37 R, 70 H, 8 2B, 1 3B. 19 HR, 50 RBI, 0 SB, .542 SLG, 37 BB, 40 SO, .277 AVG.
• Any special information about player: Drafted by the Red Sox, #1st, June 1967.  Signed with the White Sox as a Free Agent 03/18/1981. Bats: right. Throws: right.
• Number of regular Topps Cards (includes regular and traded cards only): 23. This is his nineteenth Topps card.
• Blurb on the back: None.
• Commentary: I may have said this in almost every RTotD post regarding 1989 Topps cards.  I love 1989 Topps.  That's it.  End of sentence.  I love the name plate, which is the main element design of the card.  I love the large pictures.  It's perfect in almost every way.  Okay, so the back of the cards are black and red and sometimes hard to read.  Thanks to the black borders, the cards are condition-sensitive.  But I still love the design.  A ton has been written about HOF Carlton Fisk, so the bio on here is going to be short.  What more can I say about the guy who spent his entire career with the Sox.  Forget the fact that he spent 11 seasons with the Red Sox.  Forget the fact that his HOF plaque depicts him with the "B" cap.  He spent 13 years on the south side of Chicago.  As a Cubs fan, I can honestly say that he made watching White Sox games worthwhile.  I watched him ply his trade at Old Comiskey Park.  Mind you, I wasn't paying as much attention back then as I was just glad to have earned game tickets thanks to perfect attendance at school.  Even though he played in only 76 games thanks to injuries in 1988, Fisk won the Silver Slugger award among AL Catchers. Fisk recovered to hit a decent .293 batting average, .830 OPS, 13 home runs, 68 rbi's, and even stole a base.  After 1989, he would go on to play for four more years, with an All-Star game appearance in 1991, with the Pale Hose.
• Beckett value: $0.05-$0.15.
• How many cards of this player do I own?: 78 cards.

Tomorrow's card will be: 1983 Topps #669. Post will arrive at 1:00 PM CST. Flash back with the blog tomorrow.

Sincerely,

JayBee Anama

Where I've Been These Past Two Weeks...

For those wondering where I have been these past two weeks and why I haven't updated either the Sports Card Blogroll or this humble, little blog (aren't you wondering???), it's because I've been busy working on my latest project, bdj610's All-Time All-Star Team Tournament.

I explained the purpose of my pet project back in May, and what I've been doing ever since is getting scans (too much work to get cards from my collection) from the Baseball Card Cyber Museum and putting the cards of all the players that have made my All-Star Teams since 1987. This time, though, I thought it would be a good idea to use the Topps cards from the year the team was created. So all I have been doing is posting pictures of the cards of every player from each team. I thought it would be easy to do, and in fact, the 1987 and 1988 teams I had no problem finding the cards of every player and the team they played for that year (helps to use the traded sets too). My problems started with the 1989 Topps set.

In 1989, Harold Baines started the year with the White Sox, but was traded to the Rangers. Probably because it was too late in the season when he was traded (his number was retired by the Sox, making him one of the few active players to have his uniform number retired), he did not have a 1989 Topps Traded card with his new team. So what do I do? Should I add his 1990 card which would throw off the point of painstakingly putting the cards together from one year (green bordered Rangers card...ugh)? Or do I dare try my hand at making fake cards, thus creating a 1989 Topps Harold Baines Rangers card?

Mind you, I am no Goose Joak. I'm not a Heartbreaking Cards of Staggering Genius. Heck, I'm not even Ben Henry. And I'm definitely not the guy who runs the talented White Sox Cards blog.  But somehow, I was able to find a picture of Harold as a Ranger in 1989, cut his name from the White Sox name plate, paste it onto a Rangers name plate, and would you believe it?

At left, the original 1989 Topps Harold Baines card #585. At right, my handiwork.

What do you think? Authentic looking or really bad attempt at photoshopping?

I had to make cards for players who either somehow did not make that year's Topps set, or were not depicted with their new team, even in a Traded/Update set. The years 1996-1998 were the worst as there was no Traded or Update set to save me.

Go to the new site, and check out my teams (at present, I will have my teams from 1987 to 2006 up) and see if you can figure out what cards are fake. Some will be obvious. Others, not so much. Let me know what you think. When all the cards are on the site, the tournament (which was the point of the blog in the first place) will commence.

And maybe I'll be able to get back to more important matters.

Like getting that Series 2 Master Set in time for the All-Star Game!!!

Sincerely,

JayBee Anama

P.S. Does anybody out there have used code cards from the Series 2 Golden Giveaway? I just want a copy of each of the ten cards from the set for my collection. Please email me at bdj610@hotmail.com and let me know. Thanks. jba

Random Topps Card of the Day: 1989 Topps #559 Juan Agosto

Thanks to the Topps Card Randomizer, introducing the Random Topps Card of the Day for Friday, January 7, 2011:

• Official Card Set Name and Card Number: 1997 Topps #360.
• Player Name, position, team: Juan Agosto, pitcher, Houston Astros.
• Major League Debut: September 7, 1981.
• Last Line of Statistics: 1988 stats (Astros): 75 G, 91.2 IP, 10-2, 27 R, 23 ER, 33 SO, 30 BB, 0 GS, 0 CG, 0 SHO, 4 SV, 2.26 ERA.
• Any special information about player: Signed with the Red Sox as a Free Agent 08/29/1974. Signed with the Astros as a Free Agent 04/27/1987. Bats: left. Throws: left.
• Number of regular Topps Cards (includes regular and traded cards only): 10. This is his sixth card.
• Blurb on the back: "He made Championship Series Debut: 10/08/1983; Achieved first National League Win: 08/03/1987; Achieved first National League Save: 08/20/1987."
  Commentary: I love the 1989 Topps design. I can't say that enough. Although contrary to what was said in Craig Biggio's 1989 Cards Your Mother Threw Out blurb, I never called it the "Wave", although I do see the similarities to one. Probably had his best year in the majors as a member of the 1988 Houston Astros. Agosto appeared in 75 games, reaching career lows in ERA with 2.26 and WHIP with a cool 1.135. Was the most reliable reliever in the Astros' bullpen. Agosto also pitched for the White Sox during their AL West Division winning season in 1983.
• Beckett value: $0.01-$0.05.
• How many cards of this player do I own?: 10 cards.

Tomorrow's card will be: 1979 Topps #687. Post will arrive at 1:00 PM CST. Flash back with the blog tomorrow.

Sincerely,

JayBee Anama

Random Topps Card of the Day: 1989 Topps #387 Ryne Sandberg NL All-Star 2B

Thanks to the Topps Card Randomizer, introducing the Random Topps Card of the Day for Saturday, October 9, 2010:

• Official Card Set Name and Card Number: 1989 Topps #387.
• Player Name, position, team: Ryne Sandberg, All-Star Second Baseman, National League.
• Any special information about this specific card: The popular Sandberg made his fifth consecutive appearance at the All-Star Game in 1988 and was included in Topps' All-Star subset for the following year's set. It would be his second Topps' AS card, his first since 1985. The back of the card is split into two sections. The section on the left recalls the game where he hit his 100th career home run on 06/19/1988, which helped the Cubs beat the Montréal Expos 9-3. The section on the right lists the 1988 NL League Leaders in triples, with Sandberg's 8, good enough for fourth (ahead of him were Andy Van Slyke (15), Vince Coleman (10), and the trio of Brett Butler, Juan Samuel, and Gerald Young (9), and was tied with teammate Andre Dawson, Andres Galarraga, and Ron Gant).
• Lo-Hi Beckett value: $0.08-$0.25.

Tomorrow is Retro Sunday, the one day of the week that we feature a card from 1951-1975. The card we will feature tomorrow is: 1955 Topps #42. Come back at 1:00 PM CST to see who (or what) it is.

Sincerely,

JayBee Anama

Random Topps Card of the Day: 1989 Topps #759 Milwaukee Brewers Team Leaders

We reset the Topps Card Randomizer to come up with seven new cards to present for this week. Introducing the Random Topps Card of the Day for Monday, August 9, 2010:

• Official Card Set Name and Card Number: 1989 Topps #759.
• Player Name, position, team: Rob Deer, outfielder, Milwaukee Brewers.
• Special: Milwaukee Brewers 1988 Team Leaders.
• Any special information about this specific card: After 223 cards (and 223 days for that matter), I can't believe it's taken this long for the randomizer to select a team leaders card. Yet here we are, at day 224, and the first team card comes from my favorite set of all time, the 1989 Topps set. I love the horizontal format, especially if the picture matches well with the orientation. And it makes me wish that maybe, just maybe, Topps could have done a few horizontal cards with this design. I mean, all they would have had to do is add the curved red border that framed the player cards, and this would have made a fantastic card for Rob Deer. Alas, we'd have to wait a couple of years before horizontal cards made their triumphant return to Topps' eponymous sets. The team leaders card lists the players that led their team in both pitching and batting statistics. The 1988 Brewers finished third in the AL East with a record of 87-75. Deer is the featured player on the team card because he led the Brew Crew in home runs with 23. He also led the team (and the American League) in strikeouts with 153 K's, but that's not listed here (and not the point...they're featuring all the good stats). All the rest of the batting categories were led by the Brewers future HOF duo of Paul Molitor (Runs: 115, Hits: 190, Stolen Bases: 41, Batting Average: .312) and Robin Yount (Hits: 190, tying Molitor, Doubles: 38, Triples: 11, Runs Batted In: 91). The pitchers who made the team leader board were: Chuck Crim (Games: 70), Teddy Higuera (Innings: 227.1, Wins: 16, Strikeouts: 192, ERA: 2.45), Chris Bosio (Complete Games: 9), Saves (Dan Plesac, 30), and six unlisted pitchers with shutouts (1: Higuera, Bosio, Bill Wegman, Don August, Tom Filer, and Juan Nieves).
• Lo-Hi Beckett value: $0.01-$0.05.

Tomorrow's card will be: 2003 Topps #192. Post will arrive at 1:00 PM CST. See you then.

Sincerely,

JayBee Anama

Random Topps Card of the Day: 1989 Topps Traded #14T Jeff Brantley

Thanks to the Topps Card Randomizer, introducing the Random Topps Card of the Day for Wednesday, August 4, 2010:

• Official Card Set Name and Card Number: 1989 Topps Traded #14T.
• Player Name, position, team: Jeff Brantley, pitcher, San Francisco Giants.
• Major League Debut: August 5, 1988.
• Last Line of Statistics: 1988 stats (Giants): 9 G, 20.2 IP, 0-1, 13 R, 13 ER, 11 SO, 6 BB, 1 GS, 0 CG, 0 SHO, 1 SV, 5.66 ERA.
• Any special information about player: Drafted by the Giants #6th June, 1985. Bats: right, Throws: right.
• Any special information about this specific card: Brantley's first Topps card (total includes regular and traded cards only). My love for the 1989 Topps set knows no bounds, and the traded set was a perfect complement to it's regular season counterpart. Not only did the Topps Traded set include such notable rookies like Griffey Jr, Vizquel, Sanders, Walton, et. al, but it was also home of the first Topps card for Brantley, who had his cup of coffee in the bigs the year before, and was a mainstay in the Giants' bullpen during their run to the NL pennant. The back of Brantley's card reads that he was signed for the Giants by Scout Ken Parker. Named as the closer for the Giants in 1990, Brantley was added to that year's All-Star Team, and finished the year with a 5-3 record and 1.56 ERA to go with 19 saves. He led the league in saves in 1996 with 44 for the Cincinnati Reds. His career would continue until 2001, after stints with the Cardinals, Phillies, and Rangers. In fourteen MLB seasons, he went 43-46 in career decisions and saved 172 games. He is one of the baseball analysts seen nightly on ESPN during the baseball season.
• Beckett value: $0.08-$0.25.
• How many cards of this player do I own?: 16 cards.

Tomorrow's card will be: Thursday: 2002 Topps #114. Post will arrive at 1:00 PM CST. Hope you will be too.

Sincerely,

JayBee Anama

Random Topps Card of the Day: 1989 Topps #289 Ernie Whitt

Thanks to the Topps Card Randomizer, introducing the Random Topps Card of the Day for Saturday, June 19, 2010:

• Official Card Set Name and Card Number: 1989 Topps #289.
• Player Name, position, team: Ernie Whitt, catcher, Toronto Blue Jays.
• Major League Debut: September 12, 1976.
• Last Line of Statistics: 1988 stats (Blue Jays): 127 G, 398 AB, 63 R, 100 H, 11 2B, 2 3B, 16 HR, 70 RBI, 4 SB, .410 SLG, 61 BB, 38 SO, .251 AVG.
• Any special information about player: Drafted by the Red Sox #12th, June 1972. Traded by the Red Sox to the Blue Jays 11/05/1976. Bats: left, Throws: right.
• Any special information about this specific card: Whitt's eleventh regular Topps card (total includes base and traded cards only). The long-time catcher for the Toronto Blue Jays. I've gone on and on about how much I love the 1989 set, there's no more need to explain (I mean, short of the colorful name plate at the bottom right corner and the large action shot framed by to sharp corners and two rounded corners...I don't think there's much more to say). Based on the picture, does it look like Ernie's going to hit it out or miss entirely? The ball is a complete blur, and yet, you can see Whitt clearly, probably the only thing moving is that bat. The black bordered reverse makes for easy chipping though. Ernie is so connected with the city of Toronto that he, according to the back of the card, is part-owner of a Toronto restaurant franchise. He was also the manager for Canada's 2004 Olympic team, and the country's first two World Baseball Classic teams...and this guy is from Detroit. That's shows how much he is connected to Canadian baseball. He presently serves as the manager of the Clearwater Threshers, the A-Florida State League affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies.
• Lo-Hi Beckett value: $0.01-$0.05.
• How many cards of this player do I own?: 16 cards.

Tomorrow is Retro Sunday, the one day of the week that we feature a card from 1951-1975. The card we will feature tomorrow is: 1955 Topps #133. Come back at 1:00 PM CST to see who (or what) it is.

Sincerely,

JayBee Anama

Random Topps Card of the Day: 1989 Topps #648 Sandy Alomar

Thanks to the Topps Card Randomizer, introducing the Random Topps Card of the Day for Tuesday, June 1, 2010:

• Official Card Set Name and Card Number: 1989 Topps #648.
• Player Name, position, team: Sandy Alomar, catcher, San Diego Padres.
• Major League Debut: September 30, 1988.
• Last Line of Statistics: 1988 stats (Padres): 1 G, 1 AB, 0 R, 0 H, 0 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB, .000 SLG, 0 BB, 1 K, .000 AVG.
• Any special information about player: Signed with the Padres as a Free Agent 10/21/1983. Bats: right, Throws: right.
• Any special information about this specific card: Alomar's first regular Topps card (total includes regular and traded cards only). I love the 1989 Topps set. The design, the colorful name and team banner. It stands out in my mind as one of the best designs EVER!!! Although the only drawback is the fact that the backs of all the cards are black (which make for easy chipping), the shades of pinks and reds used for the fields make for a unique combination. Now the art who would be future stars is hit or miss. And Topps has certainly their fair share of hits (Bo Jackson, Al Leiter) and misses (Tim Pyznarski? Joey Meyer?) In Sandy Alomar, they got at least this one right. He played for 20 seasons, not hitting it big until he was traded to the Indians (the Friars had Benito Santiago catching full-time). As MVP of the Pacific Coast League in 1988, it was no surprise that the Padres would want to call Sandy up to the bigs. He would go on to become the AL Rookie of the Year in 1990, a six-time All-Star, and one of the best catchers in the 1990's.
• Lo-Hi Beckett value: $0.15-$0.40.
• How many cards of this player do I own?: 27 cards.

Tomorrow's card will be: 1983 Topps Traded #40T. Post will arrive at 1:00 PM CST. We're looking back at a card from 1983 here on the blog tomorrow.

Sincerely,

JayBee Anama

Random Topps Card of the Day: 1989 Topps #615 Robin Yount

We're giving the Topps Card Randomizer the week off so we can highlight seven cards redeemed from Topps' Million Card Giveaway. Introducing the Random Topps Card of the Day for Tuesday, February 23, 2010:

• Official Card Set Name and Card Number: 1989 Topps #615.
• Player Name, position, team: Robin Yount, outfielder, Milwaukee Brewers.
• Major League Debut: April 5, 1974.
• Last Line of Statistics: 1988 stats (Brewers): 162 G, 621 AB, 92 R, 190 H, 38 2B, 11 3B, 13 HR, 91 RBI, 22 SB, .465 SLG, 63 BB, 63 SO, .306 AVG.
• Any special information about player: Drafted by Brewers #1st, June 1973. Bats: right, Throws: right.
• Any special information about this specific card: Yount's fifteenth regular Topps card (total does not include any league leader, super veterans, record breakers, or all-star cards). I've made no secret that I love...LOVE...Topps' 1989 design. I mean look at it: large picture, appropriate team colored border, beautiful script text for the team name, the player's name in the ribbon below. It doesn't get any better than that right??? Yes, they made millions of 1989 cards, but this is the set that really got me started in collecting. And the year before, Yount had a career year. A .306 average, led the league in games played and triples. He even hit 13 GW-RBI's in 1988. He was one of the best in 1988, which explains why he was inducted into the HOF ten years after this card was made.
• Lo-Hi Beckett value: $0.15-$0.40.
• How many cards of this player do I own?: 51 cards.

Tomorrow's card will be: 1980 Topps #622. Post will arrive at 1:00 PM CST. We're looking back at a card from 1980 on the blog tomorrow.

Sincerely,

JayBee Anama

Random Topps Card of the Day: 1989 Topps Traded #92T Spike Owen

Thanks to the Topps Card Randomizer, introducing the Random Topps Card of the Day for Saturday, January 23, 2010:

• Official Card Set Name and Card Number: 1989 Topps Traded #92T.
• Player Name, position, team: Spike Owen, shortstop, Montréal Expos.
• Major League Debut: June 25, 1983.
• Last Line of Statistics: 1988 stats (Red Sox): 89 G, 257 AB, 40 R, 64 H, 14 2B, 1 3B, 5 HR, 18 RBI, 0 SB, .370 SLG, 27 BB, 27 SO, .249 AVG.
• Any special information about player: Drafted by Mariners #1st June 1982. Traded by the Red Sox to the Expos 12/08/1988. Bats: both, Throws: right.
• Any special information about this specific card: Owen's seventh regular Topps card (total includes both Topps and Topps Traded cards). It is no secret that I love...LOVE...the 1989 Topps design. I love the team-specific colored team name in script writing that doesn't clutter the picture. The light blue used behind the word Expos really jumps out on this card, especially because of the blue wall and green turf in the background of the picture. Because the card is printed in white card stock (printing was done in Ireland), the back of the card is really easy to read, although the black borders do make the cards in this set still susceptible to chipping. No room for a blurb on the back of the card, but we do have a monthly scoreboard that features the hits and runs by month Spike got in 1988. He also hit two game winning RBI's in 1988. To bad that they don't keep tabs on this stat anymore.
• Lo-Hi Beckett value: $0.01-$0.05.
• How many cards of this player do I own?: 17 cards.

Tomorrow is Retro Sunday, the one day of the week that we feature a card from 1951-1975. The card we will feature tomorrow is: 1952 Topps #354. Come back at 1:00 PM CST to see who it is.

Sincerely,

JayBee Anama