Blogging The 1982 Topps Baseball Card Set
When the only thing that Topps can think of saying about you on the back of your baseball card is that you hold a team record, for a team that’s only existed for 5 seasons, you’re probably not staying in the major leagues much longer.
Dave Roberts was drafted by the Padres about 4 years after he was drafted by the Padres. If that ain’t weird enough for you, Dave Roberts played his first big league game on the same day he was drafted, and 3 weeks later, he hit a ball pitched by Dave Roberts. Dave Roberts was traded to the Astros before he was in the big leagues, and even later he was traded from the Padres to the Astros without ever being on the Padres a 2nd time. What’s all this nonsense about?
You could make a good argument that Otto “The Swatto” Velez is one of the best Blue Jays ever. Through 2009, He has the 5th highest OPS+ in Blue Jays history for players who’ve had at least 1,500 PA’s in a Toronto uniform. His .372 OBP ranks him 6th in Blue Jays history. In fact, [...]
When spring training opened in 1982, future Hall of Famer Gaylord Perry wasn’t signed to any team yet. Being he was just 3 victories short of joining the 300 club, he was sure to get a starting job somewhere to get a chance to reach a couple milestones.
If you asked someone to name any Yankee player from the early 1980’s, you’d probably never hear Dennis Werth’s name mentioned—unless you’re asking me.
He was the first New York Yankee card I ever got, which is pretty important to an eight year old kid growing up in New York state. The only Yankees I knew [...]
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