#413 Dan Meyer
This card features the expression of a man playing for the Mariners in the early 1980′s, who wishes there’d never been an expansion draft. He was a below average hitter, who turned into a slugger against a certain three teams.
#21 Baltimore Orioles Future Stars
The Jeff Schneider rookie card is the most valuable card of the whole ’82 Topps set. This is my least favorite card in the entire set, because I just don’t think any of these players should’ve been on this particular card. Seriously, I’d put 3 different guys on here.
#365 Bill Madlock
Bill “Mad Dog” Madlock looks happy here and he should. He’d just won his 3rd batting title with a .341 average and got on base at a .413 clip! Although, he started the ’82 season slowly, but then had a great August and September…ending the season with career highs in runs, runs created, homers, and RBI’s.
# ’81 Red Sox Team Leaders & Checklist
The 1981 Red Sox had four future Hall of Famers on the team, but none of them graced the cover of this 1982 card. They weren’t a bad team at 59-49, but they failed to grab a division title in either half of the split season. The BoSox were a team in transition back then, in between World Series appearances.
# Dave Roberts
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?