Bob Boone
March 2, 2010 @ 2:18 am
Bought from Philadelphia for $300,000 in late ‘81, Bob Boone became a very important part of the why the Angels won the AL West in ‘82.
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John Wathan
January 20, 2010 @ 12:03 am
August 24, 1982, John Wathan stole 3rd base in a game against the Rangers, to break the single season steals record for catchers.
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Alex Trevino
December 3, 2009 @ 10:04 pm
Alex Trevino was traded to the Reds just before the season, then hit awful for the year but managed to hit his 1st major league HR and hit well against the best team in the majors. Did you know there’s a stat mistake on the back of this card?
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San Francisco Giants Future Stars
December 1, 2009 @ 2:57 am
The Chili Davis rookie card, yep…. but could there be anyone older looking than Bob Brenly to appear on a “future stars” card? Who in the world is Bob Tufts? The Giants AAA team was loaded with future major leaguers and these are the ones picked for this card? Heh
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Gary Carter
November 27, 2009 @ 1:18 am
Ok, so you probably know a lot about Gary Carter already, but you probably don’t know that he might’ve won the NL MVP in ‘82 if the Expos played more games on grass…
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Minnesota Twins Future Stars
October 2, 2009 @ 9:18 pm
By 1982, the Minnesota Twins had to look to the future. The previous season was their worst since 1957 and if that wasn’t worrisome enough, they started ‘82 going 15-52. The franchise had been crumbling slowly since 1975 and had to rebuild using the draft.
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Dave Roberts
September 26, 2009 @ 12:11 pm
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?
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Dennis Werth
September 18, 2009 @ 8:30 pm
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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