Obviously, this is one of the coolest cards in the set when you’re an eight year old and I dubbed it “the card of five stars”. You’ve got 5 of the best players AND they’re the home run leaders! It all starts with Mike Schmidt, who led the National League in homers for the fifth [...]
Bill Madlock and Carney Lansford each won their batting titles as third baseman, but, they took two different routes to get their crowns in 1981.
Boston actually had a shot at a playoff spot in ’81 until an ugly 8th inning in Cleveland on October 2nd tore that dream to shreds. When the following season started, they were seen as a mediocre team just trying to hang in there with Milwaukee, Detroit, Baltimore, and New York. The only reason the [...]
When I see this, I can’t help but hope the ball doesn’t take a bad hop on his signature and dribble right between his legs.
Is Gary Hancock standing there disgusted with you and turning his nose up like a bratty rich sissy, or is he lookin’ off daydreaming of having a better career? Considering he only played 11 games in ’82, he’s probably daydreaming…
Reid Nichols was 23, and trying to break into the Boston outfield when they already had Rice and Evans. Tough to do in ’82. He made the most of it, especially after June 9th.
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.