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1988 Topps: 635th Place - James Steels
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Ranking and counting down all 792 baseball cards, from worst to best, in a mostly objective manner. Tuesday, August 4, 2015. 635th Place - James Steels. James Steels" sounds like the perfect secret identity for a comic book hero. A last name of "Steals" would have been even better since he twice swiped 35 bases in a season in the minor leagues. Is a good indicator of why. I couldn't find much on Steels on the interwebs.hmm, maybe he is a super hero! Player of the year in 1984. I found a couple.
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Top of the Topps: 1987 Topps: Part I
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Wednesday, July 17, 2013. 1987 Topps: Part I. Fortunately, thanks to modern technology, MLB Extra Innings and Gameday Audio, and Vin's legendary longevity, I again get to hear him regularly even after three decades have passed. Of course, even the lifetime I've spent enjoying his presence in my life only covers half of the story of his sixty-four. Years calling Dodger games. I get goose bumps every time I tune in and hear "It's time for Dodger baseball! I hear Vin's voice in the headphines of my Walkman&...
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Top of the Topps: 1987 Topps: Part II
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Wednesday, July 24, 2013. 1987 Topps: Part II. I basically looked the other way. I mean, I was a teenager and this was the '80s. My bedroom was painted blue with red and yellow accents. The world was full of day-glow and neon and cool geometrical shapes and amazing new home computers. And here comes Topps with a set of baseball cards framed with simulated wood-grain paneling? What were they thinking? I still bought them, but it was more out of habit than excitement. In retrospect, the 1987 Topps design i...
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Top of the Topps: 1981 Topps: Part IV
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Friday, May 3, 2013. 1981 Topps: Part IV. Oddball(s) of the Set. You didn't have a better shot than this? But for pure pre-teen WTF? Someone should have told him before they took the picture. That wasn't very nice. Pops is sporting the 80s-tastic all-yellow stretchy double-knit pullover uni with black undershirt, yellow wrist bands, and piping down the pants legs pulled high to show those stirrups! I mean, this is what it's all about, right? Rant in its full glory at some point, no doubt. Davey Lopes was...
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Top of the Topps: July 2013
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Wednesday, July 31, 2013. 1987 Topps: Part III. There are 792 cards that look like they were cut directly from a baseball card tree in a forest near Cooperstown, plus another 132 cards in the Traded set that must have come from a radioactive tree somewhere near Chernobyl. The wood grain looks nice as a backdrop to the checklists, if you're into baseball cards featuring nothing but a list of players' names. Turn Back the Clock. Cards #311-315. Year two of the Turn Back the Clock project. These loo...Cards...
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Dinks and Dunks: July 2009
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Game theory and player analysis for the Benchwarmer Baseball. Fantasy baseball simulation game (mostly). Friday, July 24, 2009. Baseball's Best TV Broadcast Team? Although I am a Yankee fan, I wind up watching these guys. At least 80 times a year. Saturday, July 18, 2009. 2nd Annual Draft Bug Blogger Invitational Results. My team results are here:. OF Nelson Cruz TEX. OF Melky Cabrera NYY. OF Jermaine Dye CWS. 1 2B, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K 5pts. 1B Joey Votto CIN. 1 R, 2 BB 3pts. 2B Chase Utley PHI. Dave H...
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1988 Topps: August 2014
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Ranking and counting down all 792 baseball cards, from worst to best, in a mostly objective manner. Sunday, August 24, 2014. 665th Place - Calvin Schiraldi. My apologies to any Sox fans who just threw something at their computer screen. Rightly or wrongly, Schiraldi is a dirty word for many in New England. He was a key culprit in the 1986 World Series collapse. Despite flashes of brilliance. Early in his career, Schiraldi would retire by the age of 29. Saturday, August 23, 2014. 666th Place - Greg Booker.
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1988 Topps: 636th Place - Robbie Wine
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Ranking and counting down all 792 baseball cards, from worst to best, in a mostly objective manner. Monday, August 3, 2015. 636th Place - Robbie Wine. I replied that I was here, and she asked if I went by Robert or a nickname of that. I don't know why, but I said, "Rob." I guess now that I was in a new city and a big-time third grader, I figured it was time to go with a more mature iteration. Grandma Bonnie was kind of crazy. Robbie Wine is the son of former big leaguer Bobby Wine. I'll throw a "gratuito...
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1988 Topps: 638th Place - Jose Uribe
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Ranking and counting down all 792 baseball cards, from worst to best, in a mostly objective manner. Saturday, July 25, 2015. 638th Place - Jose Uribe. Ugh Wasn't really looking forward to writing this one up. That's because Jose Uribe passed away in a tragic car accident. In his native Dominican Republic in 2006. It seems Uribe's former teammates were quite devastated. July 29, 2015 at 9:24 AM. One of my favorite infields (along with the 76 Reds and the current Giants infield). July 31, 2015 at 9:01 PM.
