1992 Topps Baseball

Here's a rack pack of one of my favorite sets, '92 Topps. It was definitely a turning point for The Real One. No more gray cardboard. No more gum. Full color backs. Also in '92, Topps unleashed a plague upon the hobby now known as parallel gold foil stamped cards. Thanks for that by the way, Topps. I agree with Mario @ Wax Heaven. Parallel cards are duplicates for dummies. Anyway, here we go, 45 cards... will we get a Manny rookie? Only one way to find out...

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479 - Chito Martinez
We're off to an auspicious start.
500 - Vince Coleman
Vince looks like he already knows his career is over. Topps gives him a super star card number on reputation only.
203 - Greg Myers
230 - Dick Schofield
Why Topps would give this all-field, no-hit shortstop a star card number is beyond me.
649 - Norm Charlton
Remember the Nasty Boys? Charlton, Randy Myers and Rob Dibble. Back when the Reds were good. Those were more innocent times.
109 - Roger Craig Manager
Craig and the Giants are rocking some sweet throwback threads on this one.
223 - Mel Hall

602 - Mike Fetters
242 - Mike Mussina
Rookie card. Sadly the closest thing to a decent pull in this pack. Maybe if he makes the Hall this card will be worth something but I think he's a long shot at best.
491 - Jeff Brantley
297 - Kevin Brown
305 - Tom Glavine
Now this guy is a lock for the Hall of Fame. But it's his fifth year card.
508 - Bill Gullickson
Coming off the year when he won 20 games with a 3.90 ERA.
250 - Ken Griffey
Senior. Junior's dad. D'oh!
539 - Thomas Howard
153 - Ron Karkovice
159 - Darrin Fletcher
I love sideways action shots and you can see Fletcher tagging out Bobby Bonilla on this one.
758 - Tim Naehring
Remember when the Red Sox sucked and they had bummy prospects like Naehring?
662 - Juan Guzman
Went 10-3 as a rookie for Toronto and was never heard from again. I always used to get this guy and Jose Guzman from the Rangers confused.
229 - Shawn Boskie
546 - Paul Sorrento
Is it me or is his helmet pulled down over his eyes here?
689 - Mark Lemke
486 - Bob Walk
84 - Leo Gomez
Any card with a Topps All Star Rookie Cup on it is cool.
555 - Frank Thomas
This was when Topps started using leftover Stadium Club pics in its base set.

214 - Andy Mota
678 - Joe Klink
506 - Todd Benzinger

675 - Bobby Witt
A card I happily mailed off to Chris @ Stale Gum for his set.
749 - Jerald Clark

179 - Top Prospects 2nd Basemen: Caesar Bernhardt, Bobby DeJardin, Armando Moreno, Andy Stankiewicz

588 - Russ Swan
246 - Jason Pruitt Draft Pick
I love the high school senior pictures Topps used for this subset.
495 - Carney Lansford

58 - Top Prospects Catchers: Brad Ausmus, Jim Campanis, Dave Nilsson, Doug Robbins
185 - Benny Santiago
Never understood why Topps stubbornly called him Benny instead of Benito. Kinda like their "Bob" Clemente cards.
96 - Tom McKinnon Draft Pick
35 - Dave Righetti
474 - Mike Rossiter Draft Pick
Nice shirt.
711 - Ricky Bones
Pronounced "bonus."
306 - Al Shirley Draft Pick
At least they got a shot of him in his high school baseball uniform instead of some circa 1991 Ocean Pacific shirt.
107 - Dan Pasqua
Says on the back that he hit a 484-foot homer against the Yanks in '91. Dan Pasqua? Seriously?
394 - Denny Martinez All Star339 - Tom Browning
405 - Roger Clemens All Star
I can't look at Clemens cards the same way anymore.

Well, not much in the pack but still fun. This was a nice looking set.

1987 Topps Baseball

With Dayf and Madding recently posting packs of '87 Fleer and '87 Donruss, I decided why not complete the trifecta and do a '87 Topps post of a rack pack I busted a couple days ago. '87 Topps will always hold a special place in my heart as it was the first pack I opened and first set I completed as a youngster. You couldn't beat the beautiful woodgrain borders or the awesome selection of rookie cards in this set. I got this rack pack on eBay for $2.47 delivered which I think is a pretty good deal considering there's a Bo rookie showing. Could there be a Bonds lurking somewhere inside? Only one way to find out...

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Keith Hernandez Glossy All Star Insert 2 of 22


587 - Eric Plunk
Gotta love the random family sitting in the background.

570 - Sid Fernandez
Fun fact on back says Sid wore #50 beacuse he was born in Honolulu and his favorite TV show is Hawaii Five-0.

76 - Rafael Ramirez

345 - Andre Dawson
You would figure Topps could hook the Hawk up with a better card number. Looks like he's hitting a pop up here.

396 - Tim Lollar

527 - Jim Wohlford
One of the great mysteries to me was Wohlford staying in the bigs 15 years averaging .260, one homer and 20 RBIs a season.

173 - Alex Trevino

630 - John Candelaria

565- Dusty Baker

200 - Pete Rose
This was his last Topps card as a player so you get his complete career stats. Coolness.

132 - Paul Assenmacher

255 - Juan Samuel

629 - Larry Parrish
Parrish is one of the more underrated sluggers of the 70's and 80's in my opinion. Excluding the strike year of '81 he hit double digit homers every year from '75-'88.

621 - Danny Cox
I always thought Cox something of a oddity. You don't hear of too many baseball players who were born in England.

586 - Ben Oglivie
One of Harvey's Wallbangers.

41 - Bo Diaz

117 - Jim Beattie

529 - Alvaro Espinoza

662 - Frank DiPino
What a brutal air brush.

508 - Scott Bankhead

154 - Tom O'Malley

568 - Earl Weaver

582 - Bruce Berenyi
Led NL in losses with 18 in '82.

129 - Rick Cerone

153 - Duane Ward

123 - John Kruk
Current analyst for ESPN.

404 - Doug Sisk

196 - Randy O'Neal

435 - Bruce Sutter

524 - Bob Shirley

667 - Ron Hassey

248 - Gene Walter

533- Argenis Salazar

428 - Bruce Bochy

170 - Bo Jackson
There was a time this card was actually worth something.

84 - Steve Lake

381- Expos Leaders
Useless cards in Topps sets have been around awhile.

24 - Tony Walker

606 - Don Mattingly All Star

611 - Kirby Puckett All Star
I love the old school red Twins helmet.

207 - George Frazier

52 - Keith Atherton

481 - Phillies Leaders

693 - Terry Puhl

452 - Dave Henderson
I actually like the '87 Topps card backs. They are easy to read.

149 - Ray Searage

415- Bobby Witt
I find it amazing that as a rookie in '86 Witt was able to go 11-9 while leading the AL in walks with 143 and have a 5.48 ERA.

68 - Tony LaRussa

356 - White Sox Leaders

597 - Mike Schmidt All Star

Well no Bonds, or McGwire or Palmeiro for that matter but this was still a lot of fun. Brings back a lot of great memories. I just realized I got two extra cards. Bonus! You never see that nowadays.