Pack Break: 1997 Topps Series 2
Written by Steve on March 11th, 2010
1997 Topps Series 2:
- #289 Rico Brogna
- #398 Vinny Castilla
- #374 Bobby Bonilla
- #339 Jay Powell
- #427 Bob Wolcott
- #469 Rod Barajas/Jackie Rexrode (Rookie)
- #472 Mike DeCelle/Marcus McCain (Rookie)
- #471 Chie Gunner/Paul Wilder (Rookie)
- Awesome Impact #AI14 Neifi Perez
- #484 Armando Benitez
- #408 Bill Pulsipher
IMPACT ’96: ”Developed more quickly than anticipated… No. 11 hitter in Am. Assn. (AAA) and had a 7-hit game… Spent September in Denver.”
IMPACT ’97: ”May force his way into the Colorado SS picture.”
IMPACT BEYOND: ”Long Rockie future… Can star with glove alone, but should develop into useful hitter.”
These Awesome Impact cards are fun to look at in hindsight. Neifi didn’t quite have a “long Rockie future”, unless you consider about 4 years to be a long future. Neifi was indeed very good with the glove. His main accomplishment was winning a Gold Glove in 2000. However, after he left the Rockies in 2001 his career began a long decline culminating in a forced retirement after he tested positive for amphetamines for a third time in 2007.