1990 Topps:

1. #696 B.J. Surhoff
2. #208 Brook Jacoby
3. #295 Fred McGriff
4. #658 Donell Nixon
5. #349 Steve Finley
6. #570 Cal Ripken
7. #261 Whitey Herzog (Manager)
8. #58 Keith Miller
9. #529 Greg Harris
10. #781 Mario Diaz
11. #90 Jack Clark
12. #6 Vince Coleman (Record Breaker)
13. #721 Lee Mazzilli
14. #384 Pat Combs (Rookie)
15. #195 Tim Burke
16. #104 Bob Knepper

“Montreal, Que., July 28, 1989: Cardinals’ Vince Coleman tonight logged his 50th consecutive Stolen Base in 3rd inning before being caught stealing in 4th stanza.  The streak broke record of 38 set by Dodgers’ Dave Lopes, June 10-August 24, 1975.”

Coleman’s record of 50th consecutive stolen bases without being caught stealing still stands today, and it will likely stand for a very long time.  Stolen bases tend to be more uncommon in eras where players hit more home runs, like the current era of baseball.  The reason being, why risk your base-runners when the next guy to the plate has a good possibility of driving them all home?  Who knows, maybe that will all change in the coming years with the resurgence of dominant pitching.

1990 Topps:

1. #725 Terry Pendleton
2. #749 Mark Parent
3. #279 Steve Buechele
4. #346 Jim Presley
5. #342 Alex Trevino
6. #247 Jerry Reed
7. #607 Steve Jeltz
8. #379 Steve Rosenberg
9. #667 Curt Wilkerson
10. #475 Bob Welch
11. #253 Mark Portugal
12. #633 Dennis Cook
13. #528 Kevin Wickander
14. #601 Luis Rivera
15. #665 Sandy Koufax (Turn Back the Clock)
16. #516 Tim Leary

“1965 — …Dodgers’ Sandy Koufax was Cy Young winner, going 26-8, leading NL with 2.04 ERA and fanning record 382 batters, in addition to fashioning, 1-0, perfect game over Cubs, September 9.  Dodgers edged Twins in seven game World Series, with Koufax tossing shutouts in Games 5 and 7 to earn Series’ MVP honor.”

In 2007, Upper Deck signed Sandy Koufax to an exclusive autograph and memorabilia deal.  I’m not sure what became of that.  Koufax did sign 10 Sweet Spot autographs for Upper Deck in 2007 according to my research on eBay, but I can’t find anything else up for sale.

Koufax also recently went to the White House to meet President Obama for the first Jewish American Heritage Month reception.

1990 Topps Traded:

1. #73T Orlando Mercado
2. #114T Terry Shumpert (Rookie)
3. #66T Fred Manrique
4. #5T Wally Backman
5. #119T Paul Sorrento (Rookie)
6. #95T Tony Phillips
7. #109T Juan Samuel

Juan Samuel is currently the interim manager for the Baltimore Orioles.  He took over June 4, 2010 after former manager Dave Trembley led the Orioles to a disappointing 15-39 record.

No, it’s not a 1990 Topps Jumbo pack (did those even exist?).  It’s a mad wax-ripping frenzy… 5 packs in one sitting!

Pack 1

1. #500 Kevin Mitchell
2. #27 Rick Leach
3. #511 Clay Parker
4. #35 Benny Santiago
5. #283 Joey Belle (Rookie)
6. #170 George Bell
7. #750 Dale Murphy
8. #361 Randy McCament (Rookie)
9. #699 Jim Leyland (Manager)
10. #784 Scott Bailes
11. #624 Darrin Jackson
12. #587 Lance Johnson
13. #502 Mitch Webster
14. #508 Terry Leach
15. #403 Tony Gwynn (All-Star)
16. #581 Ken Griffey

Pack 2

1. #293 Mike Gallego
2. #140 Andre Dawson
3. #319 Dion James
4. #100 Will Clark
5. #197 Doug Drabek
6. #650 Mike Witt
7. #429 Tom Kelly (Manager)
8. #280 Lou Whitaker
9. #171 Russ Nixon (Manager)
10. #229 David Wells
11. #646 Checklist 5 of 6 (Checklist)
12. #69 Todd Frohwirth
13. #337 Lloyd McClendon
14. #386 Julio Franco (All-Star)
15. #692 Sammy Sosa (Rookie)
16. #704 Chip Hale (Rookie)

Pack 3

1. #726 Gene Nelson
2. #703 Jeff Brantley
3. #212 Joe Orsulak
4. #697 Mike Davis
5. #423 Fred Toliver
6. #126 Randy Kramer
7. #453 Jody Davis
8. #527 Ron Hassey
9. #99 Rich Monteleone
10. #434 Mark Carreon
11. #378 Luis Salazar
12. #134 Earl Cunningham (Draft Pick) (Rookie)
13. #760 Wade Boggs
14. #118 Erik Hanson
15. #482 Steve Carter (Rookie)
16. #252 Otis Nixon

Pack 4

1. #512 Gary Pettis
2. #291 Dave Johnson (Manager)
3. #595 Greg Swindell
4. #30 David Cone
5. #412 Jamie Moyer
6. #24 Joe Hesketh
7. #479 Frank White
8. #553 Scott Scudder (Rookie)
9. #250 Jose Canseco
10. #316 Carney Lansford
11. #757 Larry Walker (Rookie)
12. #32 John Farrell
13. #380 Dave Winfield
14. #9 Eric Plunk
15. #783 Checklist 6 of 6 (Checklist)
16. #218 Wally Backman

Pack 5

1. #369 Todd Burns
2. #484 Mike Fitzgerald
3. #42 Jeff Robinson
4. #260 Eric Davis
5. #364 Rolando Roomes
6. #630 Gary Gaetti
7. #720 Andres Galarraga
8. #717 Ron Karkovice
9. #723 Jeff Robinson
10. #684 Julio Machado (Rookie)
11. #519 Bucky Dent (Manager)
12. #631 John Wetteland (Rookie)
13. #263 Mel Stottlemyre Jr. (Rookie)
14. #765 Chili Davis
15. #119 Billy Hatcher
16. #394 Jeff Ballard (All-Star)

1990 Topps Traded:

1. #46T Chris James
2. #38T Billy Hatcher
3. #12T Dennis Boyd
4. #56T Rick Leach
5. #71T Jack McDowell
6. #9T Mike Blowers (Rookie)
7. #20T Joe Carter

“Mike was signed for the Expos by Whitey DeHart.”

Mike Blowers is now a Seattle Mariners TV and radio commentator.  Last year during a pre-game broadcast, he predicted Matt Tuiasosopo’s first career home run.  Not only did he predict that Tuiasosopo would hit a home run that game, he also correctly predicted the at-bat, pitch count, the type of pitch, and the general area where the home run ball would land.

1990 Topps Traded:

1. #127T Mitch Webster
2. #70T Ben McDonald (Rookie)
3. #62T Fred Lynn
4. #18T John Candelaria
5. #61T Jim Leyritz (Rookie)
6. #126T Hector Villanueva (Rookie)
7. #34T Bill Gullickson

“Perhaps the most dominating pitcher in college baseball last season, Ben started the 1989 campaign with 44-2/3 consecutive scoreless innings.  Armed with his 95-MPH fastball, he posted Complete Game Victories vs. Korea and Puerto Rico for USA team at the 1988 Seoul Olympics.  Ben earned First Team All-America honors at LSU in 1988.  Also voted to First Team All-Southeastern Conference Squad.“

1990 Topps Traded:

1. #15T Tom Brunansky
2. #58T Tim Leary
3. #47T Stan Javier
4. #67T Mike Marshall
5. #88T Bob Patterson
6. #1T Darrel Akerfelds
7. #81T Matt Nokes

“Matt made his All-Star Game debut: 7-14-87. He belted 1st Championship Series Home Run 10-12-87.”

Matt Nokes is currently the pitching coach of the Lincoln Saltdogs, an independent professional baseball team in Nebraska.  I’m not sure how he landed the pitching coach job though, because he never pitched a professional baseball game in his life.

1990 Topps Traded:

1. #72T John McNamara (Manager)
2. #131T Matt Young
3. #49T Jeff Kaiser
4. #125T Randy Veres
5. #112T Dave Schmidt
6. #24T Mark Davis
7. #33T Travis Fryman (Rookie)

“Travis was signed as a 3rd round Draft selection of the Tigers, June 6, 1987 by Scout Jax Robertson.  He was Eastern League All-Star shortstop at London in 1989.”

Travis was a star shortstop for the Detroit Tigers in the 90′s.  He represented the Tigers in the All-Star Game four times.