1990 Topps Traded:

1. #89T Alejandro Pena
2. #65T Candy Maldonado
3. #19T Gary Carter
4. #76T Hal Morris
5. #43T Steve Howard
6. #92T Gerald Perry
7. #48T Dave Justice

“Baltimore, Md., September 5, 1989:  O’s shortstop Cal Ripken walloped his 20th HR of the year, the eight [sic] consecutive campaign he has hit 20-0r-more Roundtrippers.  The former record of 7 straight 20-HR seasons at SS was set by Ernie Banks, 1955-1961.”

1990 Topps:

1. #666 Brian Fisher
2. #91 Steve Frey
3. #461 Carlos Martinez (Topps All-Star Rookie)
4. #201 Cito Gaston (Manager)
5. #192 Don August
6. #191 Pat Borders
7. #239 Eric Show
8. #270 Dave Stewart
9. #52 Jack Daugherty
10. #474 Rich Thompson
11. #713 Tim Drummond
12. #110 Tommy Helms (Manager)
13. #719 Wally Whitehurst
14. #14 Mike Fetters
15. #8 Cal Ripken (Record Breaker)
16. #387 Wade Boggs (All-Star)

1990 Topps Traded:

This guy was all the rage in 1990.  He hit 21 homers in 254 at-bats on his 1990 debut season.  Unfortunately, that was the height of his career and he struggled to hit over .220 after that.

“Kevin was signed as a 22nd round Draft selection of the Yankees, July 20, 1986 by Greg Orr and Bill Livesey.”

1. #3T Brad Arnsberg
2. #10T Shawn Boskie
3. #68T Carmelo Martinez
4. #64T Shane Mack
5. #124T John Tudor
6. #63T Kevin Maas
7. #30T Nick Esasky

1990 Topps Traded:

“Lee and his wife are parents of two children: Nikita Diane (4-9-87) and Lee Arthur, Jr. (8-21-88).”

1. #8T Willie Blair
2. 25T Storm Davis
3. #41T Dave Hollins
4. #103T Jeff Robinson
5. #118T Lee Smith
6. #128T Ernie Whitt
7. #44T Todd Hundley

A wax pack of 1990 Topps Traded:

“Carlos signed as Free Agent with the Padres, November 8, 1985 and was assigned to Charleston for 1986.  He led South Atlantic League with 9 Triples in 1987.”

1. #4T Steve Avery
2. #27T Wayne Edwards
3. #32T John Franco
4. #130T Dave Winfield
5. #6T Carlos Baerga
6. #108T Bill Sampen
7. #84T Greg Olson

Random pack breaks are back!  We’re gonna start with a spooky Halloween pack of 1990 Topps… scary:

In celebration of Halloween, instead of choosing the “best” card to feature, I chose the guy with the scariest face.  In this pack it was Jose Lind… menacing stare, gaping mouth, and shadow over his face, he has the scariest face in this pack hands down.

1. #685 Tony Fernandez
2. #576 Mike Dyer
3. #791 Alvaro Espinoza
4. #618 Eddie Whitson
5. #533 Tim Jones
6. #155 Ellis Burks
7. #168 Jose Lind
8. #768 Chuck Crim
9. #467 Juan Nieves
10. #405 Mike Scott (All-Star)
11. #120 John Franco
12. #284 Mark Gardner (Future Star)
13. #492 Ron Oester
14. #209 Greg Mathews
15. #307 Bip Roberts
16. #241 Mike Krukow

Awesome, how often do you pull a base card of a 1940′s star and Hall of Famer from a pack these days?

Maybe Topps should make an insert set featuring Hall of Famers who are still living, and showing what they look like now.  Kind of like the “When They Were Young” series last year, but more like “When They Are Old”.

Red Schoendienst is still alive and well, by the way.

1990 Topps Traded:

1. #123T Wayne Tolleson
2. #77T Lloyd Moseby
3. #14T Hubie Brooks
4. #11T Daryl Boston
5. #55T Tim Layana (Rookie)
6. #39T Keith Hernandez
7. #113T Red Schoendienst (Manager)

“Paul was signed for the Angels by Scout Al Goldis.”

1990 Topps Traded:

1. #66T Fred Manrique
2. #5T Wally Backman
3. #119T Paul Sorrento (Rookie)
4. #95T Tony Phillips
5. #109T Juan Samuel
6. #121T Russ Swan (Rookie)
7. #122T Bob Tewksbury