In 1990, Bobby Cox became the Braves’ manager, a role he would keep for the next 20 years before retiring last season.

1990 Topps Traded:

1. #2T Sandy Alomar
2. #111T Jack Savage
3. #23T Bobby Cox (Manager)
4. #94T Gary Pettis
5. #104T Ron Robinson
6. #22T Scott Coolbaugh (Rookie)
7. #91T Pascual Perez

David Justice will appear in the upcoming film, Moneyball, based on the best-selling novel of the same name.

1990 Topps Traded:

1. #76T Hal Morris
2. #43T Steve Howard (Rookie)
3. #92T Gerald Perry
4. #48T David Justice (Rookie)
5. #59T Craig Lefferts
6. #60T Charlie Leibrandt
7. #99T Scott Radinsky (Rookie)
8. #75T Alan Mills (Rookie)

1990 Topps:

1. #148 Edgar Martinez
2. #311 Dwight Smith (Rookie)
3. #259 Lance McCullers
4. #537 Mark Grant
5. #420 Carlton Fisk
6. #56 Franklin Stubbs
7. #127 Mike Devereaux
8. #642 Jack Armstrong
9. #123 Rich Gedman
10. #506 Tom Glavine
11. #217 Don Robinson
12. #683 Kenny Rogers
13. #458 Bob McClure
14. #582 Rick Honeycutt
15. #591 Todd Stottlemyre
16. #564 Tyler Houston (#1 Draft Pick) (Rookie)

Kiecker started 30 games for the Boston Red Sox in 1990 and 1991, going 10-12 with a 4.68 ERA.

1990 Topps Traded:

1. #110T Scott Sanderson
2. #98T Jim Presley
3. #17T Casey Candaele
4. #50T Dana Kiecker (Rookie)
5. #7T Kevin Bass
6. #115T Matt Sinatro
7. #37T Bud Harrelson (Manager)

1990 Topps Traded:

1. #108T Bill Sampen (Rookie)
2. #84T Greg Olson (Rookie)
3. #80T Junior Noboa
4. #35T Darryl Hamilton
5. #36T Mike Harkey
6. #107T John Russell
7. #116T Don Slaught

“Mike pitched One-Hitter for Iowa at Omaha, 7-11-88.”

Mike Harkey is now the bullpen coach for the New York Yankees.

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.