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

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.