Showing posts with label Charlie Hough. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Charlie Hough. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

The First Rip (of many) Today! Pack #21 of 1994 Pinnacle Series 2

Ripping ahead on to pack #21 of 1994 Pinnacle Series 2. Here is what we got!
#308 Paul Sorrento Cleveland Indians (Sorrento went to the Twins from the Angels as part of the Bert Blyleven trade. He never cracked the starting line-up, but did collect a ring for the ’91 Series. The following spring Sorrento was traded to the Indians and took over as their full-time first baseman in 1992. He averaged 19 homers a year for the Tribe before signing with Seattle in 1996. In 1998 he signed with the expansion Devil Rays and was their original designated hitter. He hit 17 homers for the inaugural D-Rays. He retired after the 1999 season)
#301 Jim Deshaies Minnesota Twins
#353 Ramon Martinez Los Angeles Dodgers (Kodachrome! You give us those nice bright colors, the greens of summer; you make all the world a sunny day)
#340 Johnny Ruffin Cincinnati Reds
#496 Ellis Burks Colorado Rockies
#497 Karl Rhodes Chicago Cubs
#315 Robby Thompson San Francisco Giants
#437 Jon Ratliff Chicago Cubs MUSEUM COLLECTION (More Dufex technology wasted on a bust draft pick. The Cubs made Ratliff their first round pick in 1993 and he spent 5 years in their minor league system. His minor league career totaled 11 seasons, his big league career lasted 3 pitches for the Oakland A’s in 2000)
#313 Stan Javier Oakland A’s (1994 was Javier’s 3rd stop with Oakland. He won a World Series there in 1990 and spent a total of 7 years there, but the highlight had to be getting to wear the Oaks throwbacks)
#288 Charlie Hough Florida Marlins (The knuckler in action)
#322 Jose Rijo Cincinnati Reds (Shown without the super soaker)
#434 Wayne Gomes Philadelphia Phillies
#374 Dave Stewart Toronto Blue Jays (Beware the man in the hat)
#412 Mark Hutton New York Yankees
#447 Mark Lemke Atlanta Braves (I can hardly believe that this is the first appearance of the Lemmer! The Braves grabbed Lemke in the 27th round of the 1983 draft. After 8 years in the minors he was the Braves second baseman and he led (?) them to 4 NL Pennants and 1 World Championship. After 10 years as a Brave he spent part of a season with the Boston Red Sox and then in 1999 joined the Northern League’s New Jersey Jackals as knuckle ball pitcher. He was 5-1 in 5 starts, totaling 33 innings. He abandoned the experiment after he gave up 8 runs in 2 innings in his first start in 2000)
Okay, pack #21 down… Only 3 more to go and 1994 Pinnacle is done and over with! I am gonna try and finish this box off TODAY-keep on checking back! Go Rays! Troll out.

Sunday, January 17, 2010

Ripping Quickly-Pack #13 of 1993 Topps Stadium Club

The box break that won’t go away is back! I am gonna go wholesale through a few packs tonight… Here we go!
Super fast rip mode with pack #13 of 1993 Topps Stadium Club (I do wish I had more scans saved... Sorry bout that:
#632 Bobby Kelly Cincinnati Reds (I don’t know at what point he stopped being Roberto, but he is Bobby now)
#698 Jeff Juden Houston Astros
#680 Mark Carreon San Francisco Giants
#732 Mike Draper New York Mets (Blink and his career is over… Draper was 1-1 and done by August of 1993)
#653 Felix Jose Kansas City Royals
#634 Ozzie Canseco St Louis Cardinals ( I wonder, if you are a brother of a Bash Brother, does that make you a Bash Brother or just a Bash Brother’s brother?)
#610 Charlie Hough (I can’t even fathom pitching over 200 innings at 45 years of age)
#690 Kirt Manwaring San Francisco Giants (Mawaring hit .305 against lefties and .206 against righties in ’93)
#723 Charlie Liebrandt Texas Rangers (1993 was Liebrandts first and last season with Texas and the last year of his 14 year career. He was 9-10 for the Rangers)
#719 JT Snow California Angels
#726 Steve Cooke Pittsburgh Pirates (Cooke started for Pittsburgh for 5 seasons-not bad for a 35th round pick-he was 10-10 in ’93)
#669 Candy Maldonado Chicago Cubs (1993 was not Candy’s year in Chicago. He hit just .186 mainly as a pinch hitter for the Cubs)
#727 Domingo Martinez Toronto Blue Jays
#617 Mark Eichorn Toronto Blue Jays
#696 Tony Tarasco Atlanta Braves (This is TT’s Rookie card… In 1995, with Montreal, Tarasco was intentionally walked 14 times. Was he ever that good?)
Okay, hopefully this is the first rip of a few tonight. I hope so. Troll out!

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

1993 Stadium Club-Rippin' Pack #5!

I decided to switch back to Stadium Club for a few before I tear into the Pinnacle Series Two. Here is what we got:
#697 Benji Gil Texas Rangers
#646 Joe Magrane ST LOUIS CARDINALS
#735 Mitch Webster LA Dodgers
#631 Greg Gagne KC Royals
#717 Paul O’Neill New York Yankees
#610 Charlie Hough Florida Marlins (There’s something I really like about age defying knuckleballers… Hough had just reached his 200th victory in ’92 right before he came to Florida as their Inaugural Ace and topped 200 innings at 45 years of age. The back shows his rookie from 1972 Topps-the earliest rookie card of any player in the set so far…)
#666 Harold Baines Baltimore Orioles (is that card # why the HOF voters won’t give Baines any love?
#605 Carlos Quintana Boston Red Sox
#729 Jose Lind Kansas City Royals
#604 Bryan Harvey Florida Marlins
#749 Joe Carter MEMBERS CHOICE Toronto Blue Jays
#700 Andy Ashby Colorado Rockies
#683 Jim Converse RC Seattle Mariners
#685 Greg Gohr RC Detroit Tigers
I think this is the first pack with no Braves or Rockies in it, perhaps we are beginning to find some team variety… Stay tuned, many more packs to rip…troll out.