1978 Topps, Ken Brett

Card No. 682

The older brother of Hall of Famer George Brett, pitcher Ken Brett carved out a nice 14-year career for himself...Ken wore 10 different uniforms during his big league tenure....Selected 4th overall by Boston in the 1966 MLB Draft....Shared his 1969 "Rookie Stars" card with Red Sox teammate Gerry Moses....Ken had a card in 14 Topps sets, many of which featured him in an airbrushed cap and/or uniform....Appeared in 31 games for the Angels in 1978, posting a 3-5 record and one save with a 4.95 ERA.

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2004 Topps, Roberto Alomar

Card No. 456

For the longest time, I assumed (wrongly) that this was Roberto Alomar's final Topps card....His card in the 2005 set is actually his final regular Topps entry....Robbie garnered 12 All-Star Game nods and 10 Gold Gloves during his Hall of Fame career.....This card represents his only Topps card as a Diamondback....His true rookie can be found in the 1988 Traded set....Alomar played just 38 games for the D-backs before he was traded to the White Sox in August 2004.

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1991 Topps, Walt Weiss

Card No. 455

Shortstop Walt Weiss goes airborne to turn two on this gem from 1991 Topps....For my money, this is one of the best, most iconic horizontal cards Topps has ever produced....The '91 set marked the return of landscape-oriented cards, the first since 1974.....That's Indians catcher Joel Skinner hitting the deck....Walt was the A.L. Rookie of the Year in 1988....His rookie card appeared in the '88 Topps Traded set....Played just 40 games during the '91 season, batting .226 with 13 RBIs for Oakland.

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1964 Topps, Bill Skowron

Card No. 445

A five-time World Series champ and an eight-time All-Star, Bill Skowron looks focused and ready to hack away on this one from 1964 Topps....Helped the Dodgers beat New York in the '63 Series, a year after he was a world champ with the Yanks....Listed as "Moose" on his Topps card just once (1958)....His rookie card is part of the 1954 Topps set....This is his lone card as a Senator....Split '64 the season between Washington and the White Sox, batting a combined .282 with 17 homers over 146 games.

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2018 Topps, Blake Snell

Card No. 489

The ol' Jukebox brings us another Cy Young southpaw today, as Tampa Bay's Blake Snell gets his turn in the spotlight....Snell captured the A.L. CYA in 2018, just two years after his big league debut....The little water slide doohickey on the '18 Topps cards was kind of a turnoff initially, but the entire design has grown on me....Blake's rookie card came in the 2016 Update series....Snell's 21 wins and 1.89 ERA were both tops in the Junior Circuit during his Cy Young season of '18.

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1987 Topps, Dave Concepcion

Card No. 731

Among the highlights of Dave Concepcion's splendid 19-year career as a Cincinnati Red are two world championships, nine All-Star Game appearances, five Gold Gloves and two Silver Sluggers....Not too shabby!....Dave's uniform number 13 was retired by the Reds in August of 2007....That's Montreal's Herm Winningham being tagged out....Dave's rookie card was included in the 1970 set....His final Topps appearance was in 1988....Batted a cool .319 over 279 ABs for Cincy during the '87 season.

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2007 Topps, Troy Tulowitzki

Card No. 135

A former 7th-overall draft choice out of Long Beach State, Troy Tulowitzki is today's Jukebox hit...."Tulo" accrued two Gold Gloves and a pair of Silver Slugger awards during his 13-year big league career....As you can tell from the logo in the top left corner, this is his rookie card....Troy's first seven Topps cards all feature action shots of him in the act of throwing....Collected his first major league hit in his second career game, an infield single off Mets southpaw Oliver Perez, 8/31/06.

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1974 Topps, Dave Parker

Card No. 252

During his playing days, Dave Parker earned the nickname "The Cobra" and, between you me, that particularly qualifies him as one of the biggest badasses in annals of American sports....Winning an MVP and two batting titles plus breaking the bank for the first million-dollar salary in baseball history helps, also....This is Dave's rookie card....He was featured in every Topps set through 1991....His final card appeared in the '91 Traded series....Dave contributed 4 homers and 29 RBIs over 220 ABs for the Bucs in 1974.

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1995 Topps, Randy Johnson

Card No. 203

A five-time Cy Young Award winner and one of only five pitchers to hurl a no-hitter in both leagues, Hall of Famer Randy Johnson is today's Jukebox star....Enshrined in Cooperstown in 2015 in his first year of eligibility (97.3%)....This is one of three horizontally-oriented Topps cards produced for Randy (1993, 2010)....His rookie can be found in the 1989 set....His Topps 'swan song' was included in the 2010 flagship set....Posted 18 wins along with a 2.48 ERA and 294 K's in 1995 en route to his first Cy Young nod.

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1985 Topps Traded, Oddibe McDowell

Card No. 82T

A member of the Arizona State Athletics Hall of Fame, Oddibe McDowell was also a member of the 1984 U.S. Olympic Team that featured Mark McGwire, Barry Larkin and Will Clark....I was lucky enough to find the 1985 Traded boxed set last year at a show for 5 bucks....Oddibe's true rookie appeared in the regular '85 set as part of the USA Baseball subset....His final Topps card is in the '94 Traded set....Finished fourth in A.L. Rookie of the Year balloting in '85 when he cracked 18 homers and stole 25 bases in 111 games.

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2020 Topps, Pete Alonso

Card No. 350

The 2019 home run king, Pete Alonso, is the choice to represent the recently-released 2020 Topps flagship set....Pete shattered a number of records including the single-season Mets franchise record with 53 long balls as a rookie in 2019....He's the first Met to have the coveted Topps Rookie Cup on his card since Michael Conforto and Noah Syndergaard each had it in 2015....Pete's rookie card is part of the 2019 Topps set....Looking to become the first big-leaguer to post back-to-back 50-homer campaigns since Alex Rodriguez (2001-02).

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