1998 Topps, Vladimir Guerrero

Card No. 5

Sometimes the confluence of great player, awesome photo and attractive design elements occurs resulting in one fantastic baseball card....Today, its name is Hall of Famer Vladimir Guerrero, 1998 Topps....Sadly, '98 Topps is one of those complete sets I've yet to track down....Vlad shared his first Topps card with three other "Prospects" in 1996, most notably Andruw Jones....He last appeared in the '11 Update set with Baltimore....Vlad's explosive '98 season for Montreal included 200-plus hits, 38 homers and a .324 average.

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1998 Topps, Dante Bichette

Card No. 155

A member of the inaugural 1993 Colorado Rockies team and a big part of the "Blake Street Bombers" from the mid-to-late '90s, outfielder Dante Bichette is shown taking a mighty cut on today's Jukebox hit....Posted a .316 average and 201 homers over seven prolific seasons in Denver....1998 is the first of two consecutive years Topps went with gold borders on their base cards...Bichette's rookie card is contained in the 1989 set....Dante led all of baseball with 219 base hits during the '98 season.

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