Today was a very good return day. I received:
1984 Duane Kuiper Topps 542 Giants
1977 Duane Kuiper Topps 85 Indians
Duane Kuiper had an extremely respectable 12-year major league career. In 3754 at bats, he had 917 hits and guess what...he had one home run. There is certainly no shame in such a stat; it just seems improbable. The home run was hit on August 29, 1977 off of future Cy Young winner Steve Stone.
Kuiper is particularly important to me because he is the broadcaster for the Giants and was half of the play-by-play team for MVP Baseball 2005. I stacked the Tigers with all the best players and won every game. I think I had Lance Berkman hit 75 home runs in a season.
1974 Gary Sutherland Topps Traded 428T
1975 Gary Sutherland Topps 522
Gary Sutherland had an equally respectable 13-year career. Playing between 1966 and 1978, he saw a LOT of change in the National Pastime. (In case you are curious, he hit 24 home runs during his career.) He was recently in the Angels' front office, but I don't think he's there any longer, unfortunately.
Mr. Sutherland is, of course, most notable to me because of his time with the Tigers. He got to play with Kaline and Freehan and Horton and a bunch of those awesome 1968 guys. The 1974 Topps Traded has the honor of being one of the worst airbrushed cards of all time, in my view.
1984 Duane Kuiper Topps 542 Giants
1977 Duane Kuiper Topps 85 Indians
Duane Kuiper had an extremely respectable 12-year major league career. In 3754 at bats, he had 917 hits and guess what...he had one home run. There is certainly no shame in such a stat; it just seems improbable. The home run was hit on August 29, 1977 off of future Cy Young winner Steve Stone.
Kuiper is particularly important to me because he is the broadcaster for the Giants and was half of the play-by-play team for MVP Baseball 2005. I stacked the Tigers with all the best players and won every game. I think I had Lance Berkman hit 75 home runs in a season.
1974 Gary Sutherland Topps Traded 428T
1975 Gary Sutherland Topps 522
Gary Sutherland had an equally respectable 13-year career. Playing between 1966 and 1978, he saw a LOT of change in the National Pastime. (In case you are curious, he hit 24 home runs during his career.) He was recently in the Angels' front office, but I don't think he's there any longer, unfortunately.
Mr. Sutherland is, of course, most notable to me because of his time with the Tigers. He got to play with Kaline and Freehan and Horton and a bunch of those awesome 1968 guys. The 1974 Topps Traded has the honor of being one of the worst airbrushed cards of all time, in my view.
