There’s a fun new book for Yankee fans of a certain age called Yankees By the Numbers: A Complete Team History of the Bronx Bombers by Uniform Number, by Bill Gutman. Most of the player essays are accompanied by a picture of their baseball card. Plenty of memory lane names there–Dirt Tidrow, Bobby Meacham, Claudell Washington, Oscar Gamble–to go with the usual Legends, Ruth, Gehrig, Joe D, the Mick, Reggie, Jeter.
Reggie’s 1978 Topps card. My favorite card ever.
Dig it.
Off topic, but I'm pleased by this trade. RSN is going to be really annoyed every time the guy whose salary the Sox are paying gets a hit or makes a play. I guess Lugo will probably be on the bench, but it's almost as irritating to see a guy you're paying sitting on the other team's bench.
This is a terrific book. I've already purchased a copy for my dad for Father's Day.
I'd be remiss if I didn't point you all toward YankeeNumbers.com as well as my own Yankees By The Numbers post from 2006 (updated Sept. 2009).
i've always loved this card. it was my brother's favorite. he loved that corkscrew swing. (he's a lefty.) i always thought the all-star badge was sooo serious, like he was a cop or high authority figure.
man, this card brings back sooo many memories. remember when burger king used to give out Yankees cards? i think it was 1979. i loved 'em!
[3] i remember your post and have that website you linked bookmarked. i also have another site for yankee uni #'s saved, but am unsure if it still exists - ultimate yankee, or something like that...
[4] Yeah, I bought the 1979 Burger King set on eBay a few years back. Good stuff. It was basically the '79 Topps cards, but printed a bit darker and with a few different photos and newly acquired players (like Tommy John and, I believe, Juan Beniquez). Plus an awesome checklist card with the Burger King's picture on it, which really dated the set until they brought that character back ironically in their recent add campaign.
The above is '78 Topps, Reggie's first non-doctored Yankee card (in his '77 card the Yankee logo is airbrushed on his cap, thus robbing us of the existence of a Reggie on the Orioles card). Nothing not to like about that '78 card and that follow-through other than the fact that I'm guessing he just missed one rather than just took one deep.
[0] My favorite too, Alex. Good choice.
[4] Nice call Cliff, that's why Reggie was amazing to watch (and photograph) he could still look like that even when he missed.
sorry 6 was meant for 5.
Reggie is the greatest, I loved this card too. Wish I still had it!