When Ramon & Pedro Became Known as Pedro & Ramon
A pair of brothers with exceptional pitching skills came out of the Dodgers organization in the early 1990s.
1993 Finest Refractors
Double Rated-Rookie Got Paid Then Didn’t Pay
Danny Tartabull’s professional baseball-playing father once attributed his son’s prodigious power hitting ability to his mother. I presume she was also better with finances.
Don’t Kill Seagulls When the Home Team is Named After a Bird
This advice would have served Dave Winfield well in a trip to Toronto.
1993 Finest: Harold Reynolds
Harold Reynolds is the only guy not named Rickey Henderson to lead the AL in stolen bases during the 1980s.
Home Runs: Dean Palmer > Roger Maris
Dean Palmer is largely overlooked today, but there was a time when he consistently outperformed the famed Roger Maris.
Bobby Bo and the Sport’s Most Famous Contract
A contract so good it gave rise to the semi-official New York holiday of “Bobby Bonnilla Day.”
The Closest Thing to a Rookie Pitcher in ’93 Finest
Topps generally avoided putting rookies in the ’93 Finest set. Cal Eldred’s incredible rookie performance in 1992 got him into the checklist.
1993 Finest: Darryl Hamilton
A hidden ball trick, sneaky trade demands, and a murderous girlfriend.
VIEW From the Mound
My first 1993 refractor features the lead singer of two different alternative rock bands.
Looking at 1993 Finest: John Jaha
Here’s a stat that summarizes the career of John Jaha: He led the 1995 Milwaukee Brewers in homeruns despite appearing in only 88 games that season. Injuries were a regular feature of Jaha’s decade in the majors. Of the 1,620 games scheduled during his 1992-2001 career, he appeared in just 826 of them (51%).