three days after kirk gibson ended a game of the 1988 world series with a home run, mark mcgwire did the same. o-pee-chee preserved the moment for us on this 1989 card
there is no topps front to compare this card to, as topps did not include a world series subset in their set. very strange for o-pee-chee to do it since neither the expos nor the blue jays were involved. so, it's a checklist variation in the same way yesterday's delino deshields card is.
now the o-pee-chee back:
i am pretty sure this was a day game, and i know i didn't watch it. the dodgers were up 2 games to none heading to oakland, and this a's victory seemed to bring the a's back into contention. i do remember a friend telling me as such, but i told him since i didn't see the game, it didn't really happen. two dodger victories later and the world championship was secured.
voici à vous, 1989 world series (mark mcgwire)!
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Nice. I never knew about this card. I had totally forgotten about the DeShields card, too, but the really awkward picture on the front is familiar to me now.
ReplyDelete