Can’t blame Upper Deck for confusing Richard Hidalgo with Bobby Abreu - both were young Venezuelan outfielders who played solid defense and had some pop in their bats. The Astros ultimately decided to keep Hidalgo over Abreu, and the Devil Rays picked up the latter in the expansion draft then promptly dealt him to the Phillies.

When my parents made me wear a batting helmet with a facemask when I was playing baseball in elementary school, I was okay with it because Charlie Hayes wore one.

I met Vizcaino when he played for the ‘Stros. I’ll never forget his game-tying pinch-hit single in the ninth inning of Game 2 of the 2005 World Series, which happened seconds after I said “Why are they putting in Viz-can’t-hit-o?!”

When you have a really busy day at work but need to keep up your Mantel streak.

Johnny only played in 54 NBA games but I had to grab this card because he looks so happy to be there.