I recently snagged a handful of 1995 Topps Power Boosters parallels of the 1000/3000 yard club subset. At 1:36 hobby packs, these were box hits. I appreciate these cards because when I was a kid, throwing for 3,000 yards or catching for 1,000 yards was a really big deal. In 1994, only 13 QBs threw for 3k and 19 wide receivers caught 1k; compare that to 25 years later in the 2019 season, when the count was 25 QBs and 29 WRs.

Major League Baseball wants us to believe that there were 2 pitchers named Jeff D’Amico playing in the 2000 season. I contend that what began as a simple bookkeeping error was seized upon by Commissioner Bud Selig as a way to test the loyalty and pliability of baseball fans. I mean, isn’t it a little too convenient that the “second Jeff D’Amico” only logged 13 innings in the Majors and was optioned to AAA Omaha on July 15, 2000 - one day after the “first Jeff D’Amico” pitched against the Royals - and that he never again pitched in the Majors? Or that “both” Jeff D’Amicos were drafted in 1993? Or that the “second Jeff D’Amico” transitioned from an infielder to a pitcher in the minor leagues (a switch that almost never happens)? Sorry, but I’m not a sheep.

During the dog days of the 1991 season, a slumping Jerry Browne was tired of hearing people say that his previous two seasons were a fluke. He was also tired of hearing people talk about “Griffey this” and “Griffey that”. During a game against the Mariners, he decided to step into the box behind Griffey to show The Kid a thing or two about how they play ball down in the Virgin Islands. He promptly lined out to right field and took a seat on the end of the bench.

Some days you’re Ken Harvey, some days you’re Randall Cunningham.

Pat Barnes never threw a pass in the NFL, but his 1997 Topps Chrome refractor is one of the most visually impressive cards I’ve ever seen or owned.