I remember when Benito Santiago was a hot rookie card. He had a long hitting streak hi rookie year (~34 games). He had a long career. Even though he wasn’t a perennial all star, he had longevity.

Andy Benes was a hot rookie card at the time too. I think Andy’s career highlight was signing a contract extension 45 minutes after the deadline and the contract being null and void. He then signed with the expansion Arizona Diamondbacks and started in their inaugural game.

Here’s your useful link to all things 1980’s Padres on eBay: https://ebay.us/UodbN4

Giants fans love Super Bowl XXI — Simms practically flawless and Elway stopped cold.

Coming out of Stanford, he forced his way from the Colts to Denver, pure stubborn confidence.

And it paid off for him because now he’s Mister Denver: car dealerships, front office, and a hand in building the Super Bowl 50 squad.

Sad what happened to his agent friend this year with the golf cart accident.

Here’s your helpful link to all John Elway cards on eBay: https://ebay.us/qWJbmD

Eric “The Red” Davis was THE GUY on the Cincinnati Reds in the late 80’s. He had a blend of speed, power, strength, and pizazz with his unique batting stance -that was also super popular to imitate during whiffle games. I don’t think he made it into the 40/40 club but was probably awfully close with his speed & power.

I remember being super proud to buy this card for $20 from the local shop. I probably bought this card during its peak value at the time also (I’m starting to see I had a knack for that 😉)

Here’s an eBay link so you could see all the Eric Davis rookie cards out there: https://ebay.us/aVFJmT

Growing up in The Boogie Down Bronx in the 1980’s - this card was my goal Holy Grail. I had to deliver a lot of NY Daily News papers to save up the $35 to buy it in either ‘85 or ‘86. I probably bought it at the peak of the market back then (my luck lol)

There was a time when my brother (🕊) and my college roommate were down to our last $15 in Atlantic City and we put it all on #23 for “Donnie Baseball”. And it hit! We were chanting Donnie Baseball and laughing our asses off. We still talk about it today.

Here’s a link to the other Donnie Baseball Rookie Cards out there on eBay: https://ebay.us/OmLthX

I found these two NFL cards in the shoe box. I wish I could remember how I got them and wish I had more NFL cards from the 1980’s

Singletary was the prototype middle linebacker. He was an intense, ferocious, and relentless leader. He had these intense and fiery wide open eyes (almost like he had super vision). He won a Super Bowl in ‘85 with the Bears and was enshrined into the NFL HOF in 1998.

Pepper Johnson was a brute force inside and the brains of the defense. Lawrence Taylor and Carl Banks wreaked havoc on the edges and Pepper was the steady dependable presence. I remember being a youngin’ watching the Giant games and hearing Peppers name, but his Jersey had T. Johnson which would confuse me-why isn’t it P? His first name is Thomas and Pepper was just a cool nickname.

Here’s a link to eBay to check out what’s available for 1980’s NFL cards: https://ebay.us/g1wr4L