Not only does he not want to talk about the past…
…apparently he is trying to destroy all evidence that the past existed. I speak of none other than Mark McGwire, the once vaunted hero of the Oakland A’s and St. Louis Cardinals, who holds the record for most home runs in a season by a rookie and once held the cherished tarnished single-season home run record. And now he has gone into hiding, as have his baseball cards.
I just ripped open three boxes of 1988 Topps Big baseball cards, one box from each series. I have not double checked, but I believe I got at least one card of every player in the set…except McGwire. I got five Mario Soto cards, one of which will stay with the set, one will go in my new Soto collection, one will be sent for an autograph next spring, and the other two ended up in my sons’ Easter baskets this morning. But McGwire? Nowhere to be found.
Do I need more cards for the set? I’m not sure. I know I have all of series 1 (cards 1-88, including both Steinbach variations), but I will have to look again at series 2 and 3. If you have the McGwire for trade, and any others that I might need from the set, I have plenty of doubles. Just let me know which players/teams/cards you are looking for.
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I got two of those cheap 75 card generic plastic brick of card packages from a relative for Easter. 2 of his 1991 Upper Deck cards were hiding back to back in one of the packages.
One of my favorite releases of all-time! Post some scans sometime!
It is a nice set. I will definitely get some scans posted. Maybe I’ll start 88toppsbig to complement the excellent http://88topps.blogspot.com …lol