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Old 07-13-2018, 07:01 AM
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Originally Posted by glynparson View Post
Bob Horner, joe charboneau, Fernando, Steve sax, strawberry, Ron Kittle were all the rage prior to don mattingly. Mattingly was hot as hell in 1985-1990 ( yes I know 1984 is his rookie but he didn’t get sizzling hot TIL 1985. Maybe late in 1984. but the phenomenon predates this by at least 5 years.
And it just goes to show you how speculative buying new players is. Other than Mattingly, and even him to some extent, where are those cards now?
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