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07-13-2018, 06:01 AM

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Originally Posted by glynparson

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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