Many baseball card experts say the 1987 Topps set is the best of our generation. I have no complaints given that they provide a litany of fake poses. When I pose for Topps, I generally revert to the standby fake pose as well. Makes me feel like more of a baseball player.



Player Note: Mike Aldrete didn’t give a crap if it made the photographer uncomfortable, he insisted on having his picture taken with absolutely nothing on below the waist except his lucky cowboy boots.

Tags: 1987 Topps, San Francisco Giants, fake pose, handsome, half naked

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Player Note: As soon as his eyes connected with the photographer's, Billy was consumed with discussing Louisville Sluggers, wood and lumber.

Tags: 1987 Topps, Minnesota Twins, fake pose, loves hot dogs, not yet out of the closet

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Player Note: It wasn't just that the rookies took his job, Dale Mohorcic couldn't accept the fact that none of the younger pitchers drove American trucks.

Tags: 1987 Topps, Texas Rangers, mustache, anger problems, hardass, stupid hat

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Player Note: Royals beat writers contend to this day that every person who mocked McRae's tarp-undershirt got a telephone thrown at their head.

Tags: 1987 Topps, Kansas City Royals, wispy mustache, fake pose, anger problems

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Player Note: Lynch set a club record in 1987 by acquiring eight different strains of influenza.

Tags: 1987 Topps, Chicago Cubs, v-neck, facial deformity, several chins

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Player Note: "Dear Tengen, thanks for the power surge in RBI Baseball. Coming off the bench in your video game made my home run prowess that much greater. One small problem, though: I'm not hitting the ball worth a shit this  year, so I'm hoping that when the rumored "RBI Baseball 2" comes out, you guys will fall back on old pal Tony from RBI 1. To do otherwise would be an injustice to society. Thanks." -- Tony Armas, June 1987

Tags: 1987 Topps, Boston Red Sox, mustache, unheralded video game star

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Player Note: Sure she was two and a quarter, it didn't matter: Steve Crawford was going to marry the woman with the orange towel around her neck who fell over the right field wall onto Ellis Burks' head. Burks would miss four games as a result of the accident.

Tags: 1987 Topps, Boston Red Sox, mustache, perm, ridiculous prop, sateen jacket

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Player Note: Speck is currently in formal legal proceedings to sue the Snuggie Corporation for ripping off the idea he created to keep warm in the Braves bullpen 22 years ago.

Tags: 1987 Topps, Atlanta Braves, stupid hat, ridiculous prop

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Player Note: Even though the Latin jokes made sense to everyone  in the Cubby clubhouse, Chico never understood why Vance Law called him the "Spanish Boy". He did undertand street brawls, though. Chico carried his bat everywhere. Crazy temper, that guy.

Tags: 1987 Topps, Chicago Cubs, anger problems, fake pose

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Player Note: Of his near-200 career stolen bases, 163 of them involved Bob explaining to the second baseman "How the Grich stole second".

Tags: 1987 Topps, Anaheim Angels, mustache, stupid hat, extremely large head, unfortunate last name

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Player Note: No freaking way Ted was having his Topps profile pic with a hat on.

Tags: 1987 Topps, Cincinnati Reds, perm

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Player Note: Ortiz wowed teammates when he was able to fire a wad of sunflower seeds from his mouth like a machine gun. He skipped the winter leagues the following offseason to "spit" professionally at the San Diego Zoo, where he fired seeds at the elephants and chimpanzees. Zoo officials deemed the stunt unsuccessful.

Tags: 1987 Topps, Pittsburgh Pirates, beard, jheri curl, unnecessary helmet

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Player Note: When the ice cream vendor at the Kingdome filed a complaint, Seattle law enforcement was skeptical that Mike Brown was "obsessed with ice cream and those who serve it". Not long after, police raided Brown's home and found the walls and floors covered in melted ice cream and chocolate syrup. A local ice cream truck was recovered from Brown's garage with its tires slashed.

Tags: 1987 Topps, Seattle Mariners, mustache, v-neck, stalker, possible cult leader