My Two Cents: Larry Walker was one of my favorite non-Cardinals of the late 1990s. He ended up on the Cardinals at the end of his career, but was a really fun player to watch in his prime with both the Rockies and Expos. In 1999, Larry Walker won the National League batting title with a .379 batting average. He hit .461 at Coors Field that season, which is incredible regardless of thin air and altitude. I like the old school soccer shin guard that he wearing in the photo, which was taken at one of the old concrete cookie cutter stadiums of the National League in the late 1990s. I am going to guess Cincinnati or Pittsburgh. The Cardinals had grass.
The Card Back- If you are not familiar with Skybox from this era, you are in for a treat with some of these card backs. The Vitals and Stats sections of these cards are pretty standard and straight forward. The Marlins were terrible in 1998 and Larry Walker loved facing them. The Astros were very good in 1998 and Larry Walker did not like facing them. Seems pretty standard. I wish the "DYK" section was better here, they can be interesting on some of the card. Elvis Stojko is the best we can get here? Yawn.
Video Highlight of Larry Walker-
Looking forward to this, added to my blogroll. And I selected FOLLOW but it wont let me for some reason.
ReplyDeleteThank you for adding this to your blogroll! Really excited about this project.
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DeleteI wonder if Elvis Stojko knows he's featured on the back of a baseball card.
ReplyDeleteHe's on IG, might try to drop it in a comment and see if I can get a reaction out of him.
DeleteFun Larry Walker fact: When he got the call that he had been inducted into the Hall of Fame, he was wearing a button-down SpongeBob shirt. It was on display when I went to Cooperstown a in 2021.
ReplyDeleteThat's incredible!
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