This review will be extremely short. I am going through the packs now before I review them to separate the doubles from the singles. Unfortunately, this one only has one card I need for the set. So it’s one review and 16 links to previous reviews. I didn’t get a chance to scan the card, mainly because I didn’t think his career merited it. Anyways, I may not get a chance to post tomorrow and I don’t know just how busy I will be here today, so I want to wish everyone a happy and safe 4th of July weekend. If you live in proximity to real fireworks, be ultra safe. Now on to the one card review . . .
1. Mark Gubicza
Position: P
Team: Royals
Card Number: 326
Age: 24
1987 Stats: 13-18/3.98/1.45
Awards: None
Player Notes: Although he was one of my favorite pitchers growing up, I know he was not an ace. He was on a pretty solid staff in 1987, with the likes of Saberhagen, Liebrandt, Bud Black, not to mention the Quis in relief. I would say overall not a bad pitcher, but nothing more than a 0.500 guy.
Fun Facts: Mark’s father, Anthony, pitched in the White Sox chain. He lists his hobbies as music, actually the card says his hobby is being music, but i think it’s a typo, it’s not like someone wants to be a note.
2. Dann Bilardello – Previously reviewed in pack 33.
3. John Tudor - Previously reviewed in pack 33.
4. Chris Codiroli - Previously reviewed in pack 33.
5. Roger McDowell - Previously reviewed in pack 31.
6. Ken Dixon -Previously reviewed in pack 31.
7. Curt Wilkerson -Previously reviewed in pack 31.
8. Dale Murphy -Previously reviewed in pack 31.
9. LaMarr Hoyt - Previously reviewed in pack 8.
10. Mike Aldrete - Previously reviewed in pack 9.
11. Joaquin Andujar - Previously reviewed in pack 9.
12. Greg Minton - Previously reviewed in pack 9.
13. Andy Alanson - Previously reviewed in pack 9.
14. Mark Langston - Previously reviewed in pack 9.
15. Dave Parker - Previously reviewed in pack 9.
16. Lou Whitaker - Previously reviewed in pack 9.
17. Bob Ojeda - Previously reviewed in pack 9.
This is a great display of how Topps in 1987 loved to put certain cards in runs. The only card that didn’t fit in a run was the LaMarr Hoyt card. The only saving grace of this sad pack is the Dale Murphy card, but still it’s almost a decade into his career at that point. So I am going to give this pack the dreaded 0.5 star rating. Just because it just didn’t bring anything to the table. This went a lot faster than I expected, look for another post at somepoint today.
