

1976 Topps Bruce Kison
We lost another one this week. Former Pirates, Angels and Red Sox hurler Bruce Kison lost his battle with cancer. I don't claim to be a huge Bruce Kison fan and I really haven't thought of him for quite a while. But that didn't stop the memories flowing from my youth when I heard about his unfortunate passing. In the 70s, the Pirates and Phillies were rivals, battling for the National League East and one team or the other would win that division nearly every year of the decad


1987 Topps BJ Surhoff
I'm going to start by telling you that 1987 is vintage so this is a legitimate Baseball Card Memory. If you're old like me, you may not want to believe that this card is more than 30 years old. But alas, it is the truth. So deal with it! BJ Surhoff was the first and only overall number one draft pick the Brewers even had. At the time, I was an obsessive Brewers' fan living in New Jersey. This was exciting to me to finally follow a team with the overall number one pick. Surho