1992 Topps #940 Dave LaPoint

Dave LaPoint pitched for 12 seasons in the Majors. He came up in 1980 with the Milwaukee Brewers. He spent 1981 through 1984 with the St. Louis Cardinals, winning a World Series Championship with them in 1982. He was with the San Francisco Giants in 1985, the Detroit Tigers and San Diego Padres for 1986, and then was off to the Chicago White Sox. He spent 1987 and half of 1988 with them. He got traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates in August, and spent the rest of '88 with them. He played the 1989 and 1990 seasons with the New York Yankees, and played the final season of his MLB career, 1991, with the Philadelphia Phillies.

Dave appeared on a number of Topps cards throughout his career. He missed getting cards in the 1981 and 1982 Topps sets, getting his rookie card in the 1983 set. He was in the 1984 and 1985 regular Topps sets, and got a 1985 Topps Traded card. He got a 1986 Topps and Topps Traded card, and was in the 1987 regular set. He had regular 1988 Topps and 1989 Topps cards, then got a 1989 Topps Traded card. His last 2 Topps cards were from the 1990 and 1991 main sets. He is missing cards in the 1981, 1982, and 1992 Topps sets, and from the 1980, 1981, 1987, 1988, and 1991 Topps Traded sets.

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-Jeremy

1992 Topps #923 Wally Ritchie

Wally Ritchie pitched in the Majors in 1987, 1988, 1991, and 1992, all with the Philadelphia Phillies.
Wally recieved cards in the 1987 Traded, and 1988 Topps sets. He got a card in the 1992 Topps Stadium Club set, but not in the regular set for some reason. He is missing cards from the 1989 and 1993 Topps set, and just needs those to go with this 1992 Topps custom to complete his career Topps run.

I have tons of projects going on right now. I have been re-working my Want List/Favorite Player Collection on my other blog to have links to each player showing pictures of all of their cards that I have. It should be fun when it is completed, but it is a little tedious right now. I am still working on finishing the cards for my 2020 Topps Archives: The Lost Cards set, and who knows, perhaps when it is finished, it might be good enough to pitch to Topps. We'll see. I have been working on some Turkey Red cards of the '06 Detroit Tigers team for the upcoming KOD 27 season, and it is going to be sweet to see some of my customs on the site. I have enjoyed seeing the different cards made for KOD for a while now, and have come across many of them while making different customs. I have put the '84 Topps checklist page up (many thanks to Paul), so that is ready to go (the templates, not so much), I have been working on a few cards with some new templates sent to me with the '05 and '11 Topps sets thanks to a reader, and I still have the '98 Topps project going (on the back burner, but it will be back in full swing once the '2020 Archives project is done).
Lastly, I did not make it to the comic show on Sunday, so I still have not been to a real card show, but I don't think there would've been much there anyways. There is good news. There is a card show in Orlando on February 3rd, and I'm doing so much as requesting the day off so I can go. If any of you that read this are in the area and are going, LET ME KNOW!! I don't really know anyone near me that collects cards, and I would love to do some trading. I hope to do a nice blog post on what I find at the show, so stay tuned. Thanks for checking out my latest post.
-Jeremy

1991 Topps #881 Jason Grimsley

Jason Grimsley pitched in the Majors for 15 seasons, and won 2 World Series titles, but had a rather abrupt end to his career. He came up to the Bigs in 1989 with the Phillis, and played with them until the end of 1991. He pitched in the minors in 1992, and played for the Indians in 1993-1995. The Angels signed him for 1996, then he spent 1997 and 1998 in the minors. During that time, he decided to use steroids to recover from an injury so he could hang on and play a few more seasons in the Majors. He hooked up with the Yankees, and performed well for them in 1999 and 2000, helping them win the World Series both years. He pitched with the Royals from 2001 through the middle of 2004.  He was acquired by the Orioles, and finished out the rest of the '04 season with them. He played with them in 2005, then signed with the Diamondbacks for 2006. In June, federal investigators raided his home looking for illegal steroids, and he requested his release from the Diamondbacks shortly after. The whole Mitchell report started from that incident, and we all know what happened after that. Grimsley would never pitch again in the Majors, and should he ever attempt to come back, he would have to serve a 50-game suspension once he is on the 40 man roster of any team. Kind of a sad way to finish out a career, but I can see why he would be tempted to take steroids. As a middle reliever trying to hang on and needing to support your family, it would be tempting to take steroids to recover from an injury faster. If you look at the Mitchell Report, the majority of the players you see are ones who weren't stars wanting to hit for more power, but were scrub guys just trying to hang on or recover from an injury. As a Type 1 diabetic, I take a long time to heal from stuff. I'm not saying it was ok for players to use illegal substances, but I can see why some would do so.
Grimsley first appeared in the 1990 Topps set. He got into the 1991 set, then was left off until the 2001 set. He got a 2001 Topps Traded card, and that was it for him. He is missing cards from the 1994-1996 Topps sets, the 1997 set, the 2000 set, and the 2002-2007 sets. His 1992 Topps card is now covered, but there are still a bunch of cards to make to finish his Topps run.
Our house survived the hurricane with only some broken tree branches in the yard and the power going out for about a day. Not too bad. I'm off tomorrow, and we may or may not have a softball game. If we don't, I might stay up and work on some templates for the 2000 Topps set. Hopefully by then I will be watching the Cubs taking Game 3 from the Giants. I'm not a Cubs fan at all, but I don't see how anyone could like the Giants. They weren't the best team in baseball in any of the 3 years they won he World Series in the last decade. The '10 Rangers, '12 Tigers, and '14 Royals were better, and I just don't care for dynasties, unless it's a team I've been following or rooting for, like the Red Sox. I think it will be the Cubs and either the Red Sox or Blue Jays in the World Series. I think Papi can bring the Sox back, but I can't believe they are down 2-0 to the Indians. The Jays look strong, but I don't think anyone can stop the Cubs and this will be their year. Thanks for checking out my latest custom.
-Jeremy

1992 Topps Sil Campusano

PLAYER BIO: Sil Campusano, Philadelphia Phillies

YEARS IN MAJORS: 1989, 1990-1991

LAST TOPPS SET HE APPEARED IN: 1991

APPEARANCES IN FUTURE TOPPS SETS: None

REASON LEFT OFF OF THE 1992 TOPPS SET:  I would say because he only appeared in 15 games is why.

NOTES:  Sil appeared on TOPPS sets in 1988 (Traded), 1989, and 1991, so he got an extra card in '88, but missed one in '92. He had a successful career in Japan from 1994-1999. He had some decent speed/power numbers, but I would assume the low batting average kept him from seeing extended time in the Bigs. Thanks for checking out my latest card in the '92 Topps set.
-Jeremy

1992 Topps Rick Schu

I'm trying a new format on this blog and changing things up a little. Please feel free to leave input.


PLAYER: Rick Schu, Phillies.

LAST TOPPS SET HE APPEARED IN: 1990.

APPEARANCES IN FUTURE TOPPS SETS: None.

REASON LEFT OFF OF THE SET: He only got into 17 games in 1991, so that's probably why. He was left off of every major brand in 1992 and only got into the Fleer set in 1991. He played in Japan in 1994 and 1995 and actually made it back to the Majors for 1 final game with the Expos in 1996, and no, he didn't appear in any sets in 1997.

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-Jeremy

1992 Topps Ron Jones

Ron Jones appeared on a few Topps card throughout his career. His final season was in 1991, and Topps didn't give him a card in the 1992 set.