Baseball Card Memories

Here are his cards for all to see.  The second baseman and third baseman died on this day in 2018 at the age of 37. Pittsburgh Pirates (2004-2007): 2002 Donruss The Rookies #250 2003 Bowman Draft Picks & Prospects #BDP125 2004 Topps Total #496 2005 Donruss #307 2005 MLB Showdown #258 2005 Topps #589 2006 Topps #562 2006 Upper Deck #756 2007 Fleer #94 2007 Topps #52 2007 Upper Deck #403 Florida Marlins (Never played for): 2008 Topps #637 San Francisco Giants (2008): 2008 Topps Updates & Highlights #UH254 Houston Astros (2008): None

Here is another replay game that I randomly picked to play,  so let's set the ground work.  For this game, we will replay the 1993 regular season game between the New York Mets and the Florida Marlins.  Both teams struggled for the season and ended up on the bottom of the NL East Standings.  The Mets had retooled and looked like that had some talent, but they never pulled it together and had some injuries all year long.  Jeff Torborg started as the manager but by the time this game was played, the Mets had made a change and brought in Dallas Green.  For the expansion Marlins, many of the players it drafted were unproven but went on to be pretty good.  But like most expansion teams, it just wasn't enough.  Somehow, they managed to be better than the last place Mets.  In the real game, the Marlins beat the Mets 7-5.  To replay the game, I thought it would be fun to use the 1968 Topps Game Baseball Cards.  Each batter draws a card and ...