Welcome to the HoF Ken Griffey Jr

Welcome to the Hall Ken Griffey Jr!

1994 Topps #388 All-Star Outfielders Len Dykstra & Ken Griffey Jr
Nice of Junior to climb into the Hall, give some respectability to the above card.

If you want a card that says both Hall of Shame (Dykstra) and Hall of Fame, Griffey of course, this is the one.

For more thoughts on the above card see our posting from last month.

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BBWAA

1990 Topps #515 Len Dykstra

Yesterday we featured a card for a no-hitter that almost happened. Today we have a card of the player that foiled the John Smoltz Attempt.

1990 Topps #515 Len Dykstra

Lenny Dykstra broke up the No-Hitter by pulling a double down the right field line. Dykstra would eventually even score to end the shutout as well, but Smoltz held on for the 6-1 victory.

1990 Topps
This is the first Topps Base card to feature Lenny Dykstra in a Phillies uniform. Biggest oddity here is that he is Len rather than Lenny. He is almost always Lenny to me. If I am running off stats in a formal way I may say something like "In 1993 Len Dykstra led the league in both Hits AND Walks, That's tough to do".  More typically I would say, "Man I would love to party with Lenny Dykstra sometime, but I fear it would kill me"

According to the Baseball Card Database Topps issued a dozen base cards of Dykstra. He is not referred to as Lenny on any of them. 

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1990: Year of the No-Hitter
baseball card database
Baseball-ref