Plain and simple, he had the best-known name, face, and sideburns of 1980s baseball and baseball cards.

Base card #300

https://marketplace.beckett.com/item/1082/1988-topps-300-don-mattingly_53873452

Record Breakers #2

https://marketplace.beckett.com/cardgallery_900/item/1988-topps-2-don-mattingly-rb_62538603

All Star #386 on eBay

https://www.ebay.com/itm/225908282343

World of Baseball Don Mattingly - https://baseballcards.substack.com/p/1988-topps-world-of-baseball-don

SABR Bio by James Lincoln Ray - https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/Don-Mattingly/

Don’s HOF Case at MLB https://www.mlb.com/news/don-mattingly-hall-of-fame-case

Don’s 1987 Topps Birthday Mystery - https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/29043681/cracking-birthday-mystery-don-mattingly-1987-topps-baseball-card

Don talks about the Hit Man poster - https://youtu.be/1iRtD14A9Io?si=dMwC5kZb8426ZaCu

Don and Niekro in a New Coke Ad - https://youtu.be/OxjZfs3OUmM?si=4jnF0NzCM_l7QTHq

1989 SI Article - https://vault.si.com/vault/1989/02/06/the-hit-man-hits-back-after-his-most-trying-year-as-a-yankee-don-mattingly-is-now-back-home-in-indiana-preparing-to-attack-the-upcoming-season

1995 ALDS Home Run - https://youtu.be/LrAU5Kxnr04?si=6MzcQxKMzuh-7McZ

Of all the celebrities named Moose, the most famous is probably the actor / Jack Russell Terrier who played Eddie on Frasier. RIP

Card #606 on Beckett

https://marketplace.beckett.com/item/1082/1988-topps-tiffany-606-moose-haas_66153931

SABR Bio by Dennis Degenhardt - https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/moose-haas/

Hall of Fame Card Corner 1981 Moose Haas - https://baseballhall.org/discover/CardCorner-1981-Topps-Moose-Haas

1985 UPI Article about Moose- https://www.upi.com/Archives/1985/07/01/Off-the-field-Bryan-Edmond-Moose-Haas-is-a/1092489038400/

Game Used Jersey - https://www.memorabilia.expert/shop/1987-moose-haas-game-worn-as-jersey/

1982 ALCS Don Baylor Grand Slam - https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1aAj8BTcqJ/

Little known fact: Tina Turner originally wanted to write a song called "Personal Catcher" about backups who create that trusted relationship with ace pitchers, but she couldn't get the lyrics to fit her melody. She went with "Private Dancer" instead, and the rest is history.

Card 566 on Beckett

https://marketplace.beckett.com/item/900/1988-topps-566-charlie-obrien-rc_27922483

Charlie’s Sabr Bio by Steve West https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/charlie-obrien/

Brian Boru

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Boru

Charlie’s SI Cover https://www.autographwarehouse.com/images/products/detail/CharlieOBrienSI.JPG

Charlie Keeps his career alive at SI https://vault.si.com/vault/1999/04/26/catch-as-catch-can-the-angels-charlie-obrien-uses-all-his-tricks-to-keep-his-career-alive

Charlie’s Book at Texas A&M Press https://www.tamupress.com/book/9781623492922/the-cy-young-catcher/

Popular Mechanics story about Charlie’s mask https://www.popularmechanics.com/adventure/sports/a236/1283166/

Puck Junk the evolution of Baseball goalie masks ​​https://puckjunk.com/2018/03/29/the-evolution-of-baseballs-goalie-mask/

1995 NLCS Homer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyiGRE7eRRs

Welcome to Season 6 of the 1988 Topps Podcast!

In 1932, Australian farms were threatened by an increase in the population of the emu, a large flightless bird. The Australian military tried to cull the flocks of emus for 40 days, but ultimately failed in a debacle that would come to be known as The Great Emu War.

#597 on Beckett

https://www.beckett.com/baseball/1988/topps-tiffany/597-gene-garber-3915858

SABR Bio by Dan Massey

https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/Gene-Garber/

Garber irked by modern game

https://lancasteronline.com/sports/baseball/mlb/elizabethtown-native-gene-garber-irked-by-aspects-of-baseball-today-commentary/article_5228dabe-985f-11e8-90b0-2f795df2f570.html

Gene ends Rose streak

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1sm1rOUfTg

HOF Card Corner - 1975 Topps

https://baseballhall.org/discover/card-corner/1975-topps-gene-garber

The Curse of Gene Garber

https://assets.sbnation.com/assets/752808/ATL18_v1-1.pdf

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When ... the ...

Card has a guy that looks like all the guys, that's Fiore (that's Fiore)

When the card of the day comes from Team U.S.A. that's Fiore (that's Fiore)

Bells will ring for the Pope ting-a-ling-a-ling and you'll sing "Vita bella"

He's a Sox fan at heart, and to us that means he's quite a fella!

* Card 38T on eBay

* Induction video into College Baseball Hall of Fame and Mike's speech

* Mike interviewed about his experiences in Omaha

* Greatest 21 Days

* University of Miami Hall of Fame

This is the final episode of Season 5. Five years down, only 15 to go? New episodes return soon. Thank you for supporting the show! https://buymeacoffee.com/1988toppspd

This All-Star Rookie had his life saved by a call to the pen, er, apartment.

Card 229 on Beckett

https://marketplace.beckett.com/item/1036/1988-topps-229-jeff-musselman_44463551

SABR Bio by Malcolm Allen

https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/jeff-musselman/

Jeff at Harvard talking about sobriety

https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1993/11/2/come-back-to-life-sobriety-and/

The Fall of '87

https://garejoyce2022.substack.com/p/the-fall-of-87-and-the-fail-of-2017

M.U.S.C.L.E.

http://blog.uofmuscle.com/34574/what-is-a-muscle-figure/

The Jersey Devil

https://pinelandsalliance.org/learn-about-the-pinelands/pinelands-history-and-culture/the-jersey-devil-and-folklore/

This Stanford grad from Montana had one good season on the mound in Baltimore -- then had a change of plans after a snowy night in Idaho.

Card 782 on eBay

https://www.ebay.com/itm/156065903677

Watch the Diamond King now! https://www.thediamondkingmovie.com/

Listen to Cement City about Donora, PA - https://www.cementcity.org/

SABR Bio by Malcolm Allen - https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/jeff-ballard/

Ballard in Montana - https://www.montanaseniornews.com/jeff-ballard/

Ballard’s double ball found - https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidseideman/2018/01/11/big-leaguer-recovers-priceless-baseball-25-years-later/

Looking back at Ballard’s 1989 - https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/95581/cold-takes-jeff-ballards-luck-ran-out/

The Athletic finds out that Ballard is in The Office - https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/3271009/2022/05/10/tiktok-sleuth-movies-tv-clips/

Why Not song - https://youtu.be/jSAohY4o-0E?si=y3mhS263zcpU8fLn

The third-best baseball player of all time born in Donora, PA.

* Card 443 on Beckett

* SABR Bio by Charles F. Faber

* Braves at Mets, Apr. 11, 1987

* Donora Smog Disaster

* Grandma's Reds Scorebook Griffey entries

*Reds 1976 All-Star Game highlights

* Griffey wins the 1980 ASG MVP

* Father-Son back to back jacks

* Ken and Buddy

* Stan and Ken and Donora, PA