The basics: The second straight second baseman featured in the set, Robby Thompson will show up again in the team checklists at the end of the set.
Card thoughts: A standard batting shot, meant to feature a throwback uniform, I believe. Thompson is featuring a patch on his arm sleeve that is a replication of the centennial patches worn by MLB teams in 1939. So I'm assuming Thompson is wearing a N.Y. Giants uniform from that time period.
Backs are important in '93 UD: It's not too often you see a card photo of infielders delivering their coverage signals to each other. I remember when I first learned about that practice.
Thompson was in the middle of his best season when this card was issued. It would be his last full season.
More from '93: This week in 1993, the song "What Is Love" by Haddaway debuted on the Billboard Top 40. Never liked the song, but thanks to SNL, etc., I still have to hear it.
A. I didn't like the Giants, but I liked their 1986 infield featuring Will Clark, Jose Uribe, Chris Brown, and Thompson. I used to own a Giants program featuring Uribe, Brown, and Thompson on the cover in front of the Painted Ladies. It's a pretty cool photo.
ReplyDeleteB. I can't stand that song. Hate the fact that it's currently stuck in my head.
Interesting about the patch. The NY teams also wore World's Fair patches in '39 and '40. I saw a photo of a Mel Ott jersey with the Worlds Fair patch online. I guess at some point they switched from one patch to the other. Would probably be very difficult to find out when.
ReplyDeleteI didn't hear that song on the radio very much when it was new, but it was played somewhat regularly at the skating rink that I went to.
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