The Missing Link: Baseball

For the Phillies, I have chosen Tony Gwynn.

These were the Phillies' primary right fielders from 1982 - 1997:

George Vukovich

Von Hayes

Sixto Lezcano

Glenn Wilson

Glenn Wilson

Glenn Wilson

Chris James

Von Hayes

Von Hayes

Dale Murphy

Ruben Amaro

Jim Eisenreich

Jim Eisenreich 

Jim Eisenreich

Jim Eisenreich

Darren Daulton

Some of those guys were decent, but they could have moved to left field.  Obviously, with Gwynn and his high OBP batting 2nd, Mike Schmidt would have averaged 200 RBI per season.  Lenny Dykstra would have scored 200 runs per season with Gwynn and his high BA behind him.  

Who would your team's missing link be? 

Time Traveling

 

Another trade with Matty K.

-  Dierker threw a no-hitter in 1976 and was a 2x All-Star.  He later won 4 division titles in 5 years as Astros manager. 

-  Messersmith was a 4x All-Star and played a key role in the downfall of the reserve clause in MLB. 

-  White Sox legend.

-  Horner was an All-Star in 1982 and hit four HRs in one game in 1986.  

-  Played on four Super Bowl winning teams as a Steeler. 

-  A member of the NFL's 100th Anniversary team.  Served four terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, from Oklahoma. 

Scoring from My Dealer

 

I bought a binder of junk era cards at a yard sale.  Well, more like a driveway sale, but anyway...  Let's look at some highlights.  

-  The McGriff looks photoshopped.

-  Sandberg during his infamous hatless protest, after being traded from the Phillies to a lesser team.

-  Albert Belle's brother Joey when they played together for Cleveland.  

-  Mattingly still looking up for the ball when it's right in front of him.

-  Bagwell about to let a grounder through the wickets.   

-  Brett scared to face Carlton in the 1980 World Series.

-  Schmidt going yard at Wrigley.

-  Biggio RC

-  McGee RC.  The only non-junk era card in the whole binder.  

-  Rison before Lisa Lopes burned his house down.

-  Walker's been nominated for U.S. Ambassador to the Bahamas. 

 

-  Ambassador of Sport, Charles Barkley.

-  That's a telephone.  

-  Alex English on the Robinson card.

-  Kemp RC.  

-  David Robinson on the Olajuwon card.

-  Michael Cage on the Karl Malone card.

-  Celtics getting their butts kicked by Baylor and the Lakers.

-  Celtics getting their butts kicked by Frazier and the Knicks.  

-  Hull when he sees that I've posted a Verlander card.

Anyway, if you want the two SI Kids cards and have a U.S. address, comment below.  First person gets them.