Four Topps

When I first started collecting baseball cards as a kid, the Topps sets from 1987 to 1990 were my sweet spot. Sure, this time frame also happens to fall within the scope of the "junk wax" era, but who cares about that? These cards are -- and always will be -- treasured parts of my collection, no matter what the price guides may show.

With that loving notion in mind, and with the assistance of Random.org, I decided to grab a random number between 1-792 and compare the four corresponding cards from each of the aforementioned sets.  A little commentary on each and then I declare a champion for that card number.  You can follow my progress here...

#740 -- Winner: '88 Rick Sutcliffe
#52  -- Winner: '89 Bob Brenly
#103 -- Winner: '87 Rick Aguilera
#700 -- Winner: '89 Don Mattingly
#644 -- Winner: '90 Paul Assenmacher
#678 -- Winner: '87 Carney Lansford

#320 -- Winner: '87 Barry Bonds
#325 -- Winner: '90 Robby Thompson
#655 -- Winner: '88 Len Dykstra
#713 -- Winner: '88 Willie Hernandez
#308 -- Winner: '87 Don Slaught
#65 -- Winner: '90 Devon White
#35 -- Winner: '90 Benny Santiago
#668 -- Winner: '90 Joe Oliver
#590 -- Winner: '88 George Bell
#62 -- Winner: '89 Alfredo Griffin
#611 -- Winner: '88 Tommy John
#417 -- Winner: '90 Jim Gantner
#24 -- Winner: '88 Jim Deshaies
#143 -- Winner: '88 Mickey Tettleton
#770 -- Winner: '87 Dave Winfield
#72 -- Winner: '88 Dennis Eckersley
#551 -- Winner: '88 Terry Steinbach
#622 -- Winner: '89 Stan Javier
#246 -- Winner: '90 Jim Eisenreich
#131 -- Winner: '90 Matt Nokes
#190 -- Winner: '88 Candy Maldonado
#685 -- Winner: '88 Ron Darling
#576 -- Winner: '88 Tommy Hinzo
#608 -- Winner: '87 Wade Boggs AS
#448 -- Winner: '88 Mike Davis
#465 -- Winner: '89 Mark Grace
#189 -- Winner: '89 Kevin Mitchell
#516 -- Winner: '87 Ted Simmons

Traded Series
#51T -- Winner: '87 Danny Jackson