Special request that was posted to Twitter a couple months ago that I created for my buddy Alan gets the spotlight here on the blog today, "missing" 1979 variations for Rickey Henderson Hostess cards:
Fun idea that I was happy to whip up!
Coming into 1979 Henderson was on fire in 1977 and 1978 playing for Modesto and Jersey City in the Minors.
In '77 with Modesto, all he did was hit .345 with 120 runs scored
and 95 stolen bases to go along with a sick .465 on-base-percentage.
The following year, getting promoted to Double-A ball, Henderson
kept on hitting, this time to the tune of .310 with 81 runs scored and
81 steals.
So at the dawn of the 1979 season Henderson was ready to
just about take over the game, straight to the Hall of Fame some 25
years later.Greatest lead-off man the game has ever seen!
