Baseball Milestones To Look Forward To In 2009…

As every new season begins I cannot help but hope that we will see baseball history made.  So with that, I bring to you a list of possible historical events that can take place during the 2009 baseball season.

Wish these guys luck!!!

Randy Johnson is 5 wins away from the magical 300 wins milestone.  He also needs 211 strikeouts to become  the second pitcher to reach 5,000 K’s.

Barry Bonds is just 65 hits shy of 3,000.

Mariano Rivera needs just 18 saves to reach the 500 saves mark.

Gary Sheffield is 1 home run away from making it into the ’500 HR Club’.

Alex Rodriguez needs just 47 home runs to reach 600.

Carlos Delgado needs just 31 home runs to reach ’500′.

Sit back and relax.  2009 should be a wonderful and historical year for the baseball fan!!!

2008 Topps Andre Dawson – 50th Anniversary All-Star Rookie Team

What a classic looking card!  Now that my ‘playing days’ collection of Andre Dawson is complete I am going to expand a little and pick up some of the very impressive cards that have been issued after Andre’s retirement.

This card commemorates Dawson’s 1977 All-Star rookie performance and I am thrilled to add it to my collection.  Any card of Andre in an old-school Expos uniform is going to find a special place in my collection.

This card’s design is pretty basic, but it looks great. 

Happy Anniversary Cecil Fielder!!!

On this day back in 1996 you stole the first base of your major league career!!!

It took 1,097 games, but you finally did it.  Congratulations!!!

‘The 40/40 Club’ – 1980′s – A Review

This was very fun, and very exhausting.  I am going to take a break from these kinds of ‘themed’ posts so I can focus a little more on cards and the upcoming season.

I hope you enjoyed my recap of the best players to debut during the 1980′s as much as I enjoyed writing about them.

And now for 1 last time, I give you the ’40/40′ club…

Date	Rank	Year	Player
31-Mar	1	82	Cal Ripken, Jr.
30-Mar	2	87	Barry Bonds
29-Mar	3	87	Greg Maddux
28-Mar	4	85	Roger Clemens
27-Mar	5	80	Rickey Henderson
26-Mar	6	89	Ken Griffey, Jr.
25-Mar	7	87	Rafael Palmeiro
24-Mar	8	83	Tony Gwynn
23-Mar	9	88	Tom Glavine
22-Mar	10	84	Kirby Puckett
21-Mar	11	89	Craig Biggio
20-Mar	12	89	Randy Johnson
19-Mar	13	83	Wade Boggs
18-Mar	14	88	John Smoltz
17-Mar	15	85	Mark McGwire
16-Mar	16	83	Ryne Sandberg
15-Mar	17	86	Jose Canseco
14-Mar	18	87	Barry Larkin
13-Mar	19	88	Roberto Alomar
12-Mar	20	89	Gary Sheffield
11-Mar	21	87	Bo Jackson
10-Mar	22	85	Dwight Gooden
9-Mar	23	85	Orel Hershiser
8-Mar	24	84	Don Mattingly
7-Mar	25	86	Fred McGriff
6-Mar	26	84	Darryl Strawberry
5-Mar	27	89	Curt Schilling
4-Mar	28	81	Tim Raines
3-Mar	29	86	Vince Coleman
2-Mar	30	81	Fernando Valenzuela
1-Mar	31	86	Andres Galarraga
28-Feb	32	87	Will Clark
27-Feb	33	86	Cecil Fielder
26-Feb	34	82	Lee Smith
25-Feb	35	85	Eric Davis
24-Feb	36	88	Mark Grace
23-Feb	37	85	Bret Saberhagen
22-Feb	38	83	Willie McGee
21-Feb	39	87	David Cone
20-Feb	40	89	Jim Abbott