Tuesday, July 9, 2019

1988 All Star Game Honorary Captains: Bobby Doerr & Willie Stargell


Continuing with my revived All Star Break Tradition, the Honorary Captains.  Spoiler alert: this is in no way as exciting as last night's duel between Guerrero and Pederson. 

In 1988 the game was played in Cincinnati. Often there's one or more players with ties to the host team.  If there's a connection here, I'm missing it. 

The AL Captain was Bobby Doerr. He spent his entire MLB career with the Red Sox. Missing only the 1945 season to serve in the Army, he played from 1937-1951Doerr was a 9 time All Star who played in the shadow of  Teddy Ballgame in his prime.  It took the Veteran's Committee to induct him in 1986.













In the NL was first-ballot 1988 inductee, Willie Stargell.  Pops was a seven time All Star. In 1979 he won the NL MVP, the NLCS MVP and the World Series MVP.

















Again, the honorary captains appeared on the All Star Glossy inserts in 1989 Topps rack packs.



2 comments:

  1. Nice cards. Appreciate your traditional All Star Break posts.

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  2. Your cards are way better than the glossy inserts.

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