Saturday, August 23, 2025

1990 Topps Big Deep Dive: Dave Valle

Valle gives it his all, warming up the pitcher between innings while the starting catcher gets his equipment on.

Long before Uber Eats.

Right job, wrong food. Valle delivered food for a Chinese restaurant in Bayside, Queens, during high school and his first couple of minor league offseasons. (I was living in Bayside for part of that time, though I was a baby and a toddler so I don't remember it.) His best friend had the same job. That friend, future Mets GM Omar Minaya, introduced Valle to his future wife, Vicky, who worked as a perfume girl at Bloomingdale's.
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2 comments:

  1. John BatemanAugust 24, 2025 at 8:37 AM

    Now that info should have been on the back of his (future) baseball card

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  2. gregoryAugust 24, 2025 at 9:23 AM

    Such interesting connections! I wonder if Valle and Minaya still keep in touch and talk about those delivery days.

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