The front: Nice photo of Randolph at bat at Yankee Stadium.
Looks like it might be a Red Sox catcher behind him. Fisk?
The back: Randolph grew up in Brownsville, the poorest
section of Brooklyn at the time. He played in a field filled with broken glass,
rocks and craters. He later said “You want to know where I got my fast hands
from? … That field made a man out of you. If you weren’t fast, those bad hops
got you but good.”
The player: Randolph was one of the best second basemen in
Yankees history. At the time of his retirement he ranked in the top-10 all time
in most defensive categories for AL second baseman. He was also an excellent
hitter, with a .276 batting average in an 18-year career at a time when few
second baseman were accomplished hitters.
The man: Randolph is considered an excellent baseball man
and community ambassador. He was a long-time Yankees coach and managed the Mets
from 2005 to 2008. Randolph still works with the Yankees as a spring training
instructor.
My collection: I have 116 of his cards, from 1976 to 1993. I
would be interested in trading for 1976 Topps #592.
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