The front: Great action shot of Rivera busting it out of the box at Yankee Stadium. Rivera didn't play in any day games at Yankee Stadium in 1980, so this is probably a shot from 1979. In two day games at the Stadium in '79 Rivera was 3 for 7 with a double.
The back: Those 12 assists in '79 represented just under half of Rivera's career total of 25.
The player: After a couple of promising seasons with the Twins in 1978 and 1979, Rivera hurt his knee in April of 1980 and was never the same. After 1980 he played five games for the Royals in 1982 and also played in Japan and Mexico.
The man: Rivera now coaches youth baseball and does charitable work in his native Puerto Rico.
My collection: I have seven of his cards, from 1977 to 1981. I would be interested in trading for 1983 TMCA Omaha Royals #19.
First time hearing about Bombo or seeing a card of him. Pretty sure I'd remember a unique name like that.
ReplyDeleteThe Twins created the Bomba Squad last year. Reminded me of that.
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