The Rated Rabbi Sports Card Podcast

"My favorite word in English, and I love this word," once said Joaquin Andujar, "is 'youneverknow.' " On this episode, we remember this self-described "one tough Dominican," and celebrate a pitcher who remains key to telling the story of baseball and pop culture in the 1980s.

In this episode, we reminisce about Joe Altobelli, share deep feelings for Rod Carew's red headband in '83 Topps, remember the 7-for-1 trade that sent Vida Blue from the A's to the Giants, and even sneak in a word about Chet Lemon's high school football teammate, the late Ricky Bell (z"l).

Let's meet the 1984 American League All-Stars! In this episode, we remember Will the Thrill and the 1989 NLCS (for Hank Greenwald's call: https://youtu.be/moTbD7Gq8eo), the 35-5 Tigers, Alvin Davis, and those awesome 80s Chicago White Sox uniforms.

We can't tell the story of the 1984 All-Star Game or of 1980s baseball and pop culture without Darryl Strawberry. In this episode, we appreciate Straw for all that he was, go on a couple of tangents about Chris Brown and the 1996 World Series, and look at Strawberry's cards from 1984 Topps, Donruss, and Fleer. As a bonus, we have a python and a Chicken for you!

There were 17 future Hall of Famers who didn't make the 1984 All-Star rosters. In this episode, we take a look at the All-Star ballot, run down those 17 legends (and semi-legends), and take a peek at a couple of their awesome cards. Plus, we look at the 1975 Topps card of an immortal who was neither in the game and who isn't in the Hall (but deserves to be).

In this episode we take a look at 1984 Topps -- its design, inserts, and much more!

Why I collect, why I'm doing this, and what I'm going to do over the course of however many episodes. Plus, a cool ticket stub and a card!