Friday, April 17, 2009

1991 Stadium Club #581 Darrel Akerfelds

In this 1991 Stadium Club card, Darrel is captured practicing for his future duties as the Padres' bullpen coach. Wearing #35, Darrel appeared in relief in 101 games for the Phils in 1990 and 1991. Only Roger McDowell (72) appeared in more games for the Phillies in 1990 than Darrel (71).

When the 1991 Stadium Club set first appeared, I thought the appearance of each player's Topps rookie card on the back was incredibly cool. In some cases, I enjoyed looking at the rookie card on the back more than I enjoyed looking at the picture on the front. I hope Darrel doesn't take this personally.

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