Juan Samuel (#398/705)

About this episode

This episode discusses Juan Samuel and his impact in the 1980s baseball scene, along with insights into his career and memorabilia.

The 1980's were a big time for guys with 2 first names: Elton John, Billy Joel, Juan Samuel? Card 398 on eBay - https://www.ebay.com/itm/286511994193 Card 705 on Fanatics Collect - https://www.fanaticscollect.com/buy-now/4f356043-1344-4d98-99af-0056e04ae582 Hall of Fame Card Corner - https://baseballhall.org/discover/card-corner/1988-fleer-juan-samuel SABR Bio by Thomas J Brown Jr. - https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/juan-samuel Baseball Card Snark on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/baseball.card.snark/ Harry Kalas narrating Juan’s Highlights - https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1171137844119983 1984-87 2B WAR leaders - https://www.sports-reference.com/stathead/tiny/AoaDi 1989 NY Times article about Juan - https://www.nytimes.com/1989/08/15/sports/samuel-is-making-an-impact.html Juan Interviewed on the Dirt Podcast - https://youtu.be/8a4MHn8dhNM?si=9XCLe9QeCUNkjMx6

People in this episode

Hosts: Matt Kuzma, David McEllis

Topics covered

• Juan Samuel
• 1980s baseball
• baseball cards
• sports history
• WAR leaders
• interviews

Keywords

• Juan Samuel
• 1988 Topps
• baseball cards
• WAR leaders
• Elton John
• Billy Joel
• Harry Kalas
• SABR

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: SABR, New York Times, Dirt Podcast

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