Dan Gladden is the very definition of a Fan Favorite. He roamed the outfield for the Twins two World Championships in 1987 and 1991 and and graced
a Sports Illustrated cover or
two or
three. I doubt he would ever have to pay for his own drink in a bar in the Twin Cities again. He was a perfect choice for the Fan Favorites autograph set of Topps Archives from last year and I finally got around to picking one up.
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2013 Topps Archives #FFA-DG Dan Gladden Fan Favorite Autograph |
I had totally forgotten that he played in Japan for the Yumiri Giants during the baseball strike in 1994-1995 and found that he has a Japanese card floating out there somewhere. I stole this image from the
Japanese Baseball Cards blog and I've added this card to my long term want list as I doubt I'll ever stumble upon it at a card show.
Here are a few more Gladden cards that I recently received from
Spiff in a trade:
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1990 Donruss #22 Dan Gladden Diamond King |
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1989 Donruss #391 Dan Gladden |
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1990 Classic Baseball #148 Dan Gladden |
And one last thing, did you know that
Dan's daughter is married to Gary Gaetti's son? How great is that!
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