john 'boog' powell was a dodger in 1977. at least for a little while, as he was released in august of that year. he is featured on the 1978 topps team card, but didn't warrant a base card in that set. in fact, i think his only dodger card is from the 1990 target dodgers sga set. well, i took a shot at creating the 1978 topps boog powell card that should have been:
i made this card quite a while ago. it's a head shot from steve's baseball photography pages photoshopped onto a 1978 topps mike garman card. not too bad, i don't think. since it's a 1978, i did a back, too.
this would also be boog's 'final tribute' card, so it's nice to see the complete career totals. if you're keeping track, the 1978 set has 726 cards. card 727 is al downing and 729 is vin scully. i am planning on doing a complete set of the 1977/1978 dodger players that weren't featured on an original 1978 topps card. stay tuned.
boog's final at bat came in pittsburgh against goose gossage. he grounded out pinch-hitting for tommy john. these days, boog runs a couple of bbq joints in maryland, including one at camden yards.
here's to you boog!
Great cards!
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Stumbled across your site and had to make two comments:
ReplyDelete1. I grew up in Baltimore watching Brooks, Palmer, Powell et al. Boog had a magnificent swing.
2. Went to graduate school in Albuquerque when the Dukes, Dodgers' AAA team, arrived. Saw the following players in Albuquerque (these are the ones I can recall): Lopes, Garvey, Cey, Joshua, Russell, Yaeger, Hisle, Ferguson, Hough, Paciorek, Rau. Joshua was the biggest star of them all in Albuquerque. He had only a modest career in the bigs. Probably the greatest minor league team every assembled.
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