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Tag: 1988

In The Cards: ’88 Calgary Cannons

Baseball cards were a big deal in the late-80s and early-90s.

Not only were they a hit in Major League Baseball, but they were also huge on the minor league circuits.

Here’s a second set of 1988 Calgary Cannons cards with a few of the stories of the players who graced the cardboard collectibles.

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The Best of Times on the Worst of Teams

They were bad.

No, like really terrible.

They were, in fact, dreadful.

Place the word “historically” in front of those adjectives and you still don’t come close to capturing the futility of the 1988 Medicine Hat Blue Jays.

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