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Title: Question: Robby Thompson
Post by: VerlairWightSL on 07/04/06, 01:17:13 AM

I had a question about him: I wasn't following baseball in 1996, and I wonder what happened to RBI'er Robby Thompson. He just retired and vanished in thin air. Guess he was so bad in RBI Baseball 1 because real people sub him for Aldrete.

Okay, enough fucking around...did he get hurt, released or what else? All it says on Wikipedia that he played his last game on August 22, 1996.

Title: Re: Question: Robby Thompson
Post by: TempoGL on 07/04/06, 01:27:31 AM

i'm guessing he got released, since he didn't hit above .223 in his final three seasons

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Post by: Bonny on 07/04/06, 04:50:40 PM

Granted FA from Giants at end of '96. Then signed ML deal with Cleveland for '97. Probably released/retired during spring training

Title: Re: Question: Robby Thompson
Post by: BDawk on 07/05/06, 09:45:27 AM

I had him on a fantasy team in approximately 1990-1991.

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Post by: Gantry on 07/05/06, 09:59:29 AM

Should have had him the year he was a Topps allstar rookie...

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Post by: broiler on 07/05/06, 01:28:13 PM

i give him one AB, if he hits he stays in, if not sub in speir

Title: Re: Question: Robby Thompson
Post by: fknmclane on 07/05/06, 03:33:52 PM

Quote from: Gantry on 07/05/06, 09:59:29 AM
Should have had him the year he was a Topps allstar rookie...

(http://www.sportscollective.com/premier/jwhcards/storepics42/89529.jpg)

I used to have this one.

Title: Re: Question: Robby Thompson
Post by: broiler on 07/05/06, 03:58:17 PM

you and everyone else on this forum

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Post by: ericdavisfan on 07/05/06, 04:08:26 PM

Seeing that little gold cup trophy on a baseball card was one of the ultimate thrills in opening a pack of cards at that time

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Post by: Clambutt on 07/05/06, 04:50:27 PM

Unless that sucky piece of gum was stuck to the card

Title: Re: Question: Robby Thompson
Post by: ericdavisfan on 07/05/06, 06:01:28 PM

I opened some packs of 87 Topps a couple of years ago. I tried to chew a piece of that gum. It tasted like dust and never coagulated into actual gum. It was a disgusting powder that nearly made me puke. Not everything gets better with age

Title: Re: Question: Robby Thompson
Post by: TempoGL on 07/08/06, 03:28:28 PM

i still have many unopened packs of 87 and 88 topps, possibly some 89 as well. i still always 'eat' the gum when i open a pack. i say eat because there is no possible way to chew it. i think it tastes good, but that could be the nostalgia that i'm tasting.

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Post by: Big Hath on 07/08/06, 07:26:00 PM

you should hold onto those for investment purposes

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Post by: Clambutt on 07/08/06, 10:54:49 PM

Quote from: Big Hath on 07/08/06, 07:26:00 PM
you should hold onto those for investment purposes

that gum will never be of any value

Title: Re: Question: Robby Thompson
Post by: johnnyblaze on 07/10/06, 03:02:34 AM

I hired thompson for a few months in like 98 or 99 to blow in my rbi cartrage when it messed up I thought it was a perfect job since he really did "blow" in the game, I had to fire him though I after I caught him opening all my old packs and eating the gum and tearing up all the bill spiers cards

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