Righting Wrongs - 1999 Orioles and Red Sox
I learned a thing while setting up todays update. 1) The Orioles feel like they should have more bad players in the 2000 set, but this was the early stages of their collapse into obscurity after a decent run in the previous seasons. Ripken retiring was the sign on the end with no heir ready to lead...and 2) Boston was on their way to the same fate it seemed, with various players on their roster at the end of their careers, but Boston would keep competitive with a-Martinez pitching, b-throwing millions and millions of dollars on free agents and c-embracing the steroids with Ortiz and Ramirez to prevent the same fate that Baltimore headed to. The late Rod Beck was a meh reliever if you only knew him from the Showdown days. Before that, way back in the day by todays standards, he was one of the most premier closers in baseball. If the Bot gave an option to give cards holographic status, Beck here would definitely qualify. Strikes out a ton and you better roll a natural 20 if you hope to