Opening 25-year-old baseball cards with Todd Coffey
Todd Coffey’s never not been entertaining. On the field, Coffey — who pitched for four teams across eight big-league seasons — became known for sprinting from the bullpen to the pitcher’s mound when he was summoned to a game. Off the field, he’s a colorful character too. You’ll especially know this if you read Jeff Passan’s book “The Arm.”
So open old baseball cards with Todd Coffey? Yep, let’s do it. The 36-year-old pitcher is this week’s guest in my Opening 25-Year-Old Baseball Cards video series, in which we crack open cards that have been sitting around, unopened, since my grandma bought them 25 years ago.
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In this episode, Coffey runs the gamut of what’s possible in these videos — he finds a couple of his old coaches, finds a Hall of Fame player from his favorite team as a kid and pulls one of the best cards you could get back in 1992.
These days, Coffey is looking to get back into the big leagues after a second Tommy John surgery. In the past few years, he’s pitched in the minors and independent leagues, but he’s been in Arizona recently trying to earn a chance to pitch in MLB in 2017.
PREVIOUSLY IN THIS SERIES:
• Cliff Floyd
• Clint Hurdle
• Dan Plesac
• Dusty Baker
• Bruce Bochy
• Aaron Boone
• Clayton Kershaw
• Buck Showalter
• Frank Thomas
• Alex Rodriguez
• Scott Boras
• Bobby Bonilla
• Joel McHale
• Adam Eaton
• Rajai Davis
• Brad Ziegler and Tyler Clippard
• Ken Kendrick
• Jeff Passan
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