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Podcast: 1988 Topps
Episode: Neil Allen (#384)
Description: Season 2!Â
Matt and David learn that when, at age 8, you meet your favorite player at a card show, you feel like a kid in a candy store. Joined by guest Mark Simon (Sports Info Solutions and formerly of ESPN Baseball Tonight!)
Links:
Card on Beckett
1980 Topps #94
2019 Interview with Howie Rose
Neil Allen on SABR by Thomas J. Brown Jr.
Allen's alcoholism in the Chicago Tribune
Coaching career in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune
The Yankees Index by Mark Simon
"Neil Allen was a good Met, too" by Mark Simon
"Best Games I Know" by Mark Simon
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