6 Degrees of Raffy (The Carlos Baerga Conection)

It's time for another installment ("aka filler post") of 6 Degrees Of Raffy, where I connect a beloved card from my collection and connect the player depicted on it to current Red Sox superstar Rafael Devers.

 

We start with a randomly generated card from my collection:

Random TCDB Card: 

1992 Pinnacle #3 Carlos Baerga

 

Pinnacle was one of the better looking sets from 1992. Carlos busted out that season, making the first of 3 All-Star teams and placing 11th in MVP voting that year. He was an important member of the 1995 AL Championship squad.

There was another key member from that year in the 1992 Pinnacle set. You may have heard of him...

 

Teammates in the 1992 Pinnacle set
#3 Carlos Baerga	#295 Manny Ramierez (RC)

OK, so technically Baerga and Ramirez weren't teammates in 1992. Manny made his debut the following year at the age of 21. He and Baerga would tear the cover off the ball in Cleveland for the next 4 seasons.

Teammates in the 2008 Topps set
#26 Manny Ramirez (PSH)	#178 Dustin Pedroia (ROY)

Of course, Manny would make his way from Cleveland to Boston, where he would win a World Series in 2007 with that year's AL Rookie of The Year.

Teammates in the 2019 Topps Big League set
#316 Dustin Pedroia	#310 Rafael Devers

 

Pedroia was a mere shadow of himself by the time Devers joined the Sox as a rookie in 2017. 2017 would be Pedey's last full season on the field.

 

Degrees of Raffy: 3