1979 TCMA Lodi Dodgers Baseball #5, Skip Mann

Right now, my hair looks a lot like Skip's on this single-A Dodgers card and that's why I scheduled a haircut for 5:30pm. Maybe they can trim its unkempt sides and fashion me his mustache.

Add "Skip Mann" to the roll of great baseball names, especially good for its connotation of being The Man. Skip Mann does for the 70s what "Bobo Newsom" did for the 30s and 40s.

More recently, St. Louis Softball inducted Skip into their Hall of Fame. Congrats!

I like the flower and MLB baseball tie on Mr. Mann, Cubs and Rangers logos most visible. Can't find that specific tie for sale online, but there are plenty of good options out there.

This TCMA Dodgers checklist includes 20 players and the manager, Stan Wasiak. (An 18 year-old Fernando Valenzuela made three starts for Lodi, his first pro pitching, but must've arrived too late for a card.)

1. Rod Kemp
2. Augie Ruiz
3. Paul Bain
4. Alfredo Mejia
5. Skip Mann
6. Mike Marshall
7. Rocky Cordova
8. Steve Perry
9. Jesse Baez
10. Jim Nobles
11. Larry Powers
12. Johnny Walker
13. Bill Swoope
14. Stan Wasiak, Manager
15. Miguel Franjul
16. Jerry Bass
17. Bob Foster
18. Chris Malden
19. Brian Hayes
20. Hank Jones
21. Evon Martinson

Value: Skip's #5 cost $2 at MinorLeagueSingles.com and most of his teammates would run the same.

Fakes / reprints: Mike Marshall made a splash for LA in the 1980s, so he's the highest risk for fakery. (Haven't seen any in the actual marketplace.)