Dee Gordon tore open the wrapping on an unopened pack of 1992 Topps baseball cards hoping to find his dad, Tom “Flash” Gordon, the former big-league pitcher.
He didn’t.
But the random assortment of cards Gordon unsealed from their packaging provided Mike Oz with another episode of his online show — 25-Year-Old Baseball Cards — for Yahoo Sports.
“You’re opening history,” said Gordon, the Marlins’ second baseman. “It was cool.”
Gordon and catcher A.J. Ellis both agreed to participate in Oz’s creation, which involves modern-day players talking about their major league predecessors — in cardboard form — when the Marlins were in Oakland.