1990 Panini Stickers Baseball Forum

Is there a way to identify the California Angels' bat boy in the picture on sticker #384 with Bo Jackson, Benito Santiago and Wade Boggs? I've done some casual internet searching for bat boys working for the Angels in 1989, but haven't found anything helpful.

If it helps at all, the photo is from the 1989 MLB All-Star Game.

I tried to locate a list of Bat Boys from the game, but couldn't find a list. Thinking it would be a reliable source, I checked the program from the 1989 ASG; it has team trainers and other (honorary) staff listed, but no mention of Bat Boys unfortunately.

oh now I'm curious too! I was the Twins batboy from 2004-2010 and am in the background of a few cards but never in focus and in full like that.

This looks like the same guy sitting on the white bucket in the background. Still not helpful, but another sighting.

Sometimes the batboys are the team family member usually a son or grandson of MGT. Barry Bonds had his son as a bat boy which comes to mind.  Just a thought see if you can find some pictures online with the players son for the year in question 

Maybe either of these archived articles from LA Times can help:


HIGH LIFE : Batboy to the Stars : Santa Ana High Sophomore Represents Boys Clubs of America at All-Star Game
BY LYNDA KIM
JULY 14, 1989
"Ask Eddie Alvarez, a 15-year-old sophomore at Santa Ana High, who was chosen to represent the Boys Clubs of America as Celebrity Batboy at the All-Star batting practice and game at Anaheim Stadium."

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-07-14-li-3942-story.html



Job of a Lifetime: Long Hours, Low Pay, Great Seats
BY MARK LANDSBAUM
MAY 24, 1990
"So it’s not surprising that this year we find 19-year-old Bryan James in Anaheim Stadium wearing a California Angels uniform and chasing a foul ball off the bat of Boston Red Sox slugger Wade Boggs."

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-05-24-li-612-story.html
 

Okay, so my sister-in-law dated one of the batboys Bryan James in HS. She said the batboy pictured on the Panini Sticker is John Van Dyke, and that a third batboy was Brady Ballentine. They all were going to Liberty Christian School at the time. I still have a DIck Schofield bat that Bryan had given me.

Sooooo, was any of this helpful WesleyPoston?

Do you have PowerBall numbers for tomorrow nights drawing? Because this is the most random message board save to an obscure question about bat boys from 30 years ago I’ve ever seen.

I wonder if it is the same John Van Dyke who went on to become an Athletic Director.

https://www.oit.edu/news/oregon-tech-appoints-new-athletic-director-lead-its-sports-programs-and-support-scholar