His first card was actually a minor league issue. Bruce Bochy looks a LOT different on that card, issued in the 1970s when he was a young catcher hoping to reach the big leagues.
He spent parts of eight seasons in the majors before becoming a coach and eventually a manager with the Padres and Giants. Winning three World Series in San Francisco has put him on a fast track to Cooperstown. His tenure there Sunday when the team closed out the season against the Dodgers after bidding him a fond farewell.
Bochy is 64 now and has a lot of baseball cards to look back on. Before stepping away, he sat down with Fox Sports Bay Area to look back at some of them:
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