tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338577806977128952024-03-16T13:50:38.449-05:00Clyde's Stale CardsExploring the murky depths of my various and sundry player collections and covering the international world of baseball cards....so you don't have to!
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(or Sir Hensley Meulens and Other Stuff)</p>Jason Presleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13543465200431539036noreply@blogger.comBlogger243125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-533857780697712895.post-67483571175473350022024-02-18T09:54:00.006-06:002024-02-19T12:15:03.294-06:001990 & 1991 California Angels Photomation<br /><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRRE17o0sUcDxcf5lB62KwVhVL0gQOYUIUVyEzDk7mIeKmfdUH9Bf-x88wWIKLSLXvUqy3AjUaN4Z3RXpetPBCE6d0d-j1u2MgfSRQ0eGvI_G7x2tp1eY9OTkdVBG0fhmI3fY5rkDS4EUUO5jKLIMgg5RJPdKDpsMgBiKyVf5vfsRMn_7aonnWhra_SaQ/s1747/LewisScott.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1747" data-original-width="826" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRRE17o0sUcDxcf5lB62KwVhVL0gQOYUIUVyEzDk7mIeKmfdUH9Bf-x88wWIKLSLXvUqy3AjUaN4Z3RXpetPBCE6d0d-j1u2MgfSRQ0eGvI_G7x2tp1eY9OTkdVBG0fhmI3fY5rkDS4EUUO5jKLIMgg5RJPdKDpsMgBiKyVf5vfsRMn_7aonnWhra_SaQ/w189-h400/LewisScott.jpg" width="189" /></a></td><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsPRkSFhNA_wUQIwXgHxFZ3C6b-yvTN2_Ktk_9L5k_N809h7zTNguR4vQ6t7h92VLTNAkr6DyJulC1drBTvOXg7YHDHT2ZFdZhryAI5F7frHoFsFOBOF-PueT89Qes7l4CiXVQx4YOAgbrF1itiS7l_m4VfckyO0LIlOFF2oxKQoMqTXIapxMIqKyDRCA/s1000/1991PhotoMation.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="499" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsPRkSFhNA_wUQIwXgHxFZ3C6b-yvTN2_Ktk_9L5k_N809h7zTNguR4vQ6t7h92VLTNAkr6DyJulC1drBTvOXg7YHDHT2ZFdZhryAI5F7frHoFsFOBOF-PueT89Qes7l4CiXVQx4YOAgbrF1itiS7l_m4VfckyO0LIlOFF2oxKQoMqTXIapxMIqKyDRCA/w200-h400/1991PhotoMation.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>1990</b></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>1991</b></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div> I'm just posting these here to document their existence. I'm not sure how they were distributed, whether through the mail in response to fan mail, or as stadium or event giveaways. In any case, in 1990 & 1991 the California Angels issued these series of 4"x8" black & white glossy photos, sponsored by Photomation Photo Lab in Anaheim. Each photo features a facsimile autograph, as well as the players' uniform number, name and position. Not sure exactly how many there were, but these are what I have seen on eBay:<p></p><p><b>1990</b></p><p>Scott Bailes<br />Pete Coachman<br />Mark Eichhorn<br />Mark Langston<br />Scott Lewis</p><p><b>1991</b></p><p>Jim Abbott<br />Chuck Finley<br />Gary Gaetti<br />Wally Joyner<br />Dave Parker<br />Lance Parrish<br />Jimmie Reese<br />Dave Winfield</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There was an earlier set issued in color, but without the facscimile autographs. Haven't nailed down the year (guessing 1988 due to the inclusion of Donnie Moore), but here are the photos I've seen:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Tony Armas<br />Stewart Cliburn<br />Joe Coleman<br />Sherman Corbett<br />Chili Davis</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Brian Downing</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Chuck Finley<br />Willie Fraser<br />Bryan Harvey<br />Jack Howell<br />Wally Joyner<br />Bobby Knoop<br />Marcel Lachmann<br />Kirk McCaskill<br />Mark McLemore<br />Donnie Moore</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Johnny Ray<br />Moose Stubing<br />Mike Witt</div>Jason Presleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13543465200431539036noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-533857780697712895.post-74373954245602362472023-08-18T16:34:00.003-05:002024-01-16T09:33:57.430-06:00More Tucson Jones Photo Fun! (1996 Toros)<p>Recently, a Tucson-based eBay seller of all kinds of random items posted a large lot of Tucson Sidewinders memorabilia. The lot consisted of several programs (mostly with at least one player autograph within), a 1999 MultiAd Sidewinders team set, but also an assortment of the Jones Photo "Player Cards". The photos were mostly obscured, and while I could make out several players that I'd seen before, there were just so many I had to grab it to see who might be lurking under that pile.</p><p>The pile of stuff was sent priority, so it was here in two days, and after it was on its way, the seller told me they'd found some other Tucson Toros items and threw those in. So I'll start with those gems.</p><p>I'd seen that Jones Photo had issued some larger player photos, sold in white "Collector's Edition" holders, and I lucked out and received this beauty:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl_57cO6KFX32XWFM4-E3GYoyyR4itc9eGXWrMuuco9akZRdLCkSHGn16sUwKcBlM8MoHvKTvzvVOG-_LzZ-jx-rrONE__KeTu2wY6GzebrBcwL0dw2-6HVelJotLMvuR3G8ubdxa5bbJBdigze08QDh4qmRENLnStmLwdRJLFn9_oi3ppemz0YFJQmz8/s1033/AS00073_01.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Collector's Edition photo cover" border="0" data-original-height="1033" data-original-width="800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl_57cO6KFX32XWFM4-E3GYoyyR4itc9eGXWrMuuco9akZRdLCkSHGn16sUwKcBlM8MoHvKTvzvVOG-_LzZ-jx-rrONE__KeTu2wY6GzebrBcwL0dw2-6HVelJotLMvuR3G8ubdxa5bbJBdigze08QDh4qmRENLnStmLwdRJLFn9_oi3ppemz0YFJQmz8/w248-h320/AS00073_01.jpg" width="248" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWEGrItQr24_4V_AZO6X0hjxfosITHsCRW8Fjnhyb67_rBotA2RZ8tAdvzHUZJlryMw29Z7PNN3lQsdrHQ7gdz2pDUFS5Y0PyHTBjYB6PAT2CN1bW3GShnwO_EMF0sw34naugySW7g2R9UJKpcjtaW-lx-STLaBbcSdkBqYd19aaZ7p5aRIbXldrdgZ8M/s1013/AS00074_01.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="1991 Kenny Lofton photo" border="0" data-original-height="1013" data-original-width="800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWEGrItQr24_4V_AZO6X0hjxfosITHsCRW8Fjnhyb67_rBotA2RZ8tAdvzHUZJlryMw29Z7PNN3lQsdrHQ7gdz2pDUFS5Y0PyHTBjYB6PAT2CN1bW3GShnwO_EMF0sw34naugySW7g2R9UJKpcjtaW-lx-STLaBbcSdkBqYd19aaZ7p5aRIbXldrdgZ8M/w253-h320/AS00074_01.jpg" width="253" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Jones Photo issued these 5"x7" Collector's Edition photos across a few years. Not always the most obvious players, either (Ed Vosberg in 1990?). I don't think they issued these for every player, given I've only found a few over the years. I have to assume they were sold at the souvenir shop at the ballpark.<br /><p>The other group of Toros items were two envelopes of six photos from 1996, and these also included a little insert that gave the dates of all the photo giveaways. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilKZwhcODp286oDuId_kBgXXXI9gjnJipaJzS5f3xjOF8chhTIjuJ0GdlygHGcZauBN9S7TGKIW7_HZevtpr-yEuhiZlCzbpJRUaj7LycBEt2wEZ_zTZcRph0uhOe4EqKSyzf4SDnCbmuuLi3GmzEs13oH8CoKWFDbhWkyNXfZDCz060L7F_5UYh6sjtk/s800/AS00071_02.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Photo schedule insert" border="0" data-original-height="668" data-original-width="800" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilKZwhcODp286oDuId_kBgXXXI9gjnJipaJzS5f3xjOF8chhTIjuJ0GdlygHGcZauBN9S7TGKIW7_HZevtpr-yEuhiZlCzbpJRUaj7LycBEt2wEZ_zTZcRph0uhOe4EqKSyzf4SDnCbmuuLi3GmzEs13oH8CoKWFDbhWkyNXfZDCz060L7F_5UYh6sjtk/w320-h267/AS00071_02.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>These were particularly welcome as I had found evidence of the 1996 set, but had never seen any reference to actual players. The photos were still in the envelope, along with the note about the photo night dates, but curiously there were 6 photos per envelope, ratiher than 5. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxPoiGzHS-q2j9rWCizsIZ90CDjP0LG_2dh26xxeNH2jzpQRfijiJ0GlSZt9kdt6PDQp4pOG4MB8FvqXIZWZHwseq6QM_qWFCakusbktxGzRT_9AQo2ZP-90xXeTSV7StEP_I0ml0OHRo_kLDy6qq6Vids-PcFJscDmOwYeIXvWrd9LTfMY2P9eYJBfCs/s800/AS00071_01.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Jones Photo Player Cards envelope" border="0" data-original-height="444" data-original-width="800" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxPoiGzHS-q2j9rWCizsIZ90CDjP0LG_2dh26xxeNH2jzpQRfijiJ0GlSZt9kdt6PDQp4pOG4MB8FvqXIZWZHwseq6QM_qWFCakusbktxGzRT_9AQo2ZP-90xXeTSV7StEP_I0ml0OHRo_kLDy6qq6Vids-PcFJscDmOwYeIXvWrd9LTfMY2P9eYJBfCs/w320-h178/AS00071_01.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>As there were 6 giveaway nights, I'm not sure if that means there are actually 36 photos. That would be the most of any of these sets. The checklist so far:</p><p>Eric Bell<br />Jay Davis<br />Jerry Goff<br />Michael Groppuso<br />John Johnstone<br />Doug Mlicki<br />Eddie Pye<br />Ken Ramos<br />Tim Tolman<br />Charley Taylor<br />Billy Wagner<br />Donnie Wall</p><p>As usual, there is a smattering of silly photos mixed in with the usual standing around poses.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifUXWLpaPyF9yvBUBQ7JiKAGIPBlAmHWJxV_Nr9T6nu9_YEaSwDenXmW0Tcy-n0QBDd_-U7AFbUlWr7G2cN81xVlE9hUNsHAp6Rc7kFRCyM-qlGpXjOn5MGb9EUdGgQ8H7A1s4cDV7riJdqY3i5z_30PWMQL3n1NvFVfLJtn5w-0awlPwk16Yk8JY8fC8/s1100/AS00070_01.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="1996 Tim Tolman photo" border="0" data-original-height="1100" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifUXWLpaPyF9yvBUBQ7JiKAGIPBlAmHWJxV_Nr9T6nu9_YEaSwDenXmW0Tcy-n0QBDd_-U7AFbUlWr7G2cN81xVlE9hUNsHAp6Rc7kFRCyM-qlGpXjOn5MGb9EUdGgQ8H7A1s4cDV7riJdqY3i5z_30PWMQL3n1NvFVfLJtn5w-0awlPwk16Yk8JY8fC8/w223-h320/AS00070_01.jpg" width="223" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK837ox9dUAhJuqCAPPOhJpp-uO1quJMZvTYXppd9hV3PMBebhUp0XsyoVDWD2-kqg2vZKy5R633_pfXUYNXjKqsW8T4at6zONmkX_oi838vOS1dpXjZI4NLjk-otBF6SVUC4F-Bk0k1E5wvtM-gA7QP6wPQ9sDY6gO1irZjgLyzeXkI8bdMEEAm5q6N0/s1100/AS00070_02.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="1996 Jay Davis photo" border="0" data-original-height="1100" data-original-width="770" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK837ox9dUAhJuqCAPPOhJpp-uO1quJMZvTYXppd9hV3PMBebhUp0XsyoVDWD2-kqg2vZKy5R633_pfXUYNXjKqsW8T4at6zONmkX_oi838vOS1dpXjZI4NLjk-otBF6SVUC4F-Bk0k1E5wvtM-gA7QP6wPQ9sDY6gO1irZjgLyzeXkI8bdMEEAm5q6N0/w224-h320/AS00070_02.jpg" width="224" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUS_D-0XYmhWxnEyE0fo5xoyYnLhAR968zpZulpg7tFzBa3geoTyFXNbrfESKPPlHtIDe_obP0-S1vheAKBJmF2NAuV9-XpoEhkk1zOLH0RZOyy1D9A9jHTULimLgkpWWK4dK5wzXZFr2FoEmTf7DcJns5_o3fb6-8ufcpnUFu8c1bxtOlkc2Hf-qHZZY/s800/AS00070_03.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="1996 Michael Groppuso photo" border="0" data-original-height="560" data-original-width="800" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUS_D-0XYmhWxnEyE0fo5xoyYnLhAR968zpZulpg7tFzBa3geoTyFXNbrfESKPPlHtIDe_obP0-S1vheAKBJmF2NAuV9-XpoEhkk1zOLH0RZOyy1D9A9jHTULimLgkpWWK4dK5wzXZFr2FoEmTf7DcJns5_o3fb6-8ufcpnUFu8c1bxtOlkc2Hf-qHZZY/w320-h224/AS00070_03.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Jason Presleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13543465200431539036noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-533857780697712895.post-32717140724376887712023-07-20T08:20:00.001-05:002023-07-20T08:26:17.132-05:001998 Tucson Sidewinders Jones Photo - Hensley Meulens***UPDATES AT BOTTOM***<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWRbl4zCUGzdv41BM1i0yjrFexB8QXgVkrmPqD7qu0faZlUVKEYdcRafCKZxtedOf24nvcNFRy4DNPcEyJcosuPEMF3KlACzZMotZFvmGeOv_RyAgtV-UsMTsq-yKr9YdDL5sGdPJQK_8/s1000/1998TucsonSidewindersJonesPhoto.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="698" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWRbl4zCUGzdv41BM1i0yjrFexB8QXgVkrmPqD7qu0faZlUVKEYdcRafCKZxtedOf24nvcNFRy4DNPcEyJcosuPEMF3KlACzZMotZFvmGeOv_RyAgtV-UsMTsq-yKr9YdDL5sGdPJQK_8/w279-h400/1998TucsonSidewindersJonesPhoto.jpg" width="279" /></a> <img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjof8vegGZ6IdLgypdpX2HzHl_XmxZBC0rYC25tOtbTY4-UCcFyszTWM3sfZ2KdZULXhjTp1GV0M-_2Wt0RdGdG6bV3ZlKXIvVJ2DZZdconl6-WjQ7IrAxp9Yk5FLsGQHXR44TWZzBqU2s/s400/1998TucsonSidewindersJonesPhotob.jpg" width="276" /></div></div>
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Pursuing a player collection of a lesser known, yet widely traveled
slugger can be a challenge. What makes that pursuit all the
more satisfying is when something like this turns up out of the blue.
Not only was I not looking for this photo,
I had no idea it even existed as none of the main hobby resources have
any record of this set. A little research reveals that in 1998 (and presumably all the other years these were produced), these photos were given away at Sidewinders games, at Hi Corbett Field in Tucson, in packs of five photos. The photos I received came in these envelopes:
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Given that there are sixteen photos here , I'm going to assume
there are at least four more to the set, possibly eight (previous sets
contained 24-25 photos). These are the photos from the lot I received:<br />
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Bryan Corey<br />
Nelson Figueroa<br />
Tim Florez<br />
Ben Ford<br />
Hanley Frias<br />
Karim Garcia<br />
Ron Hartman<br />
Danny Klassen<br />
Peter Kolb (Trainer)<br />
Garry Maddox<br />
Barry Manuel<br />
Hensley Meulens<br />
Chris Michalak<br />
Vladimir Nunez<br />
Stephen Randolph<br />
Mike Robertson<br />
Rob Ryan<br />
Jeff Suppan<br />
Ephrain Valdez<br />
Neil Weber<br />
Bob Wolcott<br />
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The same seller also had another lot of Tucson
Toros photos. After receiving everything, based on when the various
players coincided on Toros rosters, there were 17 photos from 1993
(another undocumented set) and 5 from 1997. The 2000 (and final)
edition of the Standard Catalog of Minor League Baseball Cards only
listed 5 photos from the 1997 set (presumably a single game's giveaway),
so those, plus the photos in this lot make at least 10 in the set.
Here are the players in each:<br />
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<table align="center" border="0"><tbody>
<tr><td><b>1993</b></td><td> </td><td><b>1997</b></td></tr>
<tr> <td valign="top">Mike Brumley<br />
Jim Bruske<br />
Mike Capel<br />
Steve Carter<br />
Fred Costello<br />
Ed Dixon<br />
Dave Engle<br />
Tony Eusebio<br />
John Hudek <br />
Jim Lindeman<br />
Terry Mathews<br />
Joe Mikulik<br />
James Moulton<br />
Luis Quinones<br />
Jeff Robinson<br />
Donne Wall<br />
Bruce Walton<br />
Rodney Windes</td> <td> </td> <td valign="top">Joel Adamson<br />Brian Banks<br />Ron Belliard<br />Jarvis Brown<br />
Mark Davis<br />
Matt Grott<br />Greg Hansell<br />Jeff Huber<br />
Bobby Hughes<br />Geoff Jenkins<br />
Frank Kellner<br />
Travis Lee<br />Norm Montoya<br />Tony Phillips<br />Al Reyes<br />
Sig Roberson<br />Tim Unroe<br />
Jack Voigt<br />Al Williamson<br />Doni O'Bryan & Peter Kolb</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
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I've added checklists for all three to the SportsCardForum.com
Inventory Manager (updates are only being posted to TCDB unless someone else is adding them to SCF, these days). The photos are unnumbered, so I alphabetized and
numbered based on that, so if I find more photos in the future, the
"card numbers" will be adjusted. <strike>As usual, these are all available for
trade or sale, except for the Karim Garcia which has already been
claimed.</strike> All photos have now been sold.<br />
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-----UPDATE (14 December 2011)-----<br />
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I have now found references to Toros sets from 1995 and 1996 (given away to the first 500 lucky fans) and a second Sidewinders set from 1999. This helps lend a little credence to sets having been issued each year from 1987 to 1999. Now I just need to find evidence of sets from the missing years and begin the extremely slow process of building checklists.<br />
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-----UPDATE (19 January 2017)-----<br />
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According to the 28 July 1998 Arizona Daily Star, at the Sidewinders game that night, the first 500 fans would receive photos of Edwin Diaz, Tim Florez, Danny Klassen, Neil Weber and Bob Wolcott, which combined with the list above brings the set total to 21.<br />
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-----UPDATE (21 October 2017)-----<br />
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Another batch of Sidewinders hit eBay recently, confirming the previously reported five names to the checklist: Chris Michalak, Neil Weber, Bob Wolcott, Tim Florez and Danny Klassen.<div><br /></div><div>-----UPDATE (2 March 2023)-----<br /></div><div><span> </span><br /></div><div><span> Four more photos turned up on eBay this week; Tim Unroe, Jarvis Brown, Antone Williamson and Al Reyes.</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><div>-----UPDATE (19 July 2023)-----<br /></div><div> </div><div> A lot of items from the 1997 Toros hit eBay today, including the following new additions to the checklist: Joel Adamson, Greg Hansell, Geoff Jenkins, Norm Montoya, Tony Phillips (the pitcher) and trainers Doni O'Bryan and Peter Kolb sharing a photo. There were some larger photos, including Travis Lee (with facsimile autograph) and a team photo. Also included was a large photo of Ed Vosberg, labeled as from 1990, though he only played for the team in 1989. Currently I have found no evidence of a 1990 set, or at least no actual photos have surfaced.</div></span></div>Jason Presleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13543465200431539036noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-533857780697712895.post-13019634540367883082022-11-09T16:36:00.010-06:002022-11-13T09:25:34.797-06:00Hobby Archaelogy: 1994 Ingles Atlanta Braves stickers<p> A fairly recent posting on eBay, followed by a question over at the Trading Card Database has turned up yet another previously undocumented set including Roberto Kelly. This time, they are Atlanta Braves stickers from the Ingles chain of grocery stories in the Southeast.</p><p>Here is the full page advertiement posted in the 15 July 1994 Asheville Citizen-Times, from Asheville, North Carolina:</p>
<center><a href="https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112807260/braves-posters-sticker-cards/" style="display: block; text-decoration: none;" target="_parent"><img alt="Braves Posters & Sticker Cards" src="https://img.newspapers.com/img/img?clippingId=112807260&width=500&height=801&ts=1607535806" style="max-width: 100%;" /><span style="color: #747474; display: block; font: 13px helvetica, sans-serif; max-width: 500px; padding: 4px 0px;"><strong>Braves Posters & Sticker Cards</strong> 15 Jul 1994, Fri <em>Asheville Citizen-Times (Asheville, North Carolina)</em> Newspapers.com</span><span style="color: #747474; display: block; font: 13px helvetica, sans-serif; max-width: 500px; padding: 4px 0px;"><br /></span></a></center>
<p>Over the course of 6 weeks, from July 15th to August 26th, you could purchase the week's strip of 3 Braves stickers for 99 cents, along with a special poster to stick them to, also for 99 cents. The reverse of each strip included a coupon for something in the store, an entry form for a contest to win a VIP package at a Braves game or limited edition (only 174!) Braves lithograph, and the complete rules of the contest. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIch8Ndj8mY5pjOlkUbFzLFZdubM4o6oczqqp7gnzc8MHNBuP2BoQDYKQT6CKOq7lFNcPMXu30C6xHSoVjJInOtTUQr7CfcwaEga9U1ABNL4Kg8J0VEj8IehLn7P_FZ9cwfFRkqv-wVwewCIZBkNV1KH9NtV4qIWUZISdhQQpTER8-fjHK4LRIl0vS/s2000/1994Ingles.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="454" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIch8Ndj8mY5pjOlkUbFzLFZdubM4o6oczqqp7gnzc8MHNBuP2BoQDYKQT6CKOq7lFNcPMXu30C6xHSoVjJInOtTUQr7CfcwaEga9U1ABNL4Kg8J0VEj8IehLn7P_FZ9cwfFRkqv-wVwewCIZBkNV1KH9NtV4qIWUZISdhQQpTER8-fjHK4LRIl0vS/w146-h640/1994Ingles.JPG" width="146" /></a></div><br />The checklist is as follows:<p></p><p>Week 1 - Tom Glavine / Ryan Klesko / Kent Mercker</p><p>Week 2 - Fred McGriff / Jeff Blauser / Bill Pecota</p><p>Week 3 - Steve Avery / Mark Wohlers / Javier Lopez</p><p>Week 4 - Mark Lemke / Greg Maddux / Tony Tarasco</p><p>Week 5 - John Smoltz / David Justice / Mike Stanton</p><p>Week 6 - Roberto Kelly / Terry Pendleton / Greg McMichael</p><p>The individual stickers are unnumbered.</p><p>I'm really surprised they haven't crossed my radar before. During the brief research I did on these, I found Ingles ads for these in the major newspapers in Atlanta; Anderson, South Carolina; Greenville, South Carolina; Asheville, North Carolina; Knoxville, Tennessee. So these were definitely out there, yet they were missed by both Beckett and the Standard Catalog.</p><p>The checklist has been added, both as singles and panels, at TCDB:</p><p><a href="https://www.tcdb.com/ViewSet.cfm/sid/337498/1994-Ingles-Atlanta-Braves-Stickers">https://www.tcdb.com/ViewSet.cfm/sid/337498/1994-Ingles-Atlanta-Braves-Stickers</a></p>Jason Presleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13543465200431539036noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-533857780697712895.post-26609499598452888502022-10-03T09:36:00.015-05:002022-10-08T12:48:26.562-05:00Clyde's Stale News - 2022 TCDB edition<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.tcdb.com" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="90" data-original-width="225" height="90" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu6q6QX4iD8_qhzZ4d_HXXD3noGyheBpYx9ugQTDoRXc9ABYsQrwaW9Slyzux-ajbL1iaSJaKNkOJvxmP4-gjjfipR05pFgOWKV9hA-AtBRgzp0xV4Rl3HuYIWJyFqiELWFRRom56k2nOT1-BM-S0QxsnIm1jXUJ2m9HhE6CWDoTIgwa5L--Bmf-yO/s1600/TCDbLogo.gif" width="225" /></a></div><br />Just wanted to let everyone know that I have worked out a system that will allow for adding Japanese checklists to Trading Card Databse (https://www.tcdb.com), much more rapidly. This weekend I managed to add:<p></p><p>2022 BBM 1st Version inserts & parallels</p><p>2022 BBM 2nd Version base, inserts and parallels</p><p>2022 BBM Chiba Lotte Marines base, inserts and parallels</p><p>2022 BBM Chunichi Dragons base, inserts and parallels</p><p>2022 BBM Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks base, inserts and parallels</p><p>2022 BBM Hawks History 1938-2022 base, inserts and parallels</p><p>2022 BBM Genesis base, inserts and parallels</p><p>2022 BBM Hanshin Tigers base</p><p>2022 BBM Roki Sasaki Perfect Game inserts</p><p>2022 Epoch NPB base, inserts and parallels</p><p>-- October 4 update</p><p>2022 BBM Hanshin Tigers inserts completed</p><p>2022 BBM Orix Buffaloes base, inserts and parallels</p><p>2022 BBM Hiroshima Toyo Carp inserts completed</p><p>2022 BBM Saitama Seibu Lions, base, inserts and parallels</p><p>2021 Epoch Hanshin Tigers Stars & Legends base, inserts and parallels</p><p>---October 5 update</p><p>2022 BBM Rookie Edition inserts completed</p><p>2022 BBM Tokyo Yakult Swallows inserts completed</p><p>2022 BBM Hanshin Tigers Premier Edition base, some inserts</p><p>---October 6 update</p><p>2022 BBM Yokohama DeNA BayStars base, inserts and parallels</p><p>2022 BBM Yomiuri Giants inserts and parallels</p><p>2022 BBM Tokyo Yakult Swallows History 1950-2022 base, inserts and parallels</p><p>---October 7 update</p><p>2019 BBM Rookie Edition missing inserts and parallels</p><p>---October 8 update</p><p>Rather than continue to detail sets here, you can see what all I've added recently at TCDB:</p><p><a href="https://www.tcdb.com/RecentlyAdded.cfm?MODE=Checklist&sCategory=&Member=DaClyde">https://www.tcdb.com/RecentlyAdded.cfm?MODE=Checklist&sCategory=&Member=DaClyde</a></p><p><br /></p><p>There may be a few cards missing here and there as those BBM checklist PDFs can sometimes be a challenge to decipher. Once I clear the 2022 backlog I will start working backwards. If anyone has any requests they would like to see jump the line, please let me know and I'll get to them sooner.</p><p>So for any set where I can find a checklist in Japanese, I can get them translated and entered in a few minutes instead of the hours of tedious looking up name-by-name it used to take. Amazing what a spreadsheet and a VLOOKUP can accomplish!</p>Jason Presleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13543465200431539036noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-533857780697712895.post-29314732556478294222022-08-30T21:46:00.003-05:002024-03-10T17:56:54.379-05:002016-17 & 2018, 2019 San Francisco Giants Fan Fest photo cards<p>(Updates at the bottom)<br /><br /> eBay saved search comes through again! It appears that the Giants updated their Fan Fest photo card design a tad for the 2018 event, and I just picked up a lot of cards on eBay that included a previously unknown Hensley Meulens card.</p><p> In this new design, the team logo is now in a square that fits within the edges of the name and team bars, the player name is slightly wider, and the team name and position are now italicized.
</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDfD6qrPTkmle7GqgzgsF5dWp_uUKTsy29mCp4GLXOugsTwq6J1gcJu-VdmNaFiN_753SrD3f45Fwx8F54EUqCgB5vnn2CxO8kx5b9pLyffIF4rQK-6CrWlfFOsTdJnJRuB7yaZSft2iQ/s2048/GiantsPhotoCard-Meulens.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1291" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDfD6qrPTkmle7GqgzgsF5dWp_uUKTsy29mCp4GLXOugsTwq6J1gcJu-VdmNaFiN_753SrD3f45Fwx8F54EUqCgB5vnn2CxO8kx5b9pLyffIF4rQK-6CrWlfFOsTdJnJRuB7yaZSft2iQ/w253-h400/GiantsPhotoCard-Meulens.JPG" title="2018 design" width="253" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2018 design</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: left;">For comparison, below is the design that was used from 2013-2015.</div><br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirpwyu0ABqW4ij4DVqczVMe_O9REdNK5qIiEZBK2uJGrCTPH4bk6owq_KiY-bnSq1WMBJh2EAt1jDd7PQQ_cWptdyS9B4RSY6LHUXxG7xYG9mF6LfrcX8BphULprD01zO-As_5xypGNE4/s1000/2013SFGiantsTeamIssue.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="618" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirpwyu0ABqW4ij4DVqczVMe_O9REdNK5qIiEZBK2uJGrCTPH4bk6owq_KiY-bnSq1WMBJh2EAt1jDd7PQQ_cWptdyS9B4RSY6LHUXxG7xYG9mF6LfrcX8BphULprD01zO-As_5xypGNE4/w248-h400/2013SFGiantsTeamIssue.jpg" width="248" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2013-2015 design</td></tr></tbody></table> <br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The other cards I have found with this new, square 2018 design are as follows:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Jose Alguacil</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Tyler Beede</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Travis Bergen</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Ty Blach</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Steven Duggar</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Aramis Garcia</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Matt Herges</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Nick Hundley</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Ryder Jones</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Evan Longoria</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Andrew McCutchen</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Mark Melancon</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Conner Menez</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Hensley Meulens CO</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Alyssa Nakken CO</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Buster Posey</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Pablo Sandoval</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Rick Schu CO</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Chris Shaw</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Andrew Suarez</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Breyvic Valera</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Pat Venditte</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Tony Watson</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Mac Williamson</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Curt Young CO</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'll update the list as I find more.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">--UPDATE-- </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> Slight update here, as I just dicovered that there was another design change that I missed. Between the 2013 design and the 2018 design, there was subtle change that I am now calling 2016-2017. Swiped from an eBay listing, the Ehire Adrianza features the newly discovered design, and the Jeremy Affeldt the earlier design. The two differences being on the 2016-17 design the team/position banner features the larger, italicized text, and the banner does not extend beyond the end of the logo circle.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg61haoAzs2AGTg1XJ4TJTdxRfjCPaCHwrDLz9DMevoh4ldTsSds0uD6Y0CENp-T3ZQ6Qf2PM8cpm3rDFY-FsW7TSykR5X2nrODnp3YeSNn9ZLyGU7x4IKacg-v8C160qK4sNGJHNxqD08/s920/giants-teamissue.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="711" data-original-width="920" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg61haoAzs2AGTg1XJ4TJTdxRfjCPaCHwrDLz9DMevoh4ldTsSds0uD6Y0CENp-T3ZQ6Qf2PM8cpm3rDFY-FsW7TSykR5X2nrODnp3YeSNn9ZLyGU7x4IKacg-v8C160qK4sNGJHNxqD08/w640-h494/giants-teamissue.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">For this 2016-17 design, I have identified the following players, so far:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Ehire Adrianza</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Ray Black</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Matt Cain</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Brandon Crawford</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Matt Duffy</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Gorkys Hernandez</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Chris Heston</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Nick Hundley</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Steven Okert</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Josh Osich</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Jarrett Parker</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Hunter Pence</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Buster Posey (crouching)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Buster Posey (throwing)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Jeff Samardzija</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Chris Stratton</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Albert Suarez</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Kelby Tomlinson</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Mac Williamson</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Ron Wotus</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">--UPDATE-- </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Another design has surfaces for the 2019 Fan Fest cards. So far, this Dereck Rodriguez is the only card I have seen on eBay:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitwiXXhxUy0MxDRk-J_De69hF2K1FpReZC_o1KNoTdq4iLTsK9RZlxkJ9zT3RSF26W7YSfPzI3ZiBJo1cI_gJwkpIollaipD_BxM3d0DQXq_6Z87_UiMvL0dof0_NBo6ANBVYe8Z40_FN2I2eiPFNNhGSwvFFXU-_ZPVBbFsbjmIvFJ8Ei2UqqiKJQ/s707/2019SFGiantsBW.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="707" data-original-width="537" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitwiXXhxUy0MxDRk-J_De69hF2K1FpReZC_o1KNoTdq4iLTsK9RZlxkJ9zT3RSF26W7YSfPzI3ZiBJo1cI_gJwkpIollaipD_BxM3d0DQXq_6Z87_UiMvL0dof0_NBo6ANBVYe8Z40_FN2I2eiPFNNhGSwvFFXU-_ZPVBbFsbjmIvFJ8Ei2UqqiKJQ/w304-h400/2019SFGiantsBW.JPG" width="304" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>--UPDATE 3/10/2024--</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A recent eBay listing has added several more cards to all of these sets, including more from 2019, so that now stands at:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Craig Albernaz</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Andrew Bailey CO</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Brian Bannster CO</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Tyler Beede</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Kai Correa CO</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Jaylin Davis</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Alex Dickerson</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Mauricio Dubon</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Mark Hallberg CO</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Dustin Lind</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Andoan Richardson CO</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Dereck Rodriguez<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Drew Smyly</div></div>Jason Presleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13543465200431539036noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-533857780697712895.post-73896967850931774682022-08-23T17:23:00.001-05:002022-08-23T17:23:19.396-05:00Now batting, #33, pinch hitter, Bernardo Brito<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwjF338cbnm_3iVP7F5NELHv_gZnEMYRPHEVK_DWfYaJeEmcfDlrJr7XMNngtsEmoXYMiTSIE52RBfjltkaT7ZK7mr5vk0dUTwaDAGRzCWvuulK177rLLPUkLs-kN3sylHAENhvLGiwrmM7Dw_eeHpEnhZwfQ3DskBK4b1DArE468Wqet3UuyNN8Vj/s1300/ticket.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1300" data-original-width="555" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwjF338cbnm_3iVP7F5NELHv_gZnEMYRPHEVK_DWfYaJeEmcfDlrJr7XMNngtsEmoXYMiTSIE52RBfjltkaT7ZK7mr5vk0dUTwaDAGRzCWvuulK177rLLPUkLs-kN3sylHAENhvLGiwrmM7Dw_eeHpEnhZwfQ3DskBK4b1DArE468Wqet3UuyNN8Vj/w274-h640/ticket.JPG" width="274" /></a></div> On September 15, 1992, after twelve seasons in the minors, Bernardo Brito finally made his first trip to the plate in a Major League game, as the Minnesota Twins attempted to eek out a win against a very solid A's team. Pinch hitting for Greg Gagne in the 8th inning, Bernie strode to the plate there at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium, stared down A's starter Ron Darling, worked a 1-2 count, and struck out swinging.<p></p><p> It ended up being a tight 2-1 victory for 1st place Oakland, against the 2nd place Twins, with Eckersley locking down the 9th. </p><div class="separator"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg12DPTMdFADTsiTUvcfsWy8CuSamLVd8M8c77Pi-SiYKDwrX_ZU2cMWBCZacbuosM7MBB9KghwjvOrGt6EgW8cxo_j4IwjWjPbBsEKGYi7J6T8wHwcItleI8gqQDeP8nyEZ6ZHp7KppeD_nODD1GQ1h0FK3p16cM5vLk1bxUvxNo5218SWtVVxuz6Q/s863/1992-09-15_OaklandTribune-box.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="Sept 15, 1992, box score" border="0" data-original-height="863" data-original-width="365" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg12DPTMdFADTsiTUvcfsWy8CuSamLVd8M8c77Pi-SiYKDwrX_ZU2cMWBCZacbuosM7MBB9KghwjvOrGt6EgW8cxo_j4IwjWjPbBsEKGYi7J6T8wHwcItleI8gqQDeP8nyEZ6ZHp7KppeD_nODD1GQ1h0FK3p16cM5vLk1bxUvxNo5218SWtVVxuz6Q/w270-h640/1992-09-15_OaklandTribune-box.JPG" width="270" /></a></div><p></p><p>To quote the September 16, 1992, Oakland Tribune:</p><p><b><span style="font-family: courier;"></span></b></p><blockquote><b><span style="font-family: courier;">...Bernardo Brito, who spent 12 years in the minors, made his major-league debut for Minnesota with a pinch-hitting performance in the eights inning. He whiffed on four pitches...</span></b></blockquote><p></p><p> Brito would see action in 8 games over the remainder of the season, going 2 for 14 in mostly a late-inning, pinch hitting role.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>
Jason Presleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13543465200431539036noreply@blogger.com2Oakland, CA, USA37.8043514 -122.27116399.4941175638211561 -157.4274139 66.11458523617884 -87.1149139tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-533857780697712895.post-51496986133769244122020-05-10T12:15:00.001-05:002020-05-10T12:20:02.277-05:001992 Cord Camera Columbus Clippers Photos<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I learned about this issue about 3 1/2 years ago when someone posted a couple of lots of these on eBay. Unfortunately for me, there was a Bernie Williams in the lot, so I wasn't about to fight the deep pockets of a Bernie collector. Thankfully, as often happens, if one waits long enough, and is ready with a saved search on eBay, things come back around, and now it resides in my collection!<br />
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Presumably these were a stadium giveaway, but none of my newspaper archive resources cover Columbus in the 1990s, so that is only speculation. I am not entirely sure whether the signature is genuine, or just part of the photo. In the photos on Worthpoint, several of the signatures from the original lot overlap the white part of the photo, so that would imply they are real. The photos measure 3 1/2" x 6 7/8" and are printed on photo paper and were sponsored by local camera shop, Cord Camera & Video. A similar set was also issued in 1993, but I don't know whether or not it contains a Meulens.<br />
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The following players were included in the original auction:<br />
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Brad Ausmus<br />
Royal Clayton<br />
Andy Cook<br />
Francisco de la Rosa<br />
Mike Draper<br />
Mike Humphreys<br />
Jay Knoblauh<br />
Torey Lovullo<br />
Ed Martel<br />
Billy Masse<br />
Hensley Meulens<br />
John Ramos<br />
Dave Rosario<br />
Dave Sax<br />
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J. T. Snow<br />
Russ Springer</div>
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Don Stanford</div>
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Larry Stanford</div>
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Bob Wickman</div>
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Bernie Williams<br />
Gerald Williams</div>
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Jason Presleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13543465200431539036noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-533857780697712895.post-5690476020112189952019-06-25T09:40:00.000-05:002020-05-17T12:19:12.265-05:001991 Score All-Star Fanfest/ National / NCWA Summer Convention<div style="text-align: center;">
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Ok, so it's not a rainbow in the traditional sense of piles of meaningless, slightly different variations, but who would have thought such a set so far out of the collector's main stream would have three different variations?<br />
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In 1991, Score issued a set of 10 supposedly up-and-coming prospects that were expected to make some sort of impact over the next few years, and they were given away at the 1991 All-Star Fanfest over the MLB All-Star weekend in Toronto, in a little sealed plastic wrapper like Post used in the 90s for cards issued in cereal boxes. They also came with a random 1991 Score World Series trivia card like were issued in every pack of Score. To save a little effort, they also gave out pretty much the exact same set at the 1991 12th Annual National Sports Collectors Convention in Anaheim, California. The only difference? That little line of text on the lower red stripe on the reverse of the cards. Incidentally, Score also produced a set of hockey cards, featuring some of the greats of the day, using almost the exact same design (the colors were slightly different).<br />
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I'm guessing the last one was perhaps a proof or example printed up without the lower banner to show how the cards would look. I bet they were never intended to see circulation amongst the general public. While I've seen several of the Fanfest and National sets once I started to notice them, I've seen this particular variation blank variation listed once on <a href="http://www.checkoutmycards.com/">CheckOutMyCards.com</a>. Of course, that may simply be because no one ever posts scans of the backs of cards on eBay or Sportsbuy.<br />
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Here's the full checklist of the sets, in case anyone might be "super collecting" Ed Sprague:<br />
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Score Title Card (blank backed)<br />
1. Ray Lankford<br />
2. Steve Decker<br />
3. Gary Scott<br />
4. Hensley Meulens<br />
5. Tim Naehring<br />
6. Mark Whiten<br />
7. Ed Sprague<br />
8. Charles Nagy<br />
9. Terry Shumpert<br />
10. Chuck Knoblauch<br />
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I almost have to think they were shooting for the 2nd or 3rd string of actual prospects....I mean, this is 1991, and no Todd Van Poppel? No Jeff Bagwell? I-Rod? Mo?<br />
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Beckett doesn't acknowledge the existence of the National set, but SCD lists both sets together, mentioning the separate events. Neither mention the existence of the blank variation. I have no idea what the print run was, but I imagine loads of these sets didn't survive any farther than the trash cans by the exit doors at the events (especially after kids opened them and saw who was in it!). In 2006, SCD gave the set a whopping $2 book value. Beckett was a little kinder, but not by much. The Fanfest set is pretty easy to find on eBay, the National set slightly less so.<br />
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****UPDATE (25 June 2019) ****<br />
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Thanks to a collector over at TradingCardDB.com, I now know that there was a fourth version of this set, issued at the 1991 National Candy Wholesalers Association Summer Convention. "1991 Score NCWA Summer Convention" is what was printed in the red stripe on the reverse of the cards.<br />
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Sets were issued for hockey, football and baseball. The hockey sets seem to be the most common, followed by football, with the baseball sets being extremely rare. Or at any rate, the baseball sets are so unknown that I've only seen a few of the individual cards, but no complete sets, and they are not cataloged by any of the usual entities.<br />
<br />Jason Presleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13543465200431539036noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-533857780697712895.post-84394951769830634482018-07-02T08:45:00.002-05:002020-05-30T17:50:28.533-05:00Checklist Translations: 2004 & 2005 Macoto Cobras Team Sets Awhile back, my favorite on-going blog covering the CPBL posted about a couple of team sets produced for the Macoto Cobras. <br />
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As described on the blog, the 2004 set was issued in a small box and was comprised of 37 cards, 7 coaches, 25 players and 5 unnumbered logo cards. Below is the checklist as I have been able to assemble thus far. <br />
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<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" width="116">Chinese</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" width="153">English</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" width="109">Team</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" width="57">Note</td>
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<td align="LEFT" height="20" sdnum="1033;" sdval="1" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">1</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: "microsoft yahei"; font-size: small;">黃高俊</span></td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">Kao-Chun Huang</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">Macoto Cobras</td>
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<td align="LEFT" height="20" sdnum="1033;" sdval="5" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">5</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: "microsoft yahei"; font-size: small;">陳保宏</span></td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">Bao-Hong Chen</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">Macoto Cobras</td>
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<td align="LEFT" height="20" sdnum="1033;" sdval="8" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">8</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: "microsoft yahei"; font-size: small;">林義翔</span></td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">Yi-Hsiang Lin</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">Macoto Cobras</td>
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<td align="LEFT" height="23" sdnum="1033;" sdval="13" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">13</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: "microsoft yahei"; font-size: small;">鄧蒔陽</span></td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">Shih-Yang Teng</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">Macoto Cobras</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /></td>
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<td align="LEFT" height="20" sdnum="1033;" sdval="15" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">15</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: "microsoft yahei"; font-size: small;">蔡士勤</span></td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">Chih-Chin Tsai</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">Macoto Cobras</td>
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<td align="LEFT" height="20" sdnum="1033;" sdval="16" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">16</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: "microsoft yahei"; font-size: small;">黃欽智</span></td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">Chin-Chih Huang</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">Macoto Cobras</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /></td>
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<td align="LEFT" height="20" sdnum="1033;" sdval="17" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">17</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: "microsoft yahei"; font-size: small;">李明進</span></td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">Ming-Chin Li</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">Macoto Cobras</td>
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<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: "microsoft yahei"; font-size: small;">許竹見</span></td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">Chu-Chien Hsu</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">Macoto Cobras</td>
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<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">Ying-Chieh Lin</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">Macoto Cobras</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /></td>
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<td align="LEFT" height="20" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">21</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: "microsoft yahei"; font-size: small;">許志豪</span></td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">Zhi-Hao Xu</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">Macoto Cobras</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /></td>
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<td align="LEFT" height="20" sdnum="1033;" sdval="23" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">23</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: "microsoft yahei"; font-size: small;">許聖杰</span></td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">Sheng-Chieh Hsu</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">Macoto Cobras</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /></td>
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<td align="LEFT" height="18" sdnum="1033;" sdval="24" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">24</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: "microsoft yahei";">莊景賀</span></td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">Ching-Ho Chuang</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">Macoto Cobras</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /></td>
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<td align="LEFT" height="20" sdnum="1033;" sdval="25" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">25</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: "microsoft yahei"; font-size: small;">丘昌榮</span></td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">Chang-Jung Chiu</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">Macoto Cobras</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /></td>
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<td align="LEFT" height="20" sdnum="1033;" sdval="27" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">27</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: "microsoft yahei"; font-size: small;">柯良宗</span></td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">Liang-Tsung Ke</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">Macoto Cobras</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /></td>
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<td align="LEFT" height="20" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">33</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: "microsoft yahei"; font-size: small;">豐偌暉</span></td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">Johui Feng</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">Macoto Cobras</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /></td>
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<td align="LEFT" height="20" sdnum="1033;" sdval="34" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">34</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: "microsoft yahei"; font-size: small;">楊騏嘉</span></td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">Chi-Chia Yang</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">Macoto Cobras</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /></td>
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<td align="LEFT" height="20" sdnum="1033;" sdval="35" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">35</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: "microsoft yahei"; font-size: small;">楊睿智</span></td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">Jui-Chih Yang</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">Macoto Cobras</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="LEFT" height="17" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">41</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: "microsoft yahei"; font-size: small;">陳柏勳</span></td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">Po-Hsun Chen</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">Macoto Cobras</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="LEFT" height="20" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">47</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: "microsoft yahei"; font-size: small;">克萊柏<span></span></span></td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">Kleber Ojima</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">Macoto Cobras</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="LEFT" height="23" sdnum="1033;" sdval="49" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">49</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: "microsoft yahei"; font-size: small;">鄭景益</span></td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">Ching-Yi Cheng</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">Macoto Cobras</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /></td>
</tr>
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<td align="LEFT" height="20" sdnum="1033;" sdval="50" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">50</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: "microsoft yahei"; font-size: small;">陳世峰</span></td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">Shih-Feng Chen</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">Macoto Cobras</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /></td>
</tr>
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<td align="LEFT" height="20" sdnum="1033;" sdval="54" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">54</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: "microsoft yahei"; font-size: small;">吳承翰</span></td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">Cheng-Han Wu</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">Macoto Cobras</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /></td>
</tr>
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<td align="LEFT" height="20" sdnum="1033;" sdval="55" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">55</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: "microsoft yahei"; font-size: small;">謝佳賢</span></td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">Chia-Hsien Hsieh</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">Macoto Cobras</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /></td>
</tr>
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<td align="LEFT" height="20" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">57</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: "microsoft yahei"; font-size: small;">汪天祥</span></td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">Tian-Xiang Wang</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">Macoto Cobras</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="LEFT" height="20" sdnum="1033;" sdval="91" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">91</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: "microsoft yahei"; font-size: small;">陳志誠</span></td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">Chih-Hsing Chen</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">Macoto Cobras</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="LEFT" height="20" sdnum="1033;" sdval="58" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">58</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: "microsoft yahei"; font-size: small;">孫昭立</span></td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">Chao-Li Sun</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">Macoto Cobras</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">CO</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="LEFT" height="20" sdnum="1033;" sdval="59" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">59</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: "microsoft yahei"; font-size: small;">李安熙</span></td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">An-Hsi Li</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">Macoto Cobras</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">CO</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="LEFT" height="20" sdnum="1033;" sdval="66" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">66</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: "microsoft yahei"; font-size: small;">呂明賜</span></td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">Ming-Tzu Lu</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">Macoto Cobras</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">CO</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="LEFT" height="20" sdnum="1033;" sdval="67" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">67</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: "microsoft yahei"; font-size: small;">吳復連</span></td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">Fu-Lien Wu</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">Macoto Cobras</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">CO</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="LEFT" height="20" sdnum="1033;" sdval="70" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">70</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: "microsoft yahei"; font-size: small;">呂文生</span></td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">Wen-Sheng Liu</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">Macoto Cobras</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">CO</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="LEFT" height="20" sdnum="1033;" sdval="70" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">75</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: "microsoft yahei"; font-size: small;">中本茂樹</span></td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">Shigeki Nakamoto</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">Macoto Cobras</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">CO</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="LEFT" height="20" sdnum="1033;" sdval="88" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">88</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: "microsoft yahei"; font-size: small;">郭泰源</span></td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">Tai-Yuan Kuo</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">Macoto Cobras</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">MG</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="LEFT" height="18" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">NNO</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /></td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">Macoto Cobras Logo</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">Macoto Cobras</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="LEFT" height="18" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">NNO</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /></td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">Macoto Cobras Logo</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">Macoto Cobras</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="LEFT" height="18" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">NNO</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /></td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">Macoto Cobras Logo</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">Macoto Cobras</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="LEFT" height="18" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">NNO</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /></td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">Macoto Cobras Logo</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">Macoto Cobras</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="LEFT" height="18" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">NNO</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /></td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">Macoto Cobras Logo</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">Macoto Cobras</td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<br />Jason Presleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13543465200431539036noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-533857780697712895.post-3024380671876374332018-02-22T15:18:00.002-06:002023-07-31T17:32:43.062-05:00Tucson Jones Photo update<br />
While working on another project, I saw that one of the digital newspaper archive sites I subscribe to has the <i>Arizona Daily Star</i>, which is Tucson's main newspaper. There were references in issues from 1992, 1995 & 1996 to Jones Photo giveaways, so that sort of confirms the existence of sets from those two years.<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzcKwNBZ6up2O0pd6tPvV8ZUaTsj6w8ojBf3NlK4YjwFFzSsSfBpKKLGBoIouOu4-2cEWc5PMI1uhTjPKYEu-T4fH_Hw8PS13q-Ak-S-mbkdHFrfJI-t3bwZFIX1jznMqNCZDZC6ODYpA/s1600/1992-06-16_TucsonTorosJonesPhoto.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="221" data-original-width="333" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzcKwNBZ6up2O0pd6tPvV8ZUaTsj6w8ojBf3NlK4YjwFFzSsSfBpKKLGBoIouOu4-2cEWc5PMI1uhTjPKYEu-T4fH_Hw8PS13q-Ak-S-mbkdHFrfJI-t3bwZFIX1jznMqNCZDZC6ODYpA/s320/1992-06-16_TucsonTorosJonesPhoto.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From the 16 June 1992 Arizona Daily Star</td></tr>
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<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDzwX5qA6mP0_O7wTVAbjvJ7tOx5EBqm3N3RyRX5gCvNgE94xpiwZ9BKq5VDe7rfKoSdRYkWjEUm39yshotCSO0TGj_VKQjul3svFCXgi2TeCJVmoK6L9sva_Y5AfRoMiPOAohZqnb8r4/s1600/1995-06-13_TucsonTorosJonesPhoto.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="498" data-original-width="419" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDzwX5qA6mP0_O7wTVAbjvJ7tOx5EBqm3N3RyRX5gCvNgE94xpiwZ9BKq5VDe7rfKoSdRYkWjEUm39yshotCSO0TGj_VKQjul3svFCXgi2TeCJVmoK6L9sva_Y5AfRoMiPOAohZqnb8r4/s640/1995-06-13_TucsonTorosJonesPhoto.JPG" width="537" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From the 13 June 1995 Arizona Daily Star</td></tr>
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<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaVGkpfhwpswY-SC7kd4OPAUB3AbJ7QNU7SEP42_XpSQsYyl4o6JDs5RF6ZklA1oKDGzXWn4xsqOdBjBaKa6BhYti_R-Vq4bZHokSsGvuYnSu2tk0Wy_WCGDJLBGvZAcP89I22DGxgrDk/s1600/1996JonesPhoto.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="201" data-original-width="482" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaVGkpfhwpswY-SC7kd4OPAUB3AbJ7QNU7SEP42_XpSQsYyl4o6JDs5RF6ZklA1oKDGzXWn4xsqOdBjBaKa6BhYti_R-Vq4bZHokSsGvuYnSu2tk0Wy_WCGDJLBGvZAcP89I22DGxgrDk/s400/1996JonesPhoto.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From the 14 May 1996 Arizona Daily Star</td></tr>
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This is the status of the Jones Photo Toros and Sidewinders sets, for the moment. <br />
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1987 (24 photos)<br />
1988 (24 photos)<br />
1989 (27 photos)<br />
1990 (unconfirmed)<br />
1991 (partial, 8 confirmed)<br />
1992 (evidence found)<br />
1993 (partial, 17 confirmed)<br />
1994 (partial, 5 confirmed)<br />
1995 (evidence found)<br />
1996 (evidence found)<br />
1997 (partial, 22 confirmed)<br />
1998 (partial, 21 confirmed)<br />
1999 (at least 25 photos, 10 confirmed)Jason Presleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13543465200431539036noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-533857780697712895.post-33239801421346700892017-08-28T19:05:00.001-05:002021-08-28T11:23:27.895-05:002006 Columbus Clippers 30th Anniversary Program Cards<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In 2006, the Columbus Clippers celebrated their 30th anniversary as a team. One of the ways they chose to commemorate that occasion was through the issuance of a series of collector cards distributed with each Clippers game program over the course of the 2006 season. I think this was the third of four times they would issue cards this way, resulting in a very difficult to find set. A checklist had popped up for this set several years ago including Hensley Meulens in the set. However, when Beckett finally added the set to their system, Meulens was nowhere to be found. Instead, there were several cards listed generically as 'team card' or 'stadium card'. So did he have a card or not?<br />
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This week, thanks to waiting on an eBay saved search for about 6 years, I finally found my answer. A seller listed several 2006 Clippers programs, including images of the cards inside, and one of the cards was this:
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The program, from May 9, 2006, (the seller included the game's line-up sheet and a ticket stub) contained the cards for 1989 (Hal Morris), 1990 (Deion Sanders), 1991 (Bernie Williams) & 1992. One of those 'team card' entries in Beckett's listing was for Columbus' record setting eight selections to the 1992 International League All-Star team, including Hensley Meulens.Jason Presleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13543465200431539036noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-533857780697712895.post-67104370256717317092017-04-12T16:30:00.004-05:002021-08-28T11:36:29.874-05:00Hobby Archaeology: 1938 Anniston Star Anniston Rams<div class="separator"><div class="separator" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="841" data-original-width="537" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeTE0kdtSq9Y3kiOH5e_KfNFk9kxmDjRzNIjQizsr_84-jaVs4btj87HzT7eHVeR9TIivW3WyhElo8wO8RlGOdugiupK19FaeMuUuTNVNs6ZOIGSEpiZnNA3kz-dl8HdX53WFt9leOYD0/s320/1938-05-24_ElmerJohnson.JPG" width="204" /><br />
</div></div> I ran across this 'set' while doing research for another project of mine that involved wading through years of sports pages of local newspapers. In 1938, the <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/register/team.cgi?id=6e3c1200" target="_blank">Anniston Rams</a>, of Anniston, Alabama, were the B-level, Southeastern League affiliate of the Chicago White Sox. As the Rams were in their inaugural season, the local Anniston Hardware Company sponsored a series of profiles to introduce the team to the city. The newspaper didn't announce the series, or mention how many there would be or what the frequency of release would be, but I think this is the whole set (15 entries), as I couldn't find any more for the rest of 1938.<br />
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<td align="RIGHT" height="17" sdnum="1033;0;D MMMM YYYY" sdval="29679" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">22 May 1938</td>
<td align="LEFT" sdnum="1033;0;D MMMM YYYY" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /></td>
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<td align="RIGHT" height="17" sdnum="1033;0;D MMMM YYYY" sdval="29680" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">24 May 1938</td>
<td align="LEFT" sdnum="1033;0;D MMMM YYYY" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /></td>
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<td align="RIGHT" height="17" sdnum="1033;0;D MMMM YYYY" sdval="29681" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">26 May 1938</td>
<td align="LEFT" sdnum="1033;0;D MMMM YYYY" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /></td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">Bennett Needham</td>
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<td align="RIGHT" height="17" sdnum="1033;0;D MMMM YYYY" sdval="29682" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">29 May 1938</td>
<td align="LEFT" sdnum="1033;0;D MMMM YYYY" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /></td>
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<td align="RIGHT" height="17" sdnum="1033;0;D MMMM YYYY" sdval="29683" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">08 June 1938</td>
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<td align="RIGHT" height="17" sdnum="1033;0;D MMMM YYYY" sdval="29684" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">10 June 1938</td>
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<td align="RIGHT" height="17" sdnum="1033;0;D MMMM YYYY" sdval="29685" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">12 June 1938</td>
<td align="LEFT" sdnum="1033;0;D MMMM YYYY" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /></td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">Arthur Rebel</td>
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<td align="RIGHT" height="17" sdnum="1033;0;D MMMM YYYY" sdval="29686" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">14 June 1938</td>
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<td align="RIGHT" height="17" sdnum="1033;0;D MMMM YYYY" sdval="29687" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">16 June 1938</td>
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<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">Dot Pittman</td>
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<td align="RIGHT" height="17" sdnum="1033;0;D MMMM YYYY" sdval="29688" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">19 June 1938</td>
<td align="LEFT" sdnum="1033;0;D MMMM YYYY" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /></td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">Charles Parker</td>
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<td align="RIGHT" height="17" sdnum="1033;0;D MMMM YYYY" sdval="29689" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">22 June 1938</td>
<td align="LEFT" sdnum="1033;0;D MMMM YYYY" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /></td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">C.J. (Bill) Finucane</td>
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<td align="RIGHT" height="17" sdnum="1033;0;D MMMM YYYY" sdval="29690" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">24 June 1938</td>
<td align="LEFT" sdnum="1033;0;D MMMM YYYY" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /></td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">Everett Grossman</td>
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<td align="RIGHT" height="17" sdnum="1033;0;D MMMM YYYY" sdval="29691" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">03 July 1938</td>
<td align="LEFT" sdnum="1033;0;D MMMM YYYY" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /></td>
<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">Foster "Cowboy" Thornton</td>
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<td align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">Ray "Pepper" Adamski</td>
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<a href="https://www.newspapers.com/clip/84292251/profile-of-anniston-rams-player-collin/" style="display: block; text-decoration: none;" target="_parent"><img alt="Profile of Anniston Rams player, Collin Lancaster." src="https://img.newspapers.com/img/img?clippingId=84292251&width=700&height=926&ts=1607535806" style="max-width: 100%;" /><span style="color: #747474; display: block; font: 13px helvetica, sans-serif; max-width: 700px; padding: 4px 0px;"><strong>Profile of Anniston Rams player, Collin Lancaster.</strong> 14 Jun 1938, Tue <em>The Anniston Star (Anniston, Alabama)</em> Newspapers.com</span></a>Jason Presleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13543465200431539036noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-533857780697712895.post-17133558993331521602017-01-28T09:18:00.001-06:002017-01-28T09:27:19.901-06:002002 Mizuno All Star Super Dream Cup Premium Cards<div style="text-align: center;">
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I happened across this set of playing cards scouring Yahoo! Auctions Japan for Tuffy Rhodes cards, and managed to snag it for the minimum bid of ¥2000 (~$18USD). From what I can gather, this set was a promotional give away with the purchase of Mizuno golf clubs in Japan sometime in 2002. Presumably all of the players represented are well known Mizuno customers from a variety of sports. Each athlete has two cards, with the Diamonds and Clubs featuring the same people, and the Hearts and Spades featuring the same people. As it is a deck of playing cards, all of the backs are the same, as seen below beside the Joker.<br />
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AS Akiko Fukushima<br />
KS Rivaldo<br />
QS Ayako Okamoto<br />
JS Taichi Teshima<br />
10S Kimiyasu Kudo<br />
9S Takenori Hiraishi<br />
8S Hiroaki Morishima<br />
7S Shinjiro Hiyama<br />
6S Shuzo Matsuoka<br />
5S Tuffy Rhodes<br />
4S Tsuyoshi Yoneyama<br />
3S Koji Akiyama<br />
2S Satoru Komiyama<br />
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AH Akiko Fukushima<br />
KH Rivaldo<br />
QH Ayako Okamoto<br />
JH Taichi Teshima<br />
10H Kimiyasu Kudo<br />
9H Takenori Hiraishi<br />
8H Hiroaki Morishima<br />
7H Shinjiro Hiyama<br />
6H Shuzo Matsuoka<br />
5H Tuffy Rhodes<br />
4H Tsuyoshi Yoneyama<br />
3H Koji Akiyama<br />
2H Satoru Komiyama<br />
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AC Ichiro Suzuki<br />
KC Hideki Matsui<br />
QC Nobuhito Sato<br />
JC Koji Murofushi<br />
10C Yoshinobu Takahashi<br />
9C Kasumi Fujii<br />
8C Toshihisa Nishi<br />
7C Atsushi Yanagisawa<br />
6C Shingo Takatsu<br />
5C Katsunori Kuwabara<br />
4C Hideharu Miyahira<br />
3C Toru Suzuki<br />
2C Mikino Kubo<br />
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AD Ichiro Suzuki<br />
KD Hideki Matsui<br />
QD Nobuhito Sato<br />
JD Koji Murofushi<br />
10D Yoshinobu Takahashi<br />
9D Kasumi Fujii<br />
8D Toshihisa Nishi<br />
7D Atsushi Yanagisawa<br />
6D Shingo Takatsu<br />
5D Katsunori Kuwabara<br />
4D Hideharu Miyahira<br />
3D Toru Suzuki<br />
2D Mikino Kubo<br />
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The complete checklist with images is here: <a href="http://www.tradingcarddb.com/ViewSet.cfm/sid/136288/">2002 Mizuno All Star Super Dream Cup Premium Cards</a>Jason Presleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13543465200431539036noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-533857780697712895.post-25671872330981265802017-01-20T16:14:00.003-06:002021-04-24T19:55:18.579-05:001992 - 1995 Sportsprint New York Yankees postcard set (update)----------<br />
UPDATE - 20 January 2017<br />
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A Bernie Williams postcard has surfaced featuring Bernie at the bat, wearing a jersey featuring the "7" on the sleeve, memorializing Mickey Mantle who had died in August 1995. That means the "1993" list is probably a mix of postcards from 1993, 1994 and 1995 (or even 1996 given how the #7 was only used late in the season). Thanks to eagle-eyed Kid4hof03 on <a href="http://www.freedomcardboard.com/forum/showthread.php/153113-BIG-THANK-YOU-TO-NEVERMORE">FreedomCardboard</a> who pointed this out.</div>
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UPDATE - 31 December 2015<br />
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Thanks to Michael over at <a href="http://nyyankeescards.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">New York Yankees baseball cards</a>, we now have solid information for splitting these postcards into individual 1992 & 1993 sets. The list below has been updated accordingly.<br />
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UPDATE - 25 June 2015<br />
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I'm now thinking this is actually two or three separate sets, or the set was issued continuously over two or three years. This morning on eBay I caught an auction with previously unseen cards of Danny Tartabull in a portrait shot, another Kevin Maas with a different photo and a Roberto Kelly. Kelly wasn't even on my radar for some reason, even though he was an All-Star for the Yankees in 1992, so I don't know why I was surprised. Checking the same seller's completed auctions turned up another lot that included Buck Showalter, Mark Conner and new-to-me cards of Clete Boyer and Yankee Stadium.<br />
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UPDATE - 15 January 2013<br />
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I saw the Maas postcard on eBay, so the set is now up to 26. I'm going to start posting images of each postcard as I find them so collectors might have a slightly better chance of recognizing them. I suspect the black & white cards are copies of the originals, but until I find color versions, these are all I have to work with.<br />
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UPDATE - 09 December 2011 <br />
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A couple more of these showed up on eBay recently, but they are no help in narrowing the set down to a single year as all six individuals were with the team from 1992-93.<br />
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UPDATE - 04 December 2012<br />
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A much larger assortment of these has hit eBay, bring the checklist up to 25. I finally have verification of most of the starters of the team.<br />
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The postcard arrived today, all the way from Los Angeles. It was interesting to see that as soon as I got my shipping notice, the seller immediately had a second one posted for sale. Considering he said he was given these as a gift, and he only had the Meulens, Showalter and Howe, he probably has a stack of them from an in-person signing from way back when. I have to revise my date estimate to either 1992 or 1993 as those were the only years Meulens and Howe were on the team together with Showalter at the helm. By 1994, Meulens would be playing in Japan and out of the Yankees system altogether.<br />
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Here are the front and back together:<br />
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No joy on Googling SPORTSPRINT/ATLANTA aside from more references to that 1994 Greenville Braves set. Ditto for the photographers and what was presumably the outfit that provided the photos.<br />
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<a name='more'></a> Definitely a welcome addition to the collection, though!<br />
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The confirmed 1992 checklist as it stands now:<br />
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Jesse Barfield <br />
Clete Boyer<br />
<img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRW-RVPpUIXTdi8VSQbkhKdE7khbpXjzsoiih57D84pMsPNb1CFZd88roY-Hy7yCHfWRVdvq4sYJfX4dFVhCmdTSbD1HEE9DQdwzZT1kX-bytb_LWoj0ccZ6Vc0h_SX75iNsdQfy2j0MY/s200/Boyer_Clete.jpg" width="129" />
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Greg Cadaret<br />
Tony Cloninger<div>Dave Eiland<br /><div>Alvaro Espinoza<br />
Steve Farr<br />
<img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBBDMI1OzA4N3b3BqxPSrGtCk_dG-i-HyF5z3LDOu4eraOZ46V_Gy3ASPzEBRxwWFO8upbbX6mvpsCA3mcEUAUAfnDhuIrsoHQy-qcNyo2YB7q9WFcDDyCmCSH8Y4BGUpIj3nXWn_HyLA/s200/Farr_Steve.JPG" width="170" />
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<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"><td class="xl64" height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">Mike Gallego</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td class="xl64" height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">Lee Guetterman</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td class="xl64" height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">John Habyan</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td class="xl64" height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">Mel Hall</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td class="xl64" height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">Charlie Hayes</td>
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<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td class="xl64" height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">Frank Howard</td>
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<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td class="xl64" height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">Steve Howe<br />
<img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifeQRkk5cqXA0GVjem-00qPYHgv2AP_EuCAY2Uemc2gj-mo5ox06bIRVsstkxhWzdgwpA6oo1yogu7_TJew4yPtquvc_HuSBQbLaNakwM0ck1DtmroLpeFPtZXc300dFSRmyclAz9FG0M/s200/Howe_Steve.JPG" width="131" />
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</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td class="xl64" height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">Dion James<br />
Jeff Johnson<br />
<img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEpMjxJXFluwsqgCgErIiCo70MelfltygHUohLtpel_DiOp6pnzqwXjjwhWH035u3gIBxEJQgxOR0hnkNL8Kwju5n87cBOJFCxefZIP94ufzaGOGbusTafb80hl86eHmTPfs4QwDdn9Qg/s200/Johnson_Jeff.JPG" width="124" />
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<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td class="xl64" height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">Scott Kamienicki</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td class="xl64" height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">Roberto Kelly<br />
<img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio7EzFZ3mpN3NmdN-PU0Kmt_9Rgedj_6WwwV0NyhqYRAVJl9zL9b73QrJF7z9c58E6xVMPDuVyrvF7zkbCj8UtyINKMFKeVBfSECg79ydtND0Vqps9PM-uXX7Ss5oMvhgsqtBw1-SYoPQ/s200/Kelly_Roberto.jpg" width="127" />
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</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td class="xl64" height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">Tim Leary</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td class="xl64" height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">Jim Leyritz<br />Scott Lusader</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td class="xl64" height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">Kevin Maas<br />
<img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizUaBJhTLi-ESthwLFvOh9ZbnXaraH4_SyQJ9u61E1AEfePjBGPb6DDVFiyszWWoiPjjEoWKonftoOvj0qtQ51_yxtWFT6h7J0hOGSYxBKUDScA6YZ5hHExNP7Y8lTSeCyMFb6FlNMcOM/s200/Maas_Kevin_92.JPG" width="129" />
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<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td class="xl64" height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">Don Mattingly (portrait)<br />
<img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCGhxplsKSRM0c1uh7jcovRaf4Vexl-CUZdYe__7_zNxWrvnULSYK5eSQpCeuwd4Hqohpnav-Pv_WHNjTKVhoHbibr9S7fpofdPWHBOPE3DM2cuO8fS5uuR46WPsykE0v5FP8PC5vJfqg/s200/Mattingly_Don.jpg" width="120" />
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<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td class="xl64" height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">Russ Meyer</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td class="xl64" height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">Rich Monteleone</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td class="xl64" height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">Ed Napoleon<br />
Matt Nokes<br />
Joe Pepitone<br />Pascual Perez</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td class="xl64" height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">Melido Perez</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td class="xl64" height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">Scott Sanderson</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td class="xl64" height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">Buck Showalter<br />
<img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRWfxwbJSPUzj169Ei-EzSjamtgiOZvClrlTQkPhjIOl7HcAUVED40eyjN4EMCHel7eZI9P90R7kAXycAWxMo3Y9ZZdjDK-bf_2_4nfXQC-X2eqGkxSRCucWC19LyhhFMWvGH9Tnb9fZM/s200/Showalter_Buck.jpg" width="129" />
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<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td class="xl64" height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">Andy Stankiewicz</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td class="xl64" height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">Mike Stanley<br />
<img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4KD-tLqNhSpvPmoWWyVRGACXGkaqA9X_JaftccYNi5KmFlvUwBGJJXKy4VpHojZSKCUnuLbrrD6SdKjBEqfbC50w71xEAX_Wozrn1dbpbPSWhfo81wjw9CRV8gXH__iYDmUilQnhR-Ds/s200/Stanley_Mike.JPG" width="130" />
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Danny Tartabull (portrait)<br />
<img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0YpFMyfwsuTqUjnSNqMcYUtO0FsoemjuNQJFiZZiGYP5dkJ6PGI75zpzmAcALe_U1F-_YLunX0Wc1oaln-W1-WI63nMwXmeA26HXWfVdg7CTYF1jNDJLyzjRCy74InBP11bxBIFeUOdc/s200/Tartabull_Danny_portrait.JPG" width="127" />
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<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"><td class="xl64" height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"></td></tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"><td class="xl64" height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">Randy Velarde<br />
Bernie Williams<br />
<img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhggqrJv-fGuBmDB1M0NGNGiNmaM1tdgC5kpniJRrwdnWm93kOZ7DWh9xQfnWiQCLmv7ug5z5GDUAate1uaD0csKL4ttBl2aaONZQphOpfuovdsX3eiJV5pBqPLju3VYDhNZGxzW7deI7c/s200/Williams_Bernie.JPG" width="127" />
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Yankee Stadium<br />
<img border="0" height="131" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghWuR3HFqiYMpuqCBaHdpWmseoef_uNVtp8Zy69UhM2L3xq2i3DmVLxo3GA65iu4yFvdQrLdsXlbwOdjYYOG990A9VJxdJBMWi8pVvcKF8Z-sxkejdHYma4ejONAuEApO7nuIyRPnA8Ok/s200/Yankee_Stadium.jpg" width="200" />
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<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"><td class="xl64" height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
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The presumed 1993-1995 checklist as it stands now: <br />
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Jim Abbott (pitching) (1994)<br />
<img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcLd0Aj5zOiKpXRBE2ZyMjxuf-YToRQnWdhwLp7PDV8Joq77lEhd1ve_UHXXBNpLb4xkV355aSevGtjDWARuc6CYfAsmS4XbLu4jv6pvSTBX3e1c4U275yEmFS3OunwpihwIy-xJMfc7A/s200/Abbott_Jim1.JPG" width="126" />
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Jim Abbott (portrait) (1993)<br />
<img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii-CgqskwXb_24SEih25tSgI6WBfnktZx5VoVYZASbCBSewownmC79kBWsI7fYedulegXKAgA0TK-H2KCjb161vLkOpIullxgijCqlR3Y9qmPwK0TFbZ2DTosx7mN4M9VFxJXb0PXighI/s200/Abbott_Jim2.JPG" width="125" />
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Paul Assenmacher (1993)<br />
<img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZRnlzCB1jN2MyQim20KAfhjTqgXFumxz9hEcpjHWRutFw8VSdK2TeGfVVOqYXP35nFQR69d2q7W-O6ftivdMo9xQS_AO5bhg_pkkhy5kLGCuKuV4w3bRw1VCSlf4GaKovzT4ZDvR95Mo/s200/Assenmacher_Paul.JPG" width="128" />
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Wade Boggs (batting)(1994/95?)<br />
<img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpc01HDgwCVtjLXLtuSIY4nvxFmk861lVTb8sp7kM2q6Esj97FK4q73D0k9zPJmeISuHUg4zczxjAxBDd4EmpKSOs-x-kbduScaNM5m3nC3K8k158xHwnYIsepBGttutLNVMAIZoh-BQw/s200/Boggs_Wade2.JPG" width="124" />
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Wade Boggs (portrait) (1993)<br />
<img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLV3qCKL8sXbzvULONqMSLtGGBW_ZtoFh4WIkxEWEpRTcFeTxYjxJ0FuuvsvSFgZ1k6No9e9VLvN1mxNCcFrfkABQvlWwoJ-jvhPs_HxamKNj_1SQDYn3G2sIaiIyuv2J3ekpj-G0F6ik/s200/Boggs_Wade.JPG" width="131" />
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Mark Connor (1993)<br />
<img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOJENBxp0AXbw61V2Z_i2cCncFhccAFQSsIKc_4MIFAA6ynoFbuMfKbVg3lYILjuVBIOi2f1hHtnpAPiXL6VWAQlPa90KjS5TKtUGlOmzC7gs53ay81Nmiacwa6ATy5tpmwuILVCfI-So/s200/Connor_Mark.jpg" width="129" />
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Mike Gallego (1994?)<br />
<img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinELiAMgxXzh8NSg_6VR34iG9rRfUnR2gDtmL_QilOdRVE4iyJHSrlQsRvLOmkGv0XqkNYblXy1wVKp8iNm4WcRfFmvQW0qFX_vgPdR9HRXqvhLPrB7OSWPorcbkD8QrlUCSZfOwVqaBc/s200/GAllego_Mike.JPG" width="129" />
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Paul Gibson (1993/94?)<br />
<img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYoeNV3J_tJJQoH0rWLr6906Vvp0NFwUo7_4f_0N7IQGCl2j0VqUE5EDojd_v6v2jQESVbZELW-lch56wUDRmphNE4OMCLdb3BmQdpH24K6DhFf98U7iuS6CCD5JpcOcoQ6Cxn7yN0Py8/s200/Gibson_Paul.JPG" width="125" />
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Pat Kelly (1994/95?)<br />
<img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuVBMNwz5hWh6fcswZO3AJDT_hMCreTfKpY9suMUNDShKP0eKF0CYE-vl3SJ3QAj5QsFdXpAUMQUOBirE4JtkIxKgFyEHf2kQbMVRcqkYmQIxtZyFQqHuZSN5NQaKNKh1g9fCs1QemSeo/s200/Kelly_Pat.JPG" width="130" />
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Jimmy Key (1993/94?<br />
<img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhQjuGk0Iy1advZzYIiKYTdyZCxIh4vJwcP2lOzEA5GhQeXiEvMGL7sVwquGHwGhrgcvsHSVR4FRIk7XA5mYgTm4B-zS8CEIyFieHG6sipe2ogNYQHOKLQblERJVIT60tkBhZGrmhmGSc/s200/Key_Jimmy.JPG" width="128" />
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Kevin Maas (1993)<br />
<img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTzshQjFOoGbRBdp1EYv5j2dXkGAuW_-wrxE_WHkCTJ3pjDOSGXuq8OsYPOefQjFlvTXGwF-TM7eEaFpqbad8lJw_Jf_APuUqvVxjSauNATsGsIBfpGWBwYkoiA4mgspSPnoVusljNQ8Q/s200/Image_08519.jpg" width="127" />
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Don Mattingly (batting) (1994/95?)<br />
Hensley Meulens (1993)<br /><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="638" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikfVhSoYgSTu0KGl1brQGqtViHq6wFC_F3RZtLBK3H684_fehneEiFmNJOHRssNH15gsZmnRatH2B8LgavsQ2oL7XvEEkvtAhCqMDjrq1iXSFzkm-CHkcIUFn5E9fO8p7lBVS_aLDxWzc/w127-h200/1993YankeesPostcard.jpg" width="127" />
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Bobby Munoz (1993)<br />
<img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR8rAcFwTLV9467i15hgbLHMEC2ETJUGvZjKPkxjQT2769-79pyLkWdq9iRktkAR5Y1LcdRmHlg35nyY6VnGSMPvOBBKvB97-DGnliYT3zLjnYJ2JA-1AyBg8-fkJcocE9r5H5Kq4ai70/s200/Munoz_Bobby.JPG" width="126" />
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Matt Nokes (1993?)<br />
<img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP5N7xitRy7KpdpBauocCfNpFFfuboc6kyVUI3vVI04SaOmuhTEAV_oXg8-O9fnxvtquNAcBeDlpaIiFZIJjQqQeOYO_5Y64nL9hz8bWbDOwRbiheU56YPQs4pzsjQCOeW0oeMkuuYMvM/s200/Nokes_Matt.jpg" width="124" />
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Paul O'Neill<br />
Danny Tartabull (batting) (1994/95?)<br />
<img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDZM4epY9O0NKmVAvbAxF76FmzM_nfyTYX-RtuiJPFYwq0kg8nMQ3UVifqsMHWKgCte99J-8TIS2LxNI3YVwbvkbILwbbcyjAkJKxTPyxv6NHUt_D4BMuIs6TKSm9LIjEiOzeutiUP1PA/s200/Tartabull_Danny.JPG" width="131" />
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Bob Wickman (1993?)<br />
<img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Zqm9tupt90xu55-OSZnt61T8HnYlYlbOz1aVVosUvLmHU1s-fCtJ_J8mbiEVhNz3BfntpNIiR4KLyDkaZU_Y5WtZ4sbpWnZHWRJpcDpt1LKOsa3sJWknmWRFmrt5G9txkWXdjk8sSPE/s200/Wickman_Bob.JPG" width="130" />
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1995<br />
Bernie Williams (batting, 7 on shoulder)<br />
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Jim Leyritz<br />
Rich Monteleone<br />
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Cover: Honus Wagner, 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle, 1974 Topps Dave Winfield<br />
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"Errors Discovered in '81 Fleer"by Larry Fritsch, p14. Detailing the errors/corrections in the 1981 Fleer set.<br />
"In'the Beginning..." by Vivian Barning, p18. Collecting strategies to fit a budget.<br />
"Is PVC Destroying Your Cards?" by Bob Lemke, pp28-30, 79. A detailed explanation about the dangers of storing cards in PVC pages.<br />
"Players in Plastic" by Bob Parker, pp32, 64. Hartland Statues from the 1940s-1960s.<br />
"An Investor's View of Baseball Cards" by Tony Galovich, pp37-40, 80-83. An in-depth look at the finer points of various factors to account for when viewing baseball cards as investments.<br />
"Collecting Your Favorite Team" by Doug Watson, pp42-48, 84-85. St. Louis Cardinals collectibles.<br />
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"Before the Surgeon General's Report" by Lew Lipset, pp52-57, 78. 19th Century tobacco cards.<br />
"The Cards That Go 'Clink' " by Jim Nicewander, pp58-63. Baseball coins by Armour, Salada, Topps, Old London and Citgo.<br />
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<br />Jason Presleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13543465200431539036noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-533857780697712895.post-27146776027695712822016-12-06T11:33:00.000-06:002016-12-07T20:36:42.166-06:00Clyde's Stale News II<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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For the first time ever, Panini is FINALLY issuing a baseball sticker set for a country other than the US or Venezuela. Panini will be producing a sticker set and album for Liga de Beisbol Dominicano (LIDOM) this season.<br />
<a name='more'></a><a href="http://www.imagenesdominicanas.com/2016/10/Lanzan-primer-album-de-postalitas-homenaje-a-la-pelota-dominicana.html" target="_blank">http://www.imagenesdominicanas.com/2016/10/Lanzan-primer-album-de-postalitas-homenaje-a-la-pelota-dominicana.html</a><br />
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This will be the first Dominican set since Lime Rock's Dominican Winter Baseball set way back in 1993. I sincerely hope this set is successful to the point we might see similar sets for Puerto Rico and Mexico, and maybe a fresh set for Venezuela (though with their economy, that may not happen any time soon). For the company with the most worldwide coverage, it is a shame that Panini doesn't produce more baseball sets around the world.<br />
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As yet, they have not announced a release date, and all of the references to this I can find on various sites are basically just a rehash of the press release.<br />
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In other news, yes, I am aware of all of the broken images across the blog. Once Google finally killed Picasa, I tried to figure out how to re-link all of the images with Google Photos, but then I found that before it died, Picasa had uploaded <i><b>every picture on my computer to Google Photos</b></i>! Not only that, but apparenty the default "album" there is just time stamped based on when the images were uploaded. As there were so many tens of thousands of images, with no useful organization whatsoever, I just deleted all of the images from Google Photos and am in the process of re-posting all of them directly to the blog itself. It will be a slow process (especially for box break posts), but I will get them back online.<br />
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If you haven't already discovered it, Dan Skrezyna has re-launched his Korean baseball card blog (formerly KBOCards.blogspot.com) as <a href="https://koreancardboard.blogspot.com/">KoreanCardboard.blogspot.com</a>. In addition to his posts on the recent baseball card sets being issued in Korea, Dan is also filling in his collection of older Korean cards, and posting about those as well. I'm glad to see someone who actually lives in Korea able to post about the hobby there. In a language I can read.<br />
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In addition to Dan, a new Korean hobby blog has been launched by "George" called KBO Collections (<a href="https://kbocollections.blogspot.com/">https://kbocollections.blogspot.com</a>). George also lives in Korea and is an avid Doosan Bears fan. Welcome to the community, George!<br />
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The <a href="http://cpblonline.pixnet.net/blog">official CPBL blog</a> has begun posting release information about the upcoming CPBL set covering the 2015 season. Pre-orders started in early November, and the cards should actually go on-sale this week in Taiwan and 7-Elevens and other participating retailers. Only a couple of card images have been posted so far, showing some parallels included in the packs. They will likely have most of the set images posted by the end of December.<br />
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In the to-do list, I'm working on some new posts in my long delayed hobby publication index. I've got draft posts in-progress for 1982-1985 for Baseball Cards magazine. I had been planning to wait until I had all the issues for each year, but then a few years passed and I never picked up the missing issues. So I will just post what I have and update them whenever I get the missing issues. No one has commented on the posts I did for 1986 & 1987, but they do get a fair amount of traffic, so I'm assuming there is at least some interest. I plan to do similar posts for Tuff Stuff, Beckett, Baseball Hobby News and Baseball Card News as time (and motivation) permits.<br />
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<br />Jason Presleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13543465200431539036noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-533857780697712895.post-68779304684258903332016-11-18T07:42:00.004-06:002022-07-03T09:21:40.138-05:00More Team Photos (with Bernie!)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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Bernie played the better part of four seasons in Batavia, New York, with the Trojans, who were the low A affiliate of the Cleveland Indians at the time. In this first picture, we have Bernie in his first professional season, standing on the left end of the back row. Bernie didn't have a very structured introduction to baseball in the Dominican Republic, so 1981 would have been a major adjustment for him, speaking little to no English and really only knowing how to crush a baseball against teenage pitching. That he is even in this photo at all is something of a surprise as he only played 12 games for Batavia in 1981.<br />
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Despite his unimpressive initial showing, Bernardo returned to Batavia for the 1982 season, this time appearing in 41 of the team's 75 games that season. He improved a bit, showed some of that pop he was signed for with four home runs, and actually stole a base, which is impressive as he only stole 24 in his entire minor league career. Here, Bernie is in the third row, four down from the man in the suit. I had to adjust the exposure on the scan as a black & white photo of all of those dark jerseys didn't make for a very good photo. In any case, looks like Mr. Brito blinked at exactly the wrong time.<br />
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1983 saw Bernardo Brito returning for his third season in Batavia. This time around, he appeared in 60 games, and had improved enough that he was promoted to High A Waterloo for part of the season. He didn't stick, though, his batting average dropping 40 points with the change of scenery and he was back in Batavia for the 1984 season. Another case of the photographer apparently not using a fill light. Had to adjust the levels again just to make out Bernardo's face. This time he's on the back row, third from the right.<br />
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The sellers that listed these apparently did not have a 1984 photo of either Waterloo or Batavia, but I did land this 1985 Waterloo Indians photo. In 1984, Brito finally started to put the pieces together in his hitting game and finished with 19 home runs and a .300 batting average. That was enough to earn him a promotion (again) to Waterloo for the '85 season. This time around he did not disappoint and racked up 29 home runs, to lead the Midwest League. Accordingly, Bernie would not spend another season in A ball and would be play the 1986 season with the Indians AA affiliate Waterbury Indians.<br />
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After five years in A ball, Bernie finally made the jump to AA, in 1986, to play with the Waterbury Indians, and it took a bit of adjustment. I've heard it said that the jump from A to AA is almost the same difference in level of competition as the jump from AA to the majors. His average and power numbers dropped a bit, but not an alarming amount. He would recover all of that when the team moved to Williamsport in 1987.<br />
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Skipping ahead to 1987, Bernardo made what at first glance appears to be a lateral move, but in fact was just him repeating a grade. After the 1986 season, Cleveland moved their AA Eastern League affiliate from Waterbury to re-establish baseball in Williamsport, Pennsylvania (which had been without baseball since the Williamsport Tomahawks closed up shop in 1976) with the creation of the Williamsport Bills. Bernie put up another good year at AA, batting .277 and clobbering 24 home runs, tops in the Eastern League. 1987 would be the final year for Brito in the Indians organization as he would be released the following spring, to be signed as a free agent by the Twins the following week.<br />
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Following a 1987 design that resembled 1986 Donruss, Best Cards patterned the fronts of their 1988 team sets after the 1986 Topps set. I think I actually like Best's approach a little better, though the "Orlando '88" is perhaps a bit reduntant, due to the inclusion of the team logo. Best Cards' back designs didn't change much for the entire 1987-1990 length of their existence, and were always a bit spartan.<br />
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After seven seasons in the Indians organization, 1988 found Bernardo Brito still murdering the ball, but also still stuck at the AA level. In early March, the Cleveland Plain Dealer had a good feature on Brito that helped explain his seeming lack of progress. Bernardo was from the hills of San Cristobal, not the bigger cities of Santo Domingo or San Pedro de Macoris, and didn't grow up in quite the same baseball saturated environment as most young Dominican prospects.<br />
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Isaac was the scout who heard about Brito and drove into the mountains of the Dominican Republic to find and, ultimately, sign him. The article goes on to say that Brito would most likely only succeed as a designated hitter, but then explained how most such players were usually experienced veterans, and that it would be difficult for a rookie to break into the majors in the DH role. To me that was, perhaps, a perfect description of Major League baseball's perpetual resistance to the entire concept of the DH. Basically until Edgar Martinez came along, it was somehow foreign to just put a good hitter with limited fielding ability in the DH role and take full advantage of that. Most designated hitters were either aging veterans who no longer had the mobility to play in the field, or utility-type guys who were perhaps too good to leave in the minors, but little more than average bats in the Majors.<br />
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Despite the praise and high hopes by March 25th the Indians decided he was a no longer a prospect and released Bernardo Brito. Five days later, Brito was signed by the Minnesota Twins and sent to Orlando, their AA affiliate in the Southern League. By June 15th, Brito was leading the Southern League in home runs for the Twins with 15. By July 5th, Brito had been named to the Southern League All-Star team and was leading the league with 19 HR and 57 RBI. Not bad for a non-prospect!Jason Presleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13543465200431539036noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-533857780697712895.post-85613393676953410012016-09-03T13:12:00.000-05:002016-09-03T13:12:25.409-05:00Player Collection Bobble Heads I was excited when some of the players I collect started having bobble heads issued, and couldn't wait to add them to my collection. I try to stay under $25 if at all possible, and have been fairly successful with that approach, but at least one will likely remain out of reach. Dave Henderson was issued a bobble head by the Yakima Bears in 2009. No clue why they did it, as Hendu never played for Yakima, and they were not an Oakland afilliate, but when they surface, they usually sell for over $250. It is, however, one of the better likenesses I've seen on a bobble head.<br />
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Prior to becoming a coach for the Giants, Roberto Kelly managed their Single-A affiliate in the South Atlantic League from 2005-2007. He led the Greenjackets to 1st place finishes in 2006 and 2007, and won SAL Manager of the Year honors in 2006. Kelly's very first bobble head was given away by the Augusta Greenjackets on July 30, 2016. <br />
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Dave Winfield is now represented in bobble head form by 4 of the 6 teams for which he played over his 20+ years in the Majors. The Padres have now issued three bobble heads for Big Dave. The one shown here was given away at Petco Park on June 15th, 2003. There is also a more rare version featuring Dave in a brown jersey. It tends to be much pricier than the more common white jersey version. Winfield got one more bobble head from the Padres, a mini, that was limited to 2000 and given away at the 2016 All-Star Fan Fest. It looks to be 4-5" tall. I'll probably pick one up after the prices settle down a bit.<br />
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The Yankees bobble head was not a stadium give away (the Yankees still don't seem to care much for Winfield, even all these years later), but rather is an exclusive from <a href="https://www.manofactionfigures.com/" target="_blank">Man of Action Figures</a>, a Miami, Florida based action figure store. They have a large presence online and on eBay. I am grateful for them as they produced Winfield's only Yankees figure of the man since his retirement. According to the eBay listing, it is limited to 288 pieces, but can be had for a very reasonable $14.99 + $13.99 shipping (which might seem steep, but it arrived quickly and fully intact). The Yankees bobble actually reminds me more of <a href="https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1200&bih=1475&q=walt+williams+baseball&oq=Walt+Williams&gs_l=img.3.6.0l8j0i30k1j0i8i30k1.1150.3188.0.5373.13.13.0.0.0.0.141.1094.7j5.12.0....0...1ac.1.64.img..1.12.1093.GDGPXKS4HQ8" target="_blank">Walt "No Neck" Williams</a> than Dave Winfield.<br />
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Toronto honored Winfield with a Blue Jay bobble head on April 7th, 2002.<br />
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Two bobble heads have been issued by the Minnesota Twins for the home town favorite. The one with the green base was issued on July 22, 2001, in honor of Winfield's Hall of Fame induction. Given the serial numbers on the laminated card that came with the statue, I suspect upwards of 10,000 of these were given out at the stadium. The second, with the red base, was given out to Twins season ticket holders for the 2002 season, and is supposedly limited to about 2500 pieces. As he played for the Angels for a season and a half, I'm hoping to one day see an Angels bobble head issued for Winfield, but I'm not holding my breath for anything from Cleveland.<br />
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Tuffy Rhodes received three bobble heads, all in fairly quick succession, during his time playing with the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes. I <a href="https://clydes-stalecards.blogspot.com/2012/06/one-tuffy-mail-day.html" target="_blank">previously posted</a> about the double bobble with Nakamura. Each of the individual bobble heads was supposed to come with a Buffaloes lanyard (typically for carrying your game tickets), but all I received was the figures. I haven't been able to track the exact release information, but I suspect these were released (from left to right) in 2001, 2002 and 2003. I have seen a <a href="http://store.ponparemall.com/shibuyamokei/goods/1000000222203/" target="_blank">small figure of Tuffy in his Orix uniform</a>, but I think it is just a statue and not a bobble head.<br />
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I have yet to post anything about my collections of players who share my last name (or derivations thereof), but thus far it seems only one of them has a bobble head to his name. That would be <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.cgi?id=pressl001jos" target="_blank">Josh Pressley</a>. He was a decent hitting first baseman who bounced around a lot from 1998-2006 before finally hitting the independent circuit where he would spend the rest of his career. His one statue comes from the Somerset Patriots of the Atlantic League, where he played for 5 seasons.<br />
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<br />Jason Presleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13543465200431539036noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-533857780697712895.post-81561982026972562402016-06-10T07:00:00.008-05:002023-09-15T06:59:43.855-05:00Hobby Archaeology: 1978 Sports Photo Assoc(iates) 3-inch Pins<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Another area that is perhaps a bit neglected in the sports memorabilia hobby would be the various round, pin-backed badges produced by a variety of parties and issued though a multitude of avenues. While some sets are very well documented, others just seem to coast along in an odd state of limbo. One such set that is both very well known, yet very poorly documented would be the "1978" Sports Photo Associates pins. I put 1978 in quotes because, while almost all of the pins issued feature a 1978 copyright notice along the outer edge, the set clearly extended well beyond 1978. <br />
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In addition to the set being extended across several years, there are also multiple sets that seem to overlap in that time period. I will try to break them down as well as I can, with the relatively limited information I have, and try to put some order to the chaos.<br />
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The other main set was numbered from '1' to at least '363'. The last two pins I've seen were of Pete Rose, and the second highest numbered was '344' and featured him in his Montreal Expos uniform (these can be seen over at <a href="http://4192cards.com/rose/oddball/79-84/index3.html" target="_blank">4192cards.com</a>). Several players were included multiple times. In some cases, as with Dave Winfield and Pete Rose, with different teams. In other cases, players were included on multiple pins for the same team, including Reggie Jackson, Fred Lynn, George Brett and Johnny Bench. <a href="http://fleersticker.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Fleer Sticker Project</a> features an interesting post about this set as the pins were available as part of a promotion on 1981 Fleer wax wrappers. The Sports Photo Associates also seems to have beena resource for photos for Fleer for their inaugural sets.<br />
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Below is the checklist I have assembled so far (which will be updated as new pins are uncovered). Thus far, it covers 242 of the known 400+ pins in the set:<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: left;">1</td><td style="text-align: left;">Ron Guidry (Yankees)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">1</td><td style="text-align: left;">Ron Guidry (ASCCA advertisement)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">2</td><td style="text-align: left;">Jim "Catfish" Hunter (Yankees)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">3</td><td style="text-align: left;">Rich Gossage (Yankees)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">4</td><td style="text-align: left;">Thurman Munson (Yankees)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">5</td><td style="text-align: left;">Ed Figueroa (Yankees)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">6</td><td style="text-align: left;">Willie Randolph (Yankees)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">7</td><td style="text-align: left;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">8</td><td style="text-align: left;">Billy Martin (Yankees)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">9</td><td style="text-align: left;">Reggie Jackson (Yankees)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">10</td><td style="text-align: left;">Lou Piniella (Yankees)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">11</td><td style="text-align: left;">Graig Nettles (Yankees)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">12</td><td style="text-align: left;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">13</td><td style="text-align: left;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">14</td><td style="text-align: left;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">15</td><td style="text-align: left;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">16</td><td style="text-align: left;">Bucky Dent (Yankees)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">17</td><td style="text-align: left;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">18</td><td style="text-align: left;">Greg Luzinski (Phillies)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">19</td><td style="text-align: left;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">20</td><td style="text-align: left;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">21</td><td style="text-align: left;">Larry Christianson (Phillies)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">22</td><td style="text-align: left;">Larry Bowa (Phillies)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">23</td><td style="text-align: left;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">24</td><td style="text-align: left;">Ron Reed (Phillies)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">25</td><td style="text-align: left;">Steve Carlton (Phillies)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">26</td><td style="text-align: left;">Tug McGraw (Phillies)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">27</td><td style="text-align: left;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">28</td><td style="text-align: left;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">29</td><td style="text-align: left;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">30</td><td style="text-align: left;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">31</td><td style="text-align: left;">Mike Schmidt (Phillies)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">32</td><td style="text-align: left;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">33</td><td style="text-align: left;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">34</td><td style="text-align: left;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">35</td><td style="text-align: left;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">36</td><td style="text-align: left;">Jim Rice (Red Sox)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">37</td><td style="text-align: left;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">38</td><td style="text-align: left;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">39</td><td style="text-align: left;">Carlton Fisk (Red Sox)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">40</td><td style="text-align: left;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">41</td><td style="text-align: left;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">42</td><td style="text-align: left;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">43</td><td style="text-align: left;">Rick Burleson (Red Sox)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">44</td><td style="text-align: left;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">45</td><td style="text-align: left;">Fred Lynn (Red Sox)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">46</td><td style="text-align: left;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">47</td><td style="text-align: left;">Carl Yastrzemski (Red Sox)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">48</td><td style="text-align: left;">Butch Hobson (Red Sox)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">49</td><td style="text-align: left;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">50</td><td style="text-align: left;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">51</td><td style="text-align: left;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">52</td><td style="text-align: left;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">53</td><td style="text-align: left;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">54</td><td style="text-align: left;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">55</td><td style="text-align: left;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">56</td><td style="text-align: left;">Lee Mazzilli (Mets)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">57</td><td style="text-align: left;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">58</td><td style="text-align: left;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">59</td><td style="text-align: left;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">60</td><td style="text-align: left;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">61</td><td style="text-align: left;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">62</td><td style="text-align: left;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">63</td><td style="text-align: left;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">64</td><td style="text-align: left;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">65</td><td style="text-align: left;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">66</td><td style="text-align: left;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">67</td><td style="text-align: left;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">68</td><td style="text-align: left;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">69</td><td style="text-align: left;">Dave Parker (Pirates)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">70</td><td style="text-align: left;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">71</td><td style="text-align: left;">Willie Stargell (Pirates)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">72</td><td style="text-align: left;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">73</td><td style="text-align: left;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">74</td><td style="text-align: left;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">75</td><td style="text-align: left;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">76</td><td style="text-align: left;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">77</td><td style="text-align: left;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">78</td><td style="text-align: left;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">79</td><td style="text-align: left;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">80</td><td style="text-align: left;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">81</td><td style="text-align: left;">Rich Gossage (Yankees)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">82</td><td style="text-align: left;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">83</td><td style="text-align: left;">George Brett (Royals)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">84</td><td style="text-align: left;">Bob Lemon (Yankees)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">85</td><td style="text-align: left;">Mike Flanagan (Orioles)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">86</td><td style="text-align: left;">Jim Palmer (Orioles)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">87</td><td style="text-align: left;">Eddie Murray (Orioles)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">88</td><td style="text-align: left;">Ken Singleton (Orioles)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">89</td><td style="text-align: left;">Frank Robinson (Orioles)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">90</td><td style="text-align: left;">Andre Thornton (Indians)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">91</td><td style="text-align: left;">Toby Harrah (Indians)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">92</td><td style="text-align: left;">Rick Manning (Indians)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">93</td><td style="text-align: left;">Rick Waits (Indians)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">94</td><td style="text-align: left;">Duane Kuiper (Indians)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">96</td><td style="text-align: left;">Dennis Leonard (Royals)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">97</td><td style="text-align: left;">Paul Splittorff (UER, Last Name Misspelled)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">98</td><td style="text-align: left;">Darrell Porter (Royals)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">99</td><td style="text-align: left;">Fred Patek (Royals)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">100</td><td style="text-align: left;">Amos Otis (Royals)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">101</td><td style="text-align: left;">Al Cowens (Royals0</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">102</td><td style="text-align: left;">Al Hrabosky (Royals)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">103</td><td style="text-align: left;">Clint Hurdle (Royals)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">104</td><td style="text-align: left;">Sparky Lyle (Rangers)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">105</td><td style="text-align: left;">Jim Sundberg (Rangers)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">106</td><td style="text-align: left;">Bert Campaneris (Rangers)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">107</td><td style="text-align: left;">Richie Zisk (Rangers)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">108</td><td style="text-align: left;">Al Oliver (Rangers)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">109</td><td style="text-align: left;">Jim Kern (Rangers)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">110</td><td style="text-align: left;">Buddy Bell (Rangers)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">111</td><td style="text-align: left;">Chet Lemon (White Sox)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">112</td><td style="text-align: left;">Don Kessinger (White Sox)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">113</td><td style="text-align: left;">Lamar Johnson (White Sox)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">114</td><td style="text-align: left;">Jorge Orta (White Sox)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">115</td><td style="text-align: left;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">116</td><td style="text-align: left;">Dwight Evans (Red Sox)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">117</td><td style="text-align: left;">Dennis Eckersley (Red Sox)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">118</td><td style="text-align: left;">Larry Hisle (Brewers)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">119</td><td style="text-align: left;">Mike Caldwell (Brewers)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">120</td><td style="text-align: left;">Robin Yount (Brewers)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">121</td><td style="text-align: left;">Gorman Thomas (Brewers)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">122</td><td style="text-align: left;">Sixto Lezcano (Brewers)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">123</td><td style="text-align: left;">Ron LeFlore (Tigers)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">124</td><td style="text-align: left;">Mark Fidrych (Tigers)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">125</td><td style="text-align: left;">Jason Thompson (Tigers)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">126</td><td style="text-align: left;">Dave Rozema (Tigers)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">127</td><td style="text-align: left;">Rusty Staub (Tigers)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">128</td><td style="text-align: left;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">129</td><td style="text-align: left;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">130</td><td style="text-align: left;">Rick Cerone (Blue Jays)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">131</td><td style="text-align: left;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">132</td><td style="text-align: left;">Nolan Ryan (Angels)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">133</td><td style="text-align: left;">Frank Tanana (Angels)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">134</td><td style="text-align: left;">Bobby Grich (Angels)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">135</td><td style="text-align: left;">Don Baylor (Angels)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">136</td><td style="text-align: left;">Joe Rudi (Angels)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">137</td><td style="text-align: left;">Rod Carew (Angels)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">138</td><td style="text-align: left;">Matt Keough (Athletics)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">139</td><td style="text-align: left;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">140</td><td style="text-align: left;">Dave Revering (Athletics)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">141</td><td style="text-align: left;">John Henry Johnson (Athletics)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">142</td><td style="text-align: left;">Butch Wynegar (Twins)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">143</td><td style="text-align: left;">Dave Goltz (Twins)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">144</td><td style="text-align: left;">Roy Smalley (Twins)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">145</td><td style="text-align: left;">Ruppert Jones UER (misspelled Ryppert, Mariners)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">146</td><td style="text-align: left;">Leon Roberts (Mariners)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">147</td><td style="text-align: left;">Bruce Bochte (Mariners)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">148</td><td style="text-align: left;">Dan Meyer (Mariners)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">149</td><td style="text-align: left;">Pete Rose (Phillies)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">150</td><td style="text-align: left;">Dave Kingman (Cubs)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">151</td><td style="text-align: left;">Bobby Murcer (Cubs)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">152</td><td style="text-align: left;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">153</td><td style="text-align: left;">Bruce Sutter (Cubs)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">154</td><td style="text-align: left;">Ivan DeJesus (Cubs)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">155</td><td style="text-align: left;">Ted Simmons (Cardinals)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">156</td><td style="text-align: left;">Gary Templeton (Cardinals, no signature)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">157</td><td style="text-align: left;">Lou Brock (Cardinals)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">158</td><td style="text-align: left;">Bob Forsch (Cardinals)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">159</td><td style="text-align: left;">Ron Cey (Dodgers)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">160</td><td style="text-align: left;">Tom Lasorda (Dodgers)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">161</td><td style="text-align: left;">Davey Lopes (Dodgers)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">162</td><td style="text-align: left;">Reggie Smith (Dodgers)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">163</td><td style="text-align: left;">Don Sutton (Dodgers)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">164</td><td style="text-align: left;">Tom Seaver (Reds)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">165</td><td style="text-align: left;">Johnny Bench (Reds)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">166</td><td style="text-align: left;">Joe Morgan (Reds)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">167</td><td style="text-align: left;">Dave Concepcion (Reds)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">168</td><td style="text-align: left;">George Foster (Reds)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">169</td><td style="text-align: left;">Ken Griffey (Reds)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">170</td><td style="text-align: left;">Phil Niekro (Braves)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">171</td><td style="text-align: left;">Jeff Burroughs (Braves)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">172</td><td style="text-align: left;">Gary Matthews (Braves)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">173</td><td style="text-align: left;">Biff Pocoroba (Braves)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">174</td><td style="text-align: left;">Bob Horner (Braves)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">175</td><td style="text-align: left;">Ross Grimsley (Expos)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">176</td><td style="text-align: left;">Gary Carter (Expos)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">177</td><td style="text-align: left;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">178</td><td style="text-align: left;">Ellis Valentine (Expos)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">179</td><td style="text-align: left;">Tony Perez (Expos)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">180</td><td style="text-align: left;">Vida Blue (Giants)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">181</td><td style="text-align: left;">Willie McCovey (Giants)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">182</td><td style="text-align: left;">Jack Clark (Giants)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">183</td><td style="text-align: left;">Gary Lavelle (Giants)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">184</td><td style="text-align: left;">Bill Madlock (Giants)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">185</td><td style="text-align: left;">Dave Winfield (Padres)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">186</td><td style="text-align: left;">Gaylord Perry (Padres)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">187</td><td style="text-align: left;">Rollie Fingers (Padres)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">188</td><td style="text-align: left;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">189</td><td style="text-align: left;">J.R. Richard (Astros)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">190</td><td style="text-align: left;">Cesar Cedeno (Astros)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">191</td><td style="text-align: left;">Bob Watson (Astros)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">192</td><td style="text-align: left;">Enos Cabell (Astros)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">193</td><td style="text-align: left;">Yogi Berra (Yankees)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">194</td><td style="text-align: left;">Bill Buckner (Cubs)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">195</td><td style="text-align: left;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">196</td><td style="text-align: left;">Doug DeCinces (Orioles)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">197</td><td style="text-align: left;">Tommy John (Yankees)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">198</td><td style="text-align: left;">Steve Kemp (Tigers)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">199</td><td style="text-align: left;">Darrell Evans (Giants)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">200</td><td style="text-align: left;">Thurman Munson (Yankees)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">200</td><td style="text-align: left;">Thurman Munson (Yankees)<br />
"The Captain 1947-1979"</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">201</td><td style="text-align: left;">Craig Reynolds (Astros)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">202</td><td style="text-align: left;">Joe Niekro (Astros)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">203</td><td style="text-align: left;">Paul Molitor (Brewers)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">204</td><td style="text-align: left;">Scott Thompson (Cubs)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">205</td><td style="text-align: left;">Jerry Martin (Cubs)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">206</td><td style="text-align: left;">Ray Knight (Reds)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">207</td><td style="text-align: left;">Terry Puhl (Astros)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">208</td><td style="text-align: left;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">209</td><td style="text-align: left;">Keith Hernandez (Cardinals)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">210</td><td style="text-align: left;">Earl Weaver (Orioles)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">211</td><td style="text-align: left;">Brian Downing (Angels)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">212</td><td style="text-align: left;">Alan Bannister (White Sox)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">213</td><td style="text-align: left;">Ken Kravec (White Sox)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">214</td><td style="text-align: left;">Lance Parrish (Tigers)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">215</td><td style="text-align: left;">Willie Wilson (Royals)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">216</td><td style="text-align: left;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">217</td><td style="text-align: left;">Jerry Koosman (Twins)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">218</td><td style="text-align: left;">Rick Bosetti (Blue Jays)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">219</td><td style="text-align: left;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">220</td><td style="text-align: left;">Joe Sambito (Astros)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">221</td><td style="text-align: left;">Lee Mazzilli (Mets)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">222</td><td style="text-align: left;">Fred Lynn (Red Sox)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">223</td><td style="text-align: left;">Carl Yastrzemski (Red Sox)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">224</td><td style="text-align: left;">Bucky Dent (Yankees)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">225</td><td style="text-align: left;">Rick Cerone (Yankees)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">226</td><td style="text-align: left;">Bobby Murcer (Yankees)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">227</td><td style="text-align: left;">Oscar Gamble (Yankees)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">228</td><td style="text-align: left;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">229</td><td style="text-align: left;">Dale Berra (Pirates)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">229</td><td style="text-align: left;">Phil Garner (Pirates)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">230</td><td style="text-align: left;">Bill Madlock (Pirates)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">231</td><td style="text-align: left;">Omar Moreno (Pirates)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">232</td><td style="text-align: left;">Dave Collins (Reds)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">233</td><td style="text-align: left;">Johnny Bench (Reds)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">234</td><td style="text-align: left;">Junior Kennedy (Reds)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">235</td><td style="text-align: left;">Billy Martin (Athletics)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">236</td><td style="text-align: left;">Nolan Ryan (Astros)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">237</td><td style="text-align: left;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">238</td><td style="text-align: left;">Cecil Cooper Brewers)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">239</td><td style="text-align: left;">Ben Oglivie (Brewers)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">240</td><td style="text-align: left;">George Brett (Royals)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">241</td><td style="text-align: left;">Joe Lefebvre (Yankees)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">242</td><td style="text-align: left;">Ruppert Jones (Yankees)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">243</td><td style="text-align: left;">Bobby Brown (Yankees)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">244</td><td style="text-align: left;">Jim Spencer (Yankees)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">245</td><td style="text-align: left;">Bob Watson (Yankees)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">246</td><td style="text-align: left;">Rudy May (Yankees)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">247</td><td style="text-align: left;">Steve Stone (Orioles)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">248</td><td style="text-align: left;">Kiko Garcia (Orioles)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">249</td><td style="text-align: left;">Al Bumbry (Orioles)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">250</td><td style="text-align: left;">Rick Dempsey (Orioles)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">251</td><td style="text-align: left;">Maury Wills (Mariners)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">252</td><td style="text-align: left;">Bump Wills (Rangers)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">253</td><td style="text-align: left;">Mike Norris (A's)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">254</td><td style="text-align: left;">Rickey Henderson (A's)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">255</td><td style="text-align: left;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">256</td><td style="text-align: left;">Steve Trout (White Sox)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">257</td><td style="text-align: left;">Jose Cruz (Astros)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">258</td><td style="text-align: left;">Jeff Reardon (Mets)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">259</td><td style="text-align: left;">Neil Allen (Mets)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">260</td><td style="text-align: left;">Alex Trevino (Mets)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">261</td><td style="text-align: left;">Len Barker (Indians)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">262</td><td style="text-align: left;">Lonnie Smith (Phillies)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">263</td><td style="text-align: left;"> </td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">264</td><td style="text-align: left;">Mike Easler (Pirates)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">265</td><td style="text-align: left;">Bob Stanley (Red Sox)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">266</td><td style="text-align: left;">Dennis Eckersley (Red Sox)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">267</td><td style="text-align: left;">Jim Rice (Red Sox)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">268</td><td style="text-align: left;">Glenn Hoffman (Red Sox)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">269</td><td style="text-align: left;">Carlton Fisk (Red Sox)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">270</td><td style="text-align: left;">Manny Trillo (Phillies)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">271</td><td style="text-align: left;">Tug McGraw (Phillies)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">272</td><td style="text-align: left;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">273</td><td style="text-align: left;">Bob Boone (Phillies)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">274</td><td style="text-align: left;">Larry Bowa (Phillies)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">275</td><td style="text-align: left;">Bake McBride (Phillies)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">276</td><td style="text-align: left;">Garry Maddox (Phillies)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">277</td><td style="text-align: left;">Dave Winfield (Yankees)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">278</td><td style="text-align: left;">Jerry Mumphrey (Yankees)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">279</td><td style="text-align: left;">Dave Kingman (Mets)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">280</td><td style="text-align: left;">Rusty Staub (Mets)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">281</td><td style="text-align: left;">Mookie Wilson (Mets)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">282</td><td style="text-align: left;">Hubie Brooks (Mets)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">283</td><td style="text-align: left;">Joe Charboneau (Indians)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">284</td><td style="text-align: left;">Steve Balboni (Yankees)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">285</td><td style="text-align: left;">Joel Youngblood (Mets)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">286</td><td style="text-align: left;">Steve Garvey (Dodgers)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">287</td><td style="text-align: left;">Reggie Jackson (Yankees)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">288</td><td style="text-align: left;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">289</td><td style="text-align: left;">Dale Murphy (Braves)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">290</td><td style="text-align: left;">Lee Mazzilli (Yankees)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">291</td><td style="text-align: left;">Reggie Jackson (Angels)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">292</td><td style="text-align: left;">Steve Sax (Dodgers)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">293</td><td style="text-align: left;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">294</td><td style="text-align: left;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">295</td><td style="text-align: left;">Fernando Valenzuela (Dodgers)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">295</td><td style="text-align: left;">Dave Righetti (Yankees)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">296</td><td style="text-align: left;">Dave Winfield (Yankees)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">297</td><td style="text-align: left;">Steve Kemp (Yankees)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">298</td><td style="text-align: left;">Tony Armas (Red Sox)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">299</td><td style="text-align: left;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">300</td><td style="text-align: left;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">301</td><td style="text-align: left;">Charlie Moore (Brewers)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">302</td><td style="text-align: left;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">303</td><td style="text-align: left;">Tom Seaver (Mets)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">304</td><td style="text-align: left;">Cal Ripken Jr. (Orioles)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">305</td><td style="text-align: left;">Steve Garvey (Padres)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">306</td><td style="text-align: left;">Darryl Strawberry (Mets)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">307</td><td style="text-align: left;">Jody Davis (Cubs)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">307</td><td style="text-align: left;">Leon Durham (Cubs)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">307</td><td style="text-align: left;">Wade Boggs (Red Sox)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">308</td><td style="text-align: left;">Mel Hall (Cubs)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">308</td><td style="text-align: left;">Hal McRae (Royals)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">309</td><td style="text-align: left;">Ryne Sandberg (Cubs)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">310</td><td style="text-align: left;">Fergie Jenkins (Cubs)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">311</td><td style="text-align: left;">Ron Kittle (White Sox)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">312</td><td style="text-align: left;">Ted Simmons (Brewers)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">313</td><td style="text-align: left;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">314</td><td style="text-align: left;">Greg Luzinski (White Sox)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">315</td><td style="text-align: left;">Keith Moreland (Cubs)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">316</td><td style="text-align: left;">Don Sutton (Brewers)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">317</td><td style="text-align: left;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">318</td><td style="text-align: left;">Jerry Remy (Red Sox)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">319</td><td style="text-align: left;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">324</td><td style="text-align: left;">Bo Diaz (Phillies)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">327</td><td style="text-align: left;">Gary Matthews (Phillies)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">330</td><td style="text-align: left;">John Denny (Phillies)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">331</td><td style="text-align: left;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">332</td><td style="text-align: left;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">333</td><td style="text-align: left;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">334</td><td style="text-align: left;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">335</td><td style="text-align: left;">Don Mattingly (Yankees)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">336</td><td style="text-align: left;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">337</td><td style="text-align: left;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">338</td><td style="text-align: left;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">339</td><td style="text-align: left;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">340</td><td style="text-align: left;">Dan Quisenberry (Royals)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">341</td><td style="text-align: left;">Steve Bedrosian (Braves)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">342</td><td style="text-align: left;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">343</td><td style="text-align: left;">Glenn Hubbard (Braves)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">344</td><td style="text-align: left;">Pete Rose (Expos)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">345</td><td style="text-align: left;">Tom Seaver (White Sox)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">346</td><td style="text-align: left;"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">347</td><td style="text-align: left;">Julio Cruz (White Sox)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">348</td><td style="text-align: left;">Doug DeCinces (Angels)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">349</td><td style="text-align: left;">Fred Lynn (Angels)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">350</td><td style="text-align: left;">Bob Boone (Angels)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">351</td><td style="text-align: left;">Mike Boddicker (Orioles)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">352</td><td style="text-align: left;">George Foster (Mets)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">355</td><td style="text-align: left;">Bob Dernier (Cub)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">356</td><td style="text-align: left;">Scott Sanderson (Cubs)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">357</td><td style="text-align: left;">Gary Matthews (Cubs)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">359</td><td style="text-align: left;">Jack Morris (Tigers)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">360</td><td style="text-align: left;">Alan Trammell (Tigers)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">361</td><td style="text-align: left;">Kirk Gibson (Tigers)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">362</td><td style="text-align: left;">Lee Smith (Cubs)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">363</td><td style="text-align: left;">Pete Rose (Reds)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">400</td><td style="text-align: left;">Ron Cey (Cubs)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">795</td><td style="text-align: left;">Jody Davis (Cubs)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">802</td><td style="text-align: left;">Rick Sutcliffe (Cubs)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">808</td><td style="text-align: left;">Keith Moreland (Cubs)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">818</td><td style="text-align: left;">Davey Lopes (Cubs)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">824</td><td style="text-align: left;">Dennis Eckersley (Cubs)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">826</td><td style="text-align: left;">Leo Durham (Cubs)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">868</td><td style="text-align: left;">Ryne Sandberg (Cubs)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">870</td><td style="text-align: left;">Ryne Sandberg (Cubs)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">?</td><td style="text-align: left;">Bob Bailor (Blue Jays)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">?</td><td style="text-align: left;">Kevin Bell (White Sox)</td></tr>
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To help confuse matters, unnumbered pins were issued for the Yankees, Red Sox, Mets, Pirates and Phillies. These often feature the same photograph, but merely lack the small number on the front. There were also a set of 4-inch pins issued for teams featuring multiple players. Also pins 795 and up may not actually be part of the larger set.<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: left;">SPA-2</td><td style="text-align: left;">Los Angeles Dodgers (1979)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">SPA-3</td><td style="text-align: left;">Philadelphia Phillies (1979)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">SPA-4</td><td style="text-align: left;">Boston Red Sox (1979)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">SPA-9A</td><td style="text-align: left;">Baltimore Orioles (1982?)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">SPA-12</td><td style="text-align: left;">Philadelphia Phillies (1982)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">SPA-13</td><td style="text-align: left;">Chicago Cubs (1982)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">SPA-20</td><td style="text-align: left;">Chicago White Sox (1983)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">SPA-22</td><td style="text-align: left;">Philadelphia Phillies (1983)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="text-align: left;">SPA-23</td><td style="text-align: left;">Chicago Cubs (1984)</td></tr>
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---UPDATE---<br />
Thanks to Cliff Bowman, from the Net54Baseball.com forum for the addition of the most recent 25+ pins.
Jason Presleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13543465200431539036noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-533857780697712895.post-20546755683665678562016-06-08T14:58:00.002-05:002016-06-08T14:58:40.127-05:00Hensley Meulens International League Hall of Fame Induction Hensley Meulens spent parts of six seasons in the International League as a player, most notably 1988-1993 with the Columbus Clippers, and 1997 with the Ottawa Lynx. Once his playing days were over, he returned as a hitting coach for the Indianapolis Indians from 2005-2008. I don't take much time off work, but this week I made an exception and drove up to Columbus, Ohio, to witness the induction of Sir Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens into the International League Hall of Fame. Below is my shaky cell phone video of the ceremony.<br />
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It was a beautiful evening for baseball at Huntington Park, with a season-high crowd of 11,373 turning out for the event. I guess some of them also showed up to see the Clippers face the Indians (<a href="http://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20160607&content_id=182572048&fext=.jsp&vkey=recap&sid=t445" target="_blank">not a good night</a> for Ross Detwiler and the Clippers) or maybe for Sugardale Dime-A-Dog night (10 cent hot dogs!). In any event, in honor of Sir Bam Bam, the team was giving away these canvas printed plaques covering his career with the Clippers:<br />
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I had really hoped to get a chance to finally meet the man himself, but it just never happened, mostly because I got wrapped up in the game and didn't think to go hang out by the Hall of Fame plaque after the ceremony. However, he did notice me! I was sitting in the front row behind the plate, right by the Clippers dugout, wearing my Hensley Meulens San Francisco Giants 2010 World Series away jersey, and he saw me from the second level box where he was sitting with his family and sent this down to me:<br />
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He did smile and wave to me when he came through the dugout onto the field.<br />
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The I.L. Hall of Fame now occupies two of these plaques, so next year
they will need to start on a third. Out front of the stadium is a bronze statue of Harold Cooper, the business man who brought baseball back to Columbus after the Cardinals had moved the previous affiliate (the Columbus Red Birds) to Omaha following the 1954 season. Cooper bought the International League team in Ottawa and relocated them to Columbus, establishing the Columbus Jets. Fast Forward to 1970, and unable to work out a deal for improvements to their existing stadium the team was again sold and was moved to Charleston, West Virginia, and became the Charleston Charlies. The Clippers began in Columbus in 1977, in the same stadium, and in 1984 it was officially renamed "Cooper Stadium". Harold Cooper is in the upper left corner of the plaque below. Hensley Meulens is in the lower right.<br />
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Here is a closeup of 2016's
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<br />Jason Presleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13543465200431539036noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-533857780697712895.post-66408814565335264092016-05-25T16:48:00.002-05:002021-09-03T16:08:56.781-05:00Ralston Purina 1987 Collectors' Edition<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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1987 saw a ramping up by a variety of companies using baseball cards as an enticement for purchasing their product. Popcorn, breakfast cereal, iced tea and even the big mac & cheese lobby would get into the baseball card printing act. Three years after their "First Annual" card set, the Ralston Purina Company produced a new set of 15 cards, in packs of three, buried in specially marked boxes of regular and vanilla Cookie-Crisp, and the less well known test run of Honey Graham Chex. <br />
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Along with the cards was an instant win card for a "Win A Hero For A Day" contest. There were apparently separate contest for Cookie Crisp and for Honey Graham Chex as the prize enumerations are different on each box. From the Cookie Crisp rules, the grand prize being a visit from "a baseball hero" to your school or a Little League game. Other prizes were 500 Rawlings gloves; 1,000 personalized Louisville Slugger bats; 10,000 Rawlings baseballs and 100,000 complete uncut sheets of the card set. From the Honey Graham Chex rules, the grand prize being a visit from "a
baseball hero" to your school or a Little League game (meaning there were actually two chances at this). The other prizes
were 100 Rawlings gloves; 200 personalized Louisville Slugger bats; 500 Rawlings baseballs and 25,000 complete uncut sheets of the card
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As mentioned in an <a href="http://clydes-stalecards.blogspot.com/2014/11/winfield-in-round-with-corners-part-4.html" target="_blank">earlier post</a>, lots of sets produced by Michael Schechter Associates (MSA) for various companies were also available in poster or sheet form as a mail-in offer. If you weren't lucky enough to win one of the 125,000 posters, you could purchase one by sending in two non-winning game cards and $1 to Ralston Purina. One has to wonder if the posters available for purchase came from the 125,000 instant win stash, or if there was a separate run of posters just for that. I have to think it was all the same print run as I can't imagine Ralston Purina really thinking they would have to redeem 125,000 posters and still have people ordering more.<br />
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As with all of the previous MSA uncut sheets, a variation of the card set was introduced as collectors began to chop up the sheets into individual cards. The actual cards were printed on gray cardstock, similar to that used for the cereal boxes. The posters were printed on a lighter, beige cardstock and were missing the "1987 COLLECTORS' EDITION" wording on the left side of the crossed bats on front. So, again, not a "RARE VARIATION", just a piece of a chopped-up poster.<br />
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An interesting bit of text on the side of the box partially reveals the print run for this set. The official rules for the promotion says of the prizes, "A total of 111,501 instant win prizes are available to be won in 3 million boxes of Cookie Crisp brand cereal." It then goes on to list the prizes, totals and odds of winning. As the cards were issued three per box, that means at least 9,000,000 cards were issued. Assuming all cards were issued in equal numbers, that puts each card at a print run of no less than 600,000 cards. The rules also mention that any unclaimed prizes would never be awarded, which invites the assumption that the unredeemed card sheets were eventually destroyed (assuming they didn't make it out the back door of the warehouse), so there are likely far fewer than the mentioned 100,000 sheets in circulation. And that's just including the cards issued with Cookie Crisp.<br />
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<b>[UPDATE - 25 May 2016]</b><br />
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I finally found a Honey Graham Chex box and, as suspected, it had a smaller run than Cookie Crisp. The official rules for the promotion says of the prizes, "A total of 25,801 instant win prizes are available to be won in 1 million boxes of Honey Graham Chex brand cereal." It then goes on to list the prizes, totals
and odds of winning. As the cards were issued three per box, that
means at least 3,000,000 more cards were issued to cover the Chex production run. Assuming all cards were
issued in equal numbers, that puts each card at a print run of no less
than 200,000 cards each.<br />
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Combining the two products therefore gives us a total print run of actual cards as 800,000 per card and 125,000 posters.<br />
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Both sets and uncut sheets are still readily available for cheap on eBay, usually under $10, though the Honey Graham Chex poster seems to be far less available than the Cookie Crisp, which stands to reason as only 1/4th as many were printed. The checklist is as follows:<br />
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<td width="50">Card #</td>
<td width="180">Player</td>
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<td>1</td>
<td>Nolan Ryan</td>
<td>Houston Astros</td>
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<td>2</td>
<td>Steve Garvey</td>
<td>San Diego Padres</td>
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<td>3</td>
<td>Wade Boggs</td>
<td>Boston Red Sox</td>
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<td>4</td>
<td>Dave Winfield</td>
<td>New York Yankees</td>
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<td>5</td>
<td>Don Mattingly</td>
<td>New York Yankees</td>
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<td>6</td>
<td>Don Sutton</td>
<td>California Angels</td>
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<td>7</td>
<td>Dave Parker</td>
<td>Cincinnati Reds</td>
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<td>8</td>
<td>Eddie Murray</td>
<td>Baltimore Orioles</td>
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<td>9</td>
<td>Gary Carter</td>
<td>New York Mets</td>
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<td>10</td>
<td>Roger Clemens</td>
<td>Boston Red Sox</td>
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<td>11</td>
<td>Fernando Valenzuela</td>
<td>Los Angeles Dodgers</td>
</tr>
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<td>12</td>
<td>Cal Ripken Jr.</td>
<td>Baltimore Orioles</td>
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<td>13</td>
<td>Ozzie Smith</td>
<td>St. Louis Cardinals</td>
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<td>14</td>
<td>Mike Schmidt</td>
<td>Philadelphia Phillies</td>
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<td>15</td>
<td>Ryne Sandberg</td>
<td>Chicago Cubs </td>
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Houston Astros<br />
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2015<br />
For 2015, the Astros produced a very nice, clean design for their photo cards featuring a mix of current and former players. Some cards have uniform numbers, some don't. The back is mostly black with a phone number to call for Astros game tickets.<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyJgnqP9kP-qtUcYxZkyXYdr9i93Oi1hwT8k5EofNYACzeSDVQqQfDKiDg8zbZf6E7C0kGlGYUVGesAvRoJ2Uca_5-qqRfxnIoGRPocxgl1O4KyBzsapoXkYdxAeCGvj-HOqKakrcrc9k/s773/2015AstrosPhotocard.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="773" data-original-width="705" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyJgnqP9kP-qtUcYxZkyXYdr9i93Oi1hwT8k5EofNYACzeSDVQqQfDKiDg8zbZf6E7C0kGlGYUVGesAvRoJ2Uca_5-qqRfxnIoGRPocxgl1O4KyBzsapoXkYdxAeCGvj-HOqKakrcrc9k/s320/2015AstrosPhotocard.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div>0 L.J. Hoes</div><div>
6 Jake Marsnick<br />
9 Marwin Gonzalez<br />
11 Evan Gattis<br />
12 Max Stassi<br />
19 Robbie Grossman<br />
21 John Singleton <br />
27 Jose Altuve<br />
28 John Singleton<br />
37 Pat Neshek</div><div>50 Chad Qualls<br />
66 Kevin Chapman<br />
NNO Mark Appel <br />
NNO A.J. Hinch<br />
NNO Art Howe<br />
NNO John Hudek<br />
NNO Colin Moran<br />
NNO J.R. Richard<br />
NNO Asher Wojciechowski<br />
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2016<br />
The Astros marketing folks spiced up the cards a bit for 2016, putting the players' names in an orange banner across the bottom of the card.<br />
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6 Jake Marsnick <br />
12 Max Stassi<br />
27 Jose Altuve <br />
31 Colin McHugh<br />
43 Lance McCullers <br />
53 Ken Giles<br />
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Philadelphia Phillies<br />
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2016<br />
The Phillies have been producing these 4"x 6" cards for years, usually as complete sets as stadium giveaways or for purchase at the merchandise stand. As with most years, this set is fairly comprehensive, weighing in at 40 cards, including coaches.<br />
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2 Tyler Goeddel<br />
3 David Lough<br />
4 Andres Blanco<br />
5 Steve Henderson (coach)<br />
6 Ryan Howard<br />
7 Maikel Franco<br />
8 Juan Samuel (coach)<br />
9 John McLaren (coach)<br />
10 Larry Bowa (coach)<br />
12 Mickey Morandini (coach)<br />
13 Freddy Galvis<br />
15 Emmanuel Burriss<br />
16 Cesar Hernandez<br />
17 Peter Bourjos<br />
18 Darin Ruff<br />
22 Bob McClure (coach)<br />
24 Darnell Sweeney<br />
25 Cody Asche<br />
27 Aaron Nola<br />
28 Vince Velasquez<br />
29 Cameron Rupp<br />
30 David Hernandez<br />
33 Rick Kranitz (coach)<br />
34 Brett Oberholtzer<br />
37 Odubel Herrera<br />
38 Andrew Bailey<br />
39 Adam Morgan<br />
40 James Russell<br />
44 Edward Mujica<br />
45 Pete Mackanin (manager)<br />
46 Jeanmar Gomez<br />
47 Charlie Morton<br />
48 Jerad Eickhoff<br />
51 Carlos Ruiz<br />
53 Daniel Stumpf<br />
57 Luis Garcia<br />
58 Jeremy Hellickson<br />
62 Bobby LaFramboise<br />
94 Dalier Hinojosa<br />
NNO Phillie Phanatic<br />
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Baltimore Orioles<br />
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2016<br />
The Orioles also continue to issue a set of oversized 3.5"x 5" photo cards. The cards look nearly identical to the previous few years.<br />
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</div>Jason Presleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13543465200431539036noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-533857780697712895.post-62467339108898969592016-05-16T18:50:00.000-05:002016-05-16T18:50:37.998-05:001984 Greensboro Hornets Team Photo Once again, a chance eBay search strikes gold for one of my player collections. I had no idea this existed, but I am now the proud owner of a 1984 Greensboro Hornets team photo, likely a stadium giveaway, sponsored by Goodys, makers of what are purported to be fine headache powders. It measures 8"x 10" and is printed in color on thin, glossy paper.<br />
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In 1984, Greensboro was a Single-A affiliate of the New York Yankees in the South Atlantic League. Of course, I picked this beauty up because a very young Roberto Kelly is featured in the second row, but as it happens, he is sitting right next to a young Cuban pitching prospect, one Osvaldo Canseco.<br />
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There are a handful of other players in the photo that managed to reach the majors, to include Mitch Lyden, Brad Arnsberg, Bill Fulton and Mike Armstrong, and coach Bob Veale. Also pictured, in the fourth row is current, beleaguered manager of the Atlanta Braves, Fredi Gonzalez, and in the second row, peaking over Ozzie cap is none other than Steve George. <br />
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"Steve who," you say? <br />
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Steve George!<br />
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This guy, masquerading as Al Leiter on a 1988 Topps card:<br />
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