Hobby Archaeology: 1994 Chicago Tribune Cubs Scrapbook

    After a decade, the Chicago Tribune brought back their Cubs Scrapbook feature for the 1994 season.  As with the 1984 series, these were presented in full color, but this time came four to page.   As with the White Sox set, no real announcement was made beyond the bit to the right that was on the first page pf the sports section the day following the end of the Sox set.  Oddly, it says the "first of eight" even though there were 32 "posters" printed in the series.  The set ran from April 19th - May 2nd.

Hobby Archaeology: 1994 Chicago Tribune Sox Scrapbook

     After a decade, the Chicago Tribune brought back their Scrapbook feature for the 1994 season, and actually ran scrapbooks for three of the city's five professional teams, the Bulls, Cubs and White Sox. The Sox series began with very little fanfare.  No announcement was made in the preceding days, so the first mention is on the top of page one of the April 5th sports section.

As with the 1984 series, these were presented in full color, but this time came four to page, on the back page of the sports section.  Unlike previous years, these weren't explicitly printed with clipping in mind, as they had no dotted lines or distinct borders.

The set ran from April 5th - 18th. 

Here is the checklist:

5 April - Jack McDowell, Roberto Hernandez, Ron Karkovice, Darrin Jackson

6 April - Ozzie Guillen, Alex Fernandez, Joey Cora, Lance Johnson

7 April - Tim Raines, Julio Franco, Kirk McCaskill, Wilson Alvarez

11 April - Robin Ventura, Jason Bere, Paul Assenmacher, Mike LaValliere

12 April - Frank Thomas, Dan Pasqua, Craig Grebek, Scott Sanderson

13 April - Joe Hall, Dennis Cook, Gene Lamont (manager), Joe Nossek (coach)

14 April - Jose DeLeon, Scott Ruffcorn, Jackie Brown (coach), Doug Masolino (coach)

18 April - Warren Newson, Steve Sax, Tom Bevington (coach), Walt Hriniak (coach)

I couldn't find a color image, so here is an example page from Newspapers.com.

April 7 White Sox Scrapbook page

Hobby Archaelogy: 1994 Ingles Atlanta Braves stickers

 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.

Here is the full page advertiement posted in the 15 July 1994 Asheville Citizen-Times, from Asheville, North Carolina:

Braves Posters & Sticker Cards 15 Jul 1994, Fri Asheville Citizen-Times (Asheville, North Carolina) Newspapers.com

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.  

The checklist is as follows:

Week 1 - Tom Glavine / Ryan Klesko / Kent Mercker

Week 2 - Fred McGriff / Jeff Blauser / Bill Pecota

Week 3 - Steve Avery / Mark Wohlers / Javier Lopez

Week 4 - Mark Lemke / Greg Maddux / Tony Tarasco

Week 5 - John Smoltz / David Justice / Mike Stanton

Week 6 - Roberto Kelly / Terry Pendleton / Greg McMichael

The individual stickers are unnumbered.

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.

The checklist has been added, both as singles and panels, at TCDB:

https://www.tcdb.com/ViewSet.cfm/sid/337498/1994-Ingles-Atlanta-Braves-Stickers

Tucson Jones Photo update

     While working on another project, I saw that one of the digital newspaper archive sites I subscribe to has the Arizona Daily Star, 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.

From the 16 June 1992 Arizona Daily Star

From the 13 June 1995 Arizona Daily Star

From the 14 May 1996 Arizona Daily Star

     This is the status of the Jones Photo Toros and Sidewinders sets, for the moment.

1987 (24 photos)
1988 (24 photos)
1989 (27 photos)
1990 (unconfirmed)
1991 (partial, 8 confirmed)
1992 (evidence found)
1993 (partial, 17 confirmed)
1994 (partial, 5 confirmed)
1995 (evidence found)
1996 (partial, 12 confirmed)
1997 (partial, 22 confirmed)
1998 (partial, 21 confirmed)
1999 (at least 25 photos, 10 confirmed)

Ralston Purina 1987 Collectors' Edition

     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.

     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 set.

     As mentioned in an earlier post, 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.

1987 Cookie Crisp Limited Edition Collectors' Sheet

1987 Honey Graham Chex Limited Edition Collectors' Sheet

     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.

     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.

[UPDATE - 25 May 2016]

     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.

    Combining the two products therefore gives us a total print run of actual cards as 800,000 per card and 125,000 posters.

     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:

Card #	Player	Team
1	Nolan Ryan	Houston Astros
2	Steve Garvey	San Diego Padres
3	Wade Boggs	Boston Red Sox
4	Dave Winfield	New York Yankees
5	Don Mattingly	New York Yankees
6	Don Sutton	California Angels
7	Dave Parker	Cincinnati Reds
8	Eddie Murray	Baltimore Orioles
9	Gary Carter	New York Mets
10	Roger Clemens	Boston Red Sox
11	Fernando Valenzuela	Los Angeles Dodgers
12	Cal Ripken Jr.	Baltimore Orioles
13	Ozzie Smith	St. Louis Cardinals
14	Mike Schmidt	Philadelphia Phillies
15	Ryne Sandberg	Chicago Cubs

1987 Smokey Bear 38th Annual Fresno Hot Stove League Dinner

 

     Returning to the "I've never heard of that set" department, I present this set from 1987, apparently sponsored by the U.S. Forest Service and presumably handed out at the 38th Annual Fresno Hot Stove League Dinner.  The Fresno Hot Stove League Dinner, now officially the Hot Stove Gala, began in 1948, started by a gentleman by the name of Al Radka, as a fundraiser for local charities.  1990 was the first interruption after 41 years, when the function was cancelled on account of the expense of bringing in big name players (who had donated their time in years past).

     In 2003, the Fresno Grizzlies brought it back and established the Al Radka Award to bestowe on individuals who have made important contributions to local Fresno sports.  The 55th Annual event was just held this past February, with Tony DeFrancesco, manager of the 2015 Triple-A National Champion Fresno Grizzlies as the guest speaker.

     These cards are 4"x 6", feature black and white photos and fire prevention tips (or cheesy slogans) on the back in the form of cartoons.  The design is very similar to the 1987 Fire Prevention Team set which featured a much more prominent line-up of contemporary All-Stars.  For this set, it appears some, if not all, of the photos have been recycled from other cards or publicity photos.  The Rudy May photo was clearly copied from the 1983 Yankees Photo Album.

     The set is almost entirely comprised of players from West Coast teams or those simply from the West Coast, namely Rex Hudler, who wouldn't play in California until joining the Angels in 1994, but had been a local Fresno high school standout and Ron Robinson, who would never play on the West Coast, but was drafted out of Woodlake High School in Woodlake, California (about an hour southeast of Fresno).  This set caught my eye because it included a previously unknown (to me) card of Dave Henderson.  While Hendu is shown in a Boston cap, at the time of the Dinner, he had already been traded from Boston to San Francisco, granted free agency, and signed by Oakland.

     As of this posting, copies of the set are still available on eBay.  The checklist is currently assumed to be complete.  Scans of all cards are available at the Trading Card Database.

Smokey Bear

Mike Aldrete

Chris Codiroli

Dave Henderson

Rick Honeycutt

Rex Hudler

Reggie Jackson

Wally Joyner

Bill Krueger

Don Larsen

Rudy May

Bob Melvin

Tom Niedenfuer

Ron Robinson

Steve Sax

Dave Stewart

Franklin Stubbs

Jim Wohlford

Hobby Archaeology: 1983 Chicago Tribune White Sox Scrapbook

     1983 saw the Chicago Tribune issue another scrapbook series, this time for the White Sox.  The set was announced on page 17 of the September 11th Sports section, opposite a big article on hot hitting Sox rookie Ron Kittle.  Taking up the whole of the Focus page, the last page of the Sports section on weekdays, these scrapbook "cards" were large at three to a page.  At least for the first six installments, after which they were issued one per page on no apparent fixed schedule.  The set ran from 13 September to 1 October.

     Each entry included a fairly full biographical profile, abbreviated statistics through the previous day's game, a head shot and an action shot.

Hobby Archaeology: 1984 Chicago Tribune Cubs Scrapbook

     In 1984, the Chicago Tribune produced yet another series of "cards" for the Cubs.  The set was announced on the front page of the September 5th issue, to appear "intermittently" on the Focus page, which was the last page of the Sports section. This time around, rather than stringing them out one or two players per issue, they issued the set in full pages spread across five seemingly random issues from September 5th to 2 October, as the Cubs were making their push toward the post-season.

     The other big change with this issue is that the cards were presented in full color, and designed in a way such that the cut-out card can be folded in half to create a "card" with a front and a back.  The set introduction recommends folding the cut-outs around a piece of heavy paper or cardboard and gluing it in place to make them more card-like.

Washington Nationals Inside Pitch Program Cards

     In these days of exclusive licensing deals, the "oddball" card has become something of an endangered species.  Gone are the sets issued with food products or the small boxed sets from drug stores and discount retailers.  About all we have left in the way of oddballs are the occasional sets issued by the teams themselves.   The Washington Nationals were one such team.

     From 2009 to 2014, the Nationals issued a pair of cards bound into their Inside Pitch game programs.  For each of those six seasons, the Nationals issued twelve programs resulting in a total of 24 cards each year.  Given that 2009 is Volume 2, I would not at all be surprised to learn that cards were issued in 2008's Volume 1, but so far I have found no evidence.  Also, in 2009, it seems the cards may have been inserted randomly and not sequentially as in later years.  As a result, I am not 100% confident in the numbering below.

     Someone asked about a few of these cards over on SportsCardForum.com and, as I started researching, I was surprised to find no other blog had covered these cards.  To fix that, I'm going to post what I found here and enlist the rest of you to help fill in the gaps.   If you can help out with additions or corrections, please drop me a line in the comments.

2009

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Number	Name	Issue*
1	Elijah Dukes	Vol. 2, #1
2	Ronnie Belliard	Vol. 2, #1
3	Willie Harris	Vol. 2, #2
4	Ryan Zimmerman	Vol. 2, #2
5	Anderson Hernandez	Vol. 2, #3
6	Cristian Guzman	Vol. 2, #3
7	Austin Kearns	Vol. 2, #4
8	Ronnie Belliard	Vol. 2, #4
9	Jose Flores	Vol. 2, #5
10	John Lannan	Vol. 2, #5
11	Joel Hanrahan	Vol. 2, #6
12	Saul Rivera	Vol. 2, #6
13	Adam Dunn	Vol. 2, #7
14	Tyler Clippard	Vol. 2, #7
15	Josh Willingham	Vol. 2, #8
16	Sean Burnett	Vol. 2, #8
17	Nyger Morgan	Vol. 2, #9
18	Josh Bard	Vol. 2, #9
19	Wil Nieves	Vol. 2, #10
20	Mike MacDougal	Vol. 2, #10
21		Vol. 2, #11
22		Vol. 2, #11
23		Vol. 2, #12
24		Vol. 2, #12

*I'm not entirely sure the card pairings to issue numbers were consistent in the first year.  It is entirely possible the set was released jumbled throughout the year, rather than sequentially.

2010

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Number	Name	Issue
1	John Lannan	Vol. 3, #1
2	Ivan Rodriguez	Vol. 3, #1
3	Adam Dunn	Vol. 3, #2
4	Ryan Zimmerman	Vol. 3, #2
5	Tyler Clippard	Vol. 3, #3
6	Willie Harris	Vol. 3, #3
7	Livan Hernandez	Vol. 3, #4
8	Tyler Moore	Vol. 3, #4
9	Stephen Strasburg	Vol. 3, #5
10	Drew Storen	Vol. 3, #5
11	Ian Desmond	Vol. 3, #6
12	Cristian Guzman	Vol. 3, #6
13	Matt Capps	Vol. 3, #7
14	Nyjer Morgan	Vol. 3, #7
15	Roger Bernadina	Vol. 3, #8
16	Michael Morse	Vol. 3, #8
17	Wil Nieves	Vol. 3, #9
18	Miguel Batista	Vol. 3, #9
19	Drew Storen	Vol. 3, #10
20	Ian Desmond	Vol. 3, #10
21	Roger Bernadina	Vol. 3, #11
22	Stephen Strasburg	Vol. 3, #11
23	Danny Espinosa	Vol. 3, #12
24	Wilson Ramos	Vol. 3, #12

2011

2011 New Era Inside Pitch Washington Nationals #3 - Wilson Ramos

Number	Name	Issue
1	Livan Hernandez	Vol. 4, #1
2	Ivan Rodriguez	Vol. 4, #1
3	Ian Desmond	Vol. 4, #2
4	Jayson Werth	Vol. 4, #2
5	Adam LaRoche	Vol. 4, #3
6	Ryan Zimmerman	Vol. 4, #3
7	Rick Ankiel	Vol. 4, #4
8	Drew Storen	Vol. 4, #4
9	Laynce Nix	Vol. 4, #5
10	Tom Gorzelanny	Vol. 4, #5
11	Jerry Hairston	Vol. 4, #6
12	Todd Coffey	Vol. 4, #6
13	Michael Morse	Vol. 4, #7
14	Jason Marquis	Vol. 4, #7
15	Ryan Zimmerman	Vol. 4, #8
16	Danny Espinosa	Vol. 4, #8
17	Wilson Ramos	Vol. 4, #9
18	Tyler Clippard	Vol. 4, #9
19	Alex Cora	Vol. 4, #10
20	John Lannan	Vol. 4, #10
21	Jesus Flores	Vol. 4, #11
22	Stephen Strasburg	Vol. 4, #11
23	Chris Marrero	Vol. 4, #12
24	Tom Milone	Vol. 4, #12

2012

Number	Name	Issue
1	Stephen Strasburg	Vol. 5, #1
2	Ryan Zimmerman	Vol. 5, #1
3	Brad Lidge	Vol. 5, #2
4	Adam LaRoche	Vol. 5, #2
5	Jesus Flores	Vol. 5, #3
6	Ian Desmond	Vol. 5, #3
7	Bryce Harper	Vol. 5, #4
8	Tyler Moore	Vol. 5, #4
9	Craig Stammen	Vol. 5, #5
10	Michael Morse	Vol. 5, #5
11	Ross Detwiler	Vol. 5, #6
12	Steve Lombardozzi	Vol. 5, #6
13	Gio Gonzalez	Vol. 5, #7
14	Jhonatan Solano	Vol. 5, #7
15	Sean Burnett	Vol. 5, #8
16	Roger Bernadina	Vol. 5, #8
17	Edwin Jackson	Vol. 5, #9
18	Drew Storen	Vol. 5, #9
19	Ryan Matheus	Vol. 5, #10
20	Jayson Werth	Vol. 5, #10
21	Danny Espinosa	Vol. 5, #11
22	Kurt Suzuki	Vol. 5, #11
23	Tyler Clippard	Vol. 5, #12
24	Jordan Zimmerman	Vol. 5, #12

2013

Number	Name	Issue
1	Davey Johnson	Vol. 6, #1
2	Danny Espinosa	Vol. 6, #1
3	Ian Desmond	Vol. 6, #2
4	Chad Tracy	Vol. 6, #2
5	Jayson Werth	Vol. 6, #3
6	Ross Detwiler	Vol. 6, #3
7	Stephen Strasburg	Vol. 6, #4
8	Rafael Soriano	Vol. 6, #4
9	Jordan Zimmerman	Vol. 6, #5
10	Kurt Suzuki	Vol. 6, #5
11	Ryan Zimmerman	Vol. 6, #6
12	Craig Stammen	Vol. 6, #6
13	Bryce Harper	Vol. 6, #7
14	Tyler Clippard	Vol. 6, #7
15	Jordan Zimmerman	Vol. 6, #8
16	Kurt Suzuki	Vol. 6, #8
17	Gio Gonzalez	Vol. 6, #9
18	Roger Bernadina	Vol. 6, #9
19	Anthony Rendon	Vol. 6, #10
20	Wilson Ramos	Vol. 6, #10
21	Ryan Zimmerman	Vol. 6, #11
22	Ian Krol	Vol. 6, #11
23	Dan Haren	Vol. 6, #12
24	Drew Storen	Vol. 6, #12

2014

Number	Name	Issue
1	Matt Williams	Vol. 7, #1
2	Tyler Clippard	Vol. 7, #1
3	Bryce Harper	Vol. 7, #2
4	Ross Detwiler	Vol. 7, #2
5	Adam LaRoche	Vol. 7, #3
6	Taylor Jordan	Vol. 7, #3
7	Anthony Rendon	Vol. 7, #4
8	Tanner Roark	Vol. 7, #4
9	Rafael Soriano	Vol. 7, #5
10	Drew Storen	Vol. 7, #5
11	Jordan Zimmerman	Vol. 7, #6
12	Kevin Frandsen	Vol. 7, #6
13	Jayson Werth	Vol. 7, #7
14	Danny Espinosa	Vol. 7, #7
15	Denard Span	Vol. 7, #8
16	Jose Lobaton	Vol. 7, #8
17	Ryan Zimmerman	Vol. 7, #9
18	Jerry Blevins	Vol. 7, #9
19	Stephen Strasburg	Vol. 7, #10
20	Racing Presidents	Vol. 7, #10
21	Wilson Ramos	Vol. 7, #11
22	Gio Gonzalez	Vol. 7, #11
23	Doug Fister	Vol. 7, #12
24	Ian Desmond	Vol. 7, #12

Mother's Cookies Dave Henderson (1984 - 1993)

In Memoriam
David Lee Henderson

1958-2015

1984 Mother's Cookies Seattle Mariners #3

  

1985 Mother's Cookies Seattle Mariners #4

  

1986 Mother's Cookies Seattle Mariners #4

  

1988 Mother's Cookies Oakland Athletcs #14

  

1989 Mother's Cookies Oakland Athletics #13

 

1990 Mother's Cookies Oakland Athletics #18

  

1991 Mother's Cookies Oakland Athletics #18

  

1992 Mother's Cookies Oakland Athletics #18

  

1993 Mother's Cookies Oakland Athletics #9

Thank you, Hendu, for all the smiles!

Hobby Archaeology: 1979-1983 Coral-Lee Postcards

     The semi-recognized nature of the 1979-83 Coral-Lee Postcard set has bugged me for awhile. Mainly what bothered me was the seemingly random ordering of the checklist by Beckett. Oddly, Beckett no longer includes this set in their database at Beckett.com.

Here is what the checklist looked like as of the 2004 Beckett Almanac:

1 Dave Lopes
2 Billy Martin MG
3 Willie Mays / Ronald Reagan PRES / Ed Stack
4 Pete Rose /issued in 1979
5 George Steinbrenner OWN / Billy Margin MG / Reggie Jackson / Thurman Munson
6 Fernando Valenzuela / Jose Lopes Portillo PRES / Nancy Reagan
7 Dave Winfield /UER Name spelled Windfield
8 Carl Yastrzemski / Jimmy Carter PRES
9 Bobby Grich /Card numbered as number 8 on back
10 Reggie Jackson
11 Joe Morgan /Phillies
17 Lou Piniella /Batting

     According to Beckett, they just listed the cards alphabetically, which is clearly not the case. After browsing around eBay for about 5 minutes, it also becomes clear that this is not a single set, but a mish-mash of multiple sets stuffed under a single heading. Coral-Lee Postcards were issued for a very wide variety of subjects, sports just being a minor component of that. However, judging from the backs of the cards above, all but three of them were part of a specific C/L Sports set that had their own numbering, while those three in question were from two other sets entirely. And it's odd that they actually numbered Piniella as #17 (the actual number on the card) instead of 12.

     The first Standard Catalog edition I own that recognizes the set is from 2005 and didn't make quite the hash of it as did Beckett. According to SCD, cards 14 and higher are all larger format 4"x 6" while all the rest measure 3.5"x 5.5". It could be the 'C' indicates the larger cards. The SCD checklist is missing cards 13 & 17, but still includes the two 'Reagan set' cards as #69 (Mays) and #81 (Valenzuela).

In an hour or so, I've reconstructed the C/L Sports checklist as follows:

1 Pete Rose (Phillies)
2 Davey Lopes (Dodgers)
3 Dave Winfield (Yankees)
4 Billy Martin (Oakland)
5 Billy Martin / George Steinbrenner / Thurman Munson / Reggie Jackson
6 Reggie Jackson (Angels)
7 Bruce Kison (Angels)
8 Bobby Grich (Angels)
9 Rod Carew (Angels)
10 Tommy John (Angels)
11 Dick Howser
12 George Brett
13 Brooks Robinson
14-C Cal Ripken Jr.
15-C Carl Yastrzemski
16-C Joe Morgan (Phillies)
17-C Lou Piniella (Yankees)
18-C Graig Nettles (Yankees)
19-C Lyle Alzado (Raiders)
20-C Dan Marino (Dolphins)
21-C Cliff Branch (Raiders)
22-C Don Shula / Dan Marino (Dolphins)
23-C Joe Theismann (Redskins)
24-C John Riggins (49ers)
25-C Jim Plunkett (Raiders)
26-C Marcus Allen (Raiders)
27-C Joe Montana (49ers)
28-C Joe Namath (Jets)


     I'm not sure if this is complete, but I have completely re-worked the baseball checklist in the Inventory Manager over at SportsCardForum.com. The presence of the later football cards makes it clear this was intended as a multi-sport set and not just baseball.

     Of the three oddball cards, the Willie Mays and Fernando Valenzuela cards actually belong to a larger set about Ronald Reagan. The Carl Yastrzemski postcard is listed as "CL-LTD. SER#100/57" and seems to come from a Jimmy Carter postcard set.