There were five major manufacturers with sets out in May 1991. Donruss, Fleer, Score, Topps and Upper Deck. Three of them bought full page color ads in this issue of Tuff Stuff. Here are the questions:
1) Which two manufacturers did not place a full page ad in this issue?
2) Which manufacturer's ad took up three pages?
3) Which ad did not use a superstar autograph to promote their product in the ad?
Bay Rat North West is currently in the lead with one trivia point.
Here's the pack:

620 Stodd Tottlemyre 5¢
614 Dave Valle 5¢
608 Manny Trillo 5¢
602 Mike LaCoss 5¢
597 Scott Medvin 5¢
586 Van Snider 5¢
592 Jeff Blauser 5¢
583 Andy Hawkins 5¢
634 Dante Bichette 10¢
361 Marvin Freeman 5¢
625 Ernie Riles 5¢
619 Adam Peterson 5¢
607 Terry Clark 5¢
613 Kevin Brown 5¢
500 Checklist 2¢
Total Book Value: 77¢
Wow, that was... ugly. I counted Dante Bichette's rookie as a minor star and I was being extremely generous. Dante wouldn't break out with the Rockies for a few years yet. About half of the pack consists of double printed cards to boot. On the bright side, the checklist card was the one to get waxed up. Here's the three 'best' cards from the pack:
Dante Bichette RC

Kevin Brown

Van Snider

Tomorrow's pack is 1990 Score. It will be posted at 9:00pm sharp. You can still make your guess on the pack rankings, but it's a one point penalty until the Score pack is posted, then it becomes a two point penalty. that one point loss might have helped out those people who picked '89 Donruss #1 though. Also: don't forget to answer the trivia questions and the vote in the box break poll up top.
Trivia Answers:
Question 1: Topps and Donruss did not have a full page ad in the magazine. I didn't even see a small ad for either, but I might have missed it. Score had a Mantle lovefest though, something Topps would replicate 15 years later.



Bay Rat North West: 1
Chris Harris: 1
Night Owl: .5
Another pack and question(s) will be up tomorrow night at 9:00.
10 comments:
Wow, that was all kinds of ugly.
More guessery (I was out of college by '91):
Question one: Topps and Fleer
Question two: Upper Deck
Question three: Score
1 Topps and Fleer
2 Upper Deck
3 Donruss
Just a side note, I absolutely LOVED '89 Donruss when it came out. I thought the design and sharp photography on the cards were absolutely gorgeous and I enjoyed feverishly ripping through packs as a kid.
that Blauser card is worth a buck... easy.
Also, if anyone needs/wants to trade '89 Donruss, I'm your guy...
Night Owl got question 2 right for the half point.
Questions 1 and 3 are still wide open.
1: Score and Donruss
3: Topps
I have so many 89 Donruss cards that it makes me cry myself to sleep at night.
1) Topps and D'Russ
2) Fleer
Chris got 'em... good job!
I believe the Dante Bichette photo was taken in Palm Springs where the Angels used to have Spring Training, for anyone out there who cares about such obscure, worthless knowledge. I remember that park - tin stands in Palm Springs. This is why no minor league team ever lasted there, because it would be like 145 degrees to sit there and watch a Cal League game. Later, the defunct Palm Springs Suns failed to observe history and made the same stupid mistake. They later relocated to Oxnard and went out of business, leaving the team bus stranded in the parking lot for several years after they skipped town. But at least they sold Ariel Prieto to the A's.
hey dayf - can you send me that van snider card with the other stuff? it's a nice dodger stadium shot!
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