IF THINGS WORK OUT RIGHT I'LL BE AT A CARD SHOW WHEN THIS POST GOES UP. IF THINGS DON'T WORK OUT RIGHT I'LL BE BLOWING THE LAST CHANCE I HAVE TO GO THIS YEAR. NO PRESSURE, ME. THANKFULLY I STILL HAVE AN ABSOLUTE PILE OF CARDS I CAN SHOW OFF FOR THE NEXT SIX MONTHS, SHOW OR NO SHOW. ON WITH THE SHOW
1994-95 UPPER DECK MCDONALDS PATRICK ROY
CATEGORY - SUPERSTAR, SHINY
THIS CARD JUST MIGHT BE THE QUINTESSENTIAL DIME BOX GEM. AN EXTREMELY SHINY ODDBALL FOOD-ISSUE CARD OF A LEGIT SUPERSTAR THAT LOOKS GREAT BUT IS A LITTLE BANGED UP SO IT IS AVAILABLE AT A GOOD PRICE. WHEN I GOT THIS CARD IN HAND I WAS AMAZED BECAUSE IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS ETCHED LIKE A TOPPS CHROME CARD. I HAD NO IDEA UPPER DECK WAS USING THAT TECHNOLOGY ON HOLOFOIL CARDS IN 1994! TURNS OUT THEY WEREN'T, SOMEONE OUTLINED ROY IN WHAT APPEARS TO BE BALLPOINT PEN. I ONLY NOTICED WHEN I REALIZED THE OUTLINE AROUND PATRICK'S NAME WAS A LITTLE JANKY. THIS ONLY MAKES ME LIKE THE CARD EVEN MORE, NO ONE ELSE IN THE WORLD HAS AN ETCHED MCDONALDS ALL-STAR CARD OF PATRICK ROY. AT LEAST UNTIL ONE OF YOU PICKS UP A COPY AND DOES IT YOURSELF
1995-96 SKYBOX E-MOTION KEITH PRIMEAU X-CITED
CATEGORY - INSERT
I LOVE THE 1995 SKYBOX E-MOTION SETS AND WAS HAPPY TO FIND AN INSERT FROM THE SET. I'M NOT ENTIRELY CERTAIN WHAT THE THEME OF THIS SET IS BUT IT LOOKS NICE ENOUGH. I HAVE A BUNCH OF CARDS FROM THE BASEBALL, BASKETBALL AND HOCKEY VERSIONS OF THIS SET BUT I'M NOWHERE NEAR COMPLETING ANY OF THEM. MAYBE IT'S TIME FOR A NEW FRANKENSET
2003-04 UPPER DECK HONOR ROLL ED BELFOUR
CATEGORY - PLAYER COLLECTION
I HAD NO CARDS OF EDDIE IN A TORONTO UNIFORM AND I CORRECTED THAT OVERSIGHT. HONOR ROLL IS ONE OF THE MANY EARLY-00S BRANDS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN FORGOTTEN
1991 TOPPS FLIPPER ANDERSON, BARRY WORD 1000 YARD CLUB
CATEGORY - WANTLIST
THESE WERE THE LAST TWO 1991 1000 YEARD CLUB INSERTS I HAD SHOWING ON MY FOOTBALL WANTLIST BUT WHEN I PUT THE CARDS AWAY THERE ARE A LOT MORE MISSING FROM THE BOX SO NO COMPLETE SET PHOTO THIS TIME UNFORTUNATELY. ONCE I GET MY ACT TOGETHER AND FIND THE REST I'LL TRY TO SHOW IT OFF SOMEHOW
1991 DONRUSS TERRY PENDLETON MVP
CATEGORY - BRAVES, INSERT
I HAVE GOT TO GET MY BRAVES COLLECTION INTO SOME SORT OF ORDER. I AM 99% CERTAIN I HAVE THIS CARD ALREADY BUT WHO KNOWS WHERE IT IS. THIS WILL LIVE IN THE DONRUSS INSERT BOX IN THE MEANTIME. I STILL DON'T KNOW HOW TERRY WON THE MVP OVER BONDS BUT BARRY HAS LIKE SEVEN OTHER MVPS SO HE WON'T MISS THIS ONE
1993 FLEER ULTRA KEVIN YOUNG ALL ROOKIE
CATEGORY - INSERT
GOODNESS GRACIOUS THESE EARLY FLEER ULTRA INSERTS WERE SO DECADENT. LOOK AT THIS DESIGN, IT'S COMPLETE INSANITY. EVERYTHING IN EXCESS, THERE'S NO REASON FOR THIS CARD TO GO SO HARD BUT IT DID
IT EVEN HAS FOIL STAMPING ON THE BACK! ABSOLUTELY UNNECESSARY. FLEER JUST WENT ALL OUT IN THE 90S AND I LOVE THEM FOR IT
1993 PINNACLE STERLING HITCHCOCK TEAM 2001
CATEGORY - INSERT
STERLING HITCHCOCK IS A HELLUVA NAME. I HAVE A TON OF PINNACLE TEAM 2000 CARDS FROM 1992 AND YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THOSE LATER. THE FOLLOWUP TEAM 2001 CARDS, NOT SO MUCH. I'M NOT SURE IF THEY ARE MORE SCARCE THAN THE PREVIOUS YEAR'S SET OR IF I'VE JUST BEEN IGNORING THEM FOR DECADES BUT I NABBED THIS ONE TO TRY TO BEGIN CATCHING UP. THE THEME OF TEAM 2000 WAS A BUNCH OF YOUNG PLAYERS WHO WOULD STILL BE STARS IN THE YEAR 2000, SO I GUESS THEY JUST MOVED THE WINDOW THE NEXT YEAR. THERE IS NO TEAM 2002
THIS ONE HAS FOIL ON THE BACK TOO! THINGS WERE WILD BEFORE THE STRIKE BOOGERED EVERYTHING UP
2023 TOPPS MARCELL OZUNA
CATEGORY - BRAVES
BACK WHEN I PICKED UP THIS CARD MARCELL WAS HITTING LIKE .180 WITH THREE HOMERS AND EVERYONE WAS SCREAMING FOR HIM TO GET RELEASED. THEN THE GUY JUST WENT OUT AND HIT FORTY DINGERS SOMEHOW. OZUNA FROM THE BRAVES IS A BIT INFURIATING BUT I'M A LITTLE CLOSER TO THAT 2023 TEAM SET NOW
2022 CHRONICLES CRUSADE LUIS FRIAS
CATEGORY - CHRONICLES
AFTER BUYING A BUNCH OF CARDS TWICE I STARTED CATALOGUING ALL MY PICKUPS FROM THE SITE IN AN ATTEMPT TO CUT THAT OUT. WHEN LOGGING THIS ONE I ACCIDENTALLY TYPED IT OUT AS 'CHRONICLES - CRUSADE ARIAS' AND WHEN I GOT THE CARD I WAS BAFFLED TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO THIS FRIAS GUY WAS BEFORE I FIGURED IT OUT. DESPITE MY EFFORTS I STILL ALMOST BOUGHT A SECOND COPY OF THIS CARD LATER ON
2022 CHRONICLES CLASSICS JOSIAH GRAY
CATEGORY - CHRONICLES
JOSIAH PITCHED PRETTY WELL FOR A CRUMMY WASHINGTON TEAM THIS YEAR. BEST OF ALL, HE DIDN'T BEAT THE BRAVES. THESE CLASSICS DESIGNS ARE VERY APPEALING AND I'M CONSTANTLY TEMPTED TO PICK UP SOME FOOTBALL PACKS BUT I'VE HELD STRONG SO FAR
2021 MOSAIC MAX FRIED
CATEGORY - BRAVES
FINISHING UP THE BATCH WITH A SHINY MAXIMILLIAN CARD. HE'S PROBABLY SIGNING A GIGANTIC CONTRACT WITH AN L.A. TEAM IN 2025 BUT I SHALL ENJOY HIS PITCHERY UNTIL THEN. I STILL HAVEN'T FIGURED OUT WHERE MOSAIC FITS IN THE PANINI PECKING ORDER. PRISM IS OBVIOUSLY THE KING, AND OPTIC IS CLOSE BEHIND BUT MOSAIC ALWAYS SEEMS TO BE IN THE JUNK PILES. IT SEEMS TO ME TO BE THE RED HEADED STEPCHILD OF CHROMIUM CARDS LIKE BOWMAN PLATINUM OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THE SETS ARE MASSIVE TOO, WHO'S COLLECTING THESE THINGS
UP NEXT: MAYBE A LITTLE CURVEBALL? IF NOT JUST MORE HOCKEY AND CHRONICLES AND ASSORTED JUNK
3 comments:
That Gray Classics looks like you melded Star and Donruss.
Yep it does seem Mosaic is the third tier on the Panini Chrome scale. As if fans devoured Prism and then Optic but then were too full of Chrome by the time Mosaic was put on the table.
A. Nice one of a kind Roy.
B. I don't really seek out Mosaic baseball... but I do love their colored football parallels. Some really gorgeous cards.
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