2023 COMC BINGE - PART 6: FULL DECK

WE'RE ON THE SECOND BATCH OF COMC PICKUPS NOW WHERE WE HAVE STUFF I WANTED TO TARGET BUT WASN'T QUITE SOMETHING THAT I WAS GOING TO INSTA-BUY THE MOMENT THE SALE STARTED. THE FIRST HALF OF THIS BATCH WERE SET-COMPLETING CARDS FOR INSERTS AND SOME SMALLER ODDBALL SETS. TODAY'S CARD HAD ELUDED ME FOR THIRTY YEARS

1993 UPPER DECK CECIL FIELDER ON DECK

I'VE BEEN SLOWLY WORKING ON MY 1993 UPPER DECK INSERTS COLLECTION FOR A WHILE NOW AND HAD MANAGED TO COMPLETE FOUR OF THE SETS BY THE TIME OF THE SALE. I KNOCKED OUT THE THEN AND NOW SET LAST YEAR AND WAS FOCUSED ON ANOTHER WITH ONE CARD LEFT. THE ON DECK INSERT SET WAS FOUND ONE PER PACK IN SERIES TWO JUMBO PACKS. I RIPPED ENOUGH OF THAT STUFF TO GET A TON OF THESE CARDS AND THEY ARE STILL PRETTY EASY TO FIND SO I WAS ABLE TO PICK OUT ONES I NEEDED OUT OF QUARTER AND FIFTY CENT BOXES. THE CECIL FIELDER CARD DIDN'T SEEM TO BE ANYWHERE THOUGH. IT WASN'T IN CHEAPO BOXES AND THERE AREN'T MANY CECIL FIELDER SECTIONS IN STAR BOXES. I'M SURE THERE'S A BUNCH ON EBAY BUT I HAVEN'T USED THAT SITE IN FIFTEEN YEARS. COMC HAD ONE FOR FIFTY CENTS AND I NABBED IT

THE GIMMICK WITH THIS SET WAS THE PERSONAL QUESTIONS TO THE PLAYER ON THE BACK LIKE YOU'D SEE ON SETS LIKE STUDIO AND TRIPLE PLAY. CECIL'S ANSWERS ARE PRETTY GENERIC BUT THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF CONTROVERSY ON THE BACK OF THESE CARDS. THE GREATEST PERSONAL INFLUENCE ANSWER ON EVERY CARD IS FAMILY MEMBERS WITH PARENTS AND WIFE AS THE TOP TWO ANSWERS AND A MENTION OF A BROTHER AND GRANDMOTHER ON A COUPLE CARDS. CECIL IS ONE OF THE MOST RESERVED PLAYERS AS HIS ANSWERS ARE VERY SHORT AND TO THE POINT. ROGER CLEMENS, GRIFFEY JUNIOR AND CHIPPER JONES' ANSWERS FILLED UP THE ENTIRE BACK OF THE CARD. THERE'S NOT MUCH CONTRVERSIAL ON THE BACKS EITHER WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ALBERT BELLE SEEMINGLY WANTING TO PLAY ANY SPORT OTHER THAN BASEBALL, A PROTO-TEA PARTY RANT FROM ANDY VAN SLYKE AND JOSE CANSECO STATING THAT IF HE WASN'T PLAYING BASEBALL HE'D PROBABLY BE AN ALIEN. THAT'S HONESTLY SOME EXTREME SELF-AWARENESS FROM JOSE. I ONLY TOOK PICTURES OF THE FRONT BECAUSE YOU PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO READ THE TEXT FROM MY SHAKYPHONE PICTURES SO CHECK OUT ALL THE ANSWERS ON TCDB. HERE'S MY COMPLETE SET WITH A COUPLE CAMEOS FROM HOMERUN HEROES