More Timeline Stadiums

Dang I love the backs of these cards. And apparently hobby boxes of Timelines are now thirty bucks a throw. Niiiiice.

Cardinals

Marlins

Tigers

Twins

The only problem with this subset is that I'm pretty sure there isn't a Pirate card in there as Jason Bay got traded to the Red Sox. It would really suck if there was no PNC Park version of these backs.

Timelines Update

I've gotten a tad obsessed with this set. I really really like the Timeless Teams cards and the rest of the subsets are pretty cool too. Here's some updated cards I didn't have posted in my original Timelines overview.

1992 Upper Deck Minors

I had this identified as a base Upper Deck design last time.

I was wrong.


It's actually the '92 Minor League set from Upper Deck with is slightly different from the base set. I found a card from that set and it's a good one too:

When all the minor league sets popped up like fungus in the early '90s, the idea was to get pre-rookie cards of future Hall of Famers. I'm guessing this card fits that description. You think Upper Deck would have made him look so goofy had they known Trevor would end up being the all time saves leader? As you can see the designs are pretty similar except they moved the legalese and hologram to the bottom of the card. There are 30 cards in this subset, and they are one per hobby pack and one in every other retail pack so it's a pretty easy subset to complete. The other cards I have to show are a tad more difficult.

This Ian Kennedy card is based on the 1994 SP Pemier Prospects subset. Upper Deck got cute and made all the SP design cards extra short printed. I'm not sure what the exact odds are on these, but it's somewhere around one in three packs and one in six. Here's an original '94 card for comparison:

Terrell Hiawatha Wade. The backs are almost identical, but there is etched FX foil on the front of the '94 card instead of glossy foil. That's a nitpicky complaint when they are otherwise so similar.

Here's what the 1995 SP design cards look like:

Yep, the die-cuts. Only this time the foil accents are bronze instead of silver. I goofed here too, the one per pack die cut cards are from the '95 SP minor league design. I was too broke to afford regular SP in '95, I sure as heck couldn't afford the minor league version. Here's the scans with a'95 Tony Clark SP card for comparison:


These two cards are also nearly identical except for a slightly different die cut. These are the toughest short print to find, luckily there are only 25 of them.

I'm embarassed to say it, but I like this set more than anything else that's out right now. Hoppy boxes can be found for cheap online too. I might have to splurge on one soon. The reason I like it so much s the Timeless Teams design subset. I'm still working on my stadiums collection and I've got four more to show off:




I now have half of the stadiums which ain't bad. I should probably do a reality check and look over the checklist though. It would suck to get 29 of them, only to find out there's one team with no cards in the subset.

08 Timelines Timeless Teams Stadiums

Ok, so I really love this set now. Odd because I hated the stuff in '04. Why did I hate that set? Check out all the Braves in the checklist. Steve and David hated the set too. Why the heck did Upper Deck do that? Anyway, they've made up for their egregious omissions with the Timelines set.

The main reason I love the cards is because of the stadium scenes on the back. They just look fantastic. So here's all the ones I have. Why not show them off? I hope to eventually complete my stadium set, I'll be happy to receive any that aren't posted here in card or scan form.

NL East

Braves
Marlins
Mets
Nationals Phillies

AL East

Blue Jays
Orioles
Rays
Red Sox
Yankees


NL Central

Astros Brewers
Cardinals
Cubs
Pirates
Reds
AL Central

Indians
Royals
Tigers
Twins
White Sox


NL West

Diamondbacks Dodgers Giants
Padres
Rockies


AL West

A's
Angels
Mariners
Rangers

It's Just a Pale Imitation

Via the fine folks at Wikipedia -

Veteran's Stadium in Philadelphia:

Broke ground	October 2, 1967
Opened	April 10, 1971

Atlanta Fulton County Stadium:

Broke ground	April 15, 1964
Opened	April 12, 1966

Pleeeeeaaazzzeee...

(Another source if wiki's not your bag)

Sticky Saturday - Atlanta Fulton County Edition

Here's a late edition of Sticky Saturday. I've been slacking off today, but I couldn't just skip over the stickers. Today's sticker comes from a late 80's pack of Fleer, although I can't remember which one it was. Which is terrible because I personally pulled several dozen of these out of packs. I'm going to guess... 1988? Maybe? Eh, close enough. Here's the sticker.

This is the small logo variety which had two circular logos and four stickers with the team name on them. These would be useful for labeling team sets, but I usually ended up using the logo stickers and ditching the team name stripes. You could also use the stripes in place of scotch tape in a pinch as the strips worked reasonably well for sticking something together for at least twenty minutes or so. So far I've only showed Braves stickers on the blog, so why Twins & Sox all of a sudden? Well, because of what's on the back:

Good ol' Atlanta-Fulton County stadium, home of the Braves. Capacity 52,003. Average attendance 1,846. This is the place where I learned to love baseball. I got to march on the field on little league night one time and the feeling of being on a big league field was mind-blowing for a little kid. I'm not sure why Comiskey or the Metrodome isn't on the back of the card, but what the heck. This wonderful, generic, 60's era cookie cutter all-purpose stadium, that hosted pennant races, the World Series, dozens of terrible Falcons games and Olympic baseball is now a parking lot. They left the outfield wall at least so you can see where Hank hit #715, plus the outline of the baseball diamond is embedded in the asphalt. Gone forever with only shadows left to remind us of its former glory. Kind of like Fleer and its logo stickers.