Wednesday, October 21, 2020

A good tagline is Paramount

Pacific released a range called Paramount for a couple of years at the end of the 90s. It was an odd choice for a set name, which was compounded by the tagline used on packs and boxes: "The Future America's Pastime". 

Card Number 426: Pacific Paramount, 1998; #237


Pacific didn't have a Major League Baseball license for this set, hence why it just says San Diego on the front of the card. There are still visible logos on Tony's uniform in the picture, though.


On the back they use SD for the team name in the stats box, for the same reason. It didn't occur to them that they didn't really need a team name at all. 

Card Number 427: Pacific Paramount, 1999; #198
The following year they had obtained a licence and the full team name appeared on the card.

They dispensed with the full stats box on the back, but still had 'SD' for the team name. 


The back is oddly worded, because it references his ranking for hits among National League players and then says he has been the Hits Leader seven times for the "league", which is sort of correct but technically, he led the National League eight times, and led the major leagues seven times. 

Total: 427 cards


3 comments:

  1. Had no idea that Pacific didn't have a MLB license in 1998. Learn something new every day. Thanks for the info.

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    1. I need to check their other sets but I think they might have had a limited license so could only produce a certain number of sets or something. Their Online series released in 1998 had the team logos on so must have been licensed.

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  2. The Pacific Online cards from 1998 https://point394.blogspot.com/2020/07/back-when-web-was-young-online.html

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