Let's end the week with some slightly unusual cards from Upper Deck.
Card Number 461: Upper Deck, 1996; #116
The "Young at Heart" subset were 18 cards within the main range dedicated to players who had been playing a while and still performing at an elite level. Tony is in catching mode on the front.
There's a photo on the back from early in his career.
(Also, "Young at Heart" gave me a Bluebells earworm!)
'Card' Number 462: Upper Deck Collector's Choice Stick-Ums, 1997; #19
Given how these are still widely available, did anyone ever, um, stick a Stick-Um?
19 bonus points for giving Tony Stick-Um number 19! The number indicates that this was from a hobby pack rather than a standard retail pack, as those Stick-Ums weren't numbered.
Card Number 463: Upper Deck Collector's Choice Memorable Moment insert card, 1997; #5
There's always something fun about a die-cut card.
The Memorable Moments cards were only inserted into 6-card retail packs. There were 10 in each series of Collector's Choice cards released, although they don't have the Collector's Choice logo on the card. This one is from the Series 2 release, because it had bronze foil. The Memorable Moments cards in Series 1 had gold foil. Both releases were numbered 1-10, just to add a little bit of confusion to things.
On the back, the "memorable moment" is about Tony securing his seventh batting title.
The text layout is awkward on the back. It's rare to see right-justified text on a baseball card and it's not easy to read. On yet another occasion, Tony is compared to famous Hall of Fame inductees.
Total: 463 cards
Never stuck a Stick Um's... but I did enjoy collecting them. I think I built the hockey set one year.
ReplyDeleteI like that they matched up #19 as well as the jersey numbers for several other players.
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