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I'm starting to realize that while mid-'90s Score has some of the worst card designs and overall card quality around, the photography can be pretty great. Here's a crappy pack marked down to 25% of its original retail price. It's interesting to note that the SRP was $2.99 in Canada.
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349 - Chad Curtis (Part determination, part Ladies Man pose.)
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368 - Rico Brogna ("O-Face" or does he just have food stuck in his teeth?)
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338 - Chili Davis ("Are you serious? Do you want me, Chili Davis, to bat in your game of baseball?)
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401 - Bobby Jones (The vein in his elbow kinda grosses me out.)
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481 - Jorge Posada ("Rookie")
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418 - William VanLandingham (I don't remember this Giants uniform style.)
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537 - Ryne Sandberg True Grit (From the back of the card: "He almost never swings at a first pitch." Now that's True Grit!)
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519 - Mike Mussina Rock and Fire (Both kinds.)
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406 - Todd Stottlemyre (Repping my favorite team, the St. Louis Cardinals.)
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358 - Moises Alou (How do you know this is a '90s pack? Teal.)
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395 - Aaron Sele (I have a hard time picturing frat boy types all over the country talking about Aaron Sele and doing fist bumps like they do about Kevin Youkilis, Big Papi and Nomar Garciaparra.)
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441 - Pat Rapp (More teal.)
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404 - Cal Eldred (Eldred had an astonishingly good rookie season - see also, Listach, Pat. He eventually settled in as a middle reliever and pitched decently for the Cards late in his career.)
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440 - Pat Kelly
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524 - John Wetteland Rock and Fire
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374 - Darren Lewis
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515 - Gary Sheffield Goin' Yard (Sheffield was coming off a season in which he went yard 42 times, a career high at that point.)
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482 - Brant Brown
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362 - Jeff King (I'm not sure what the net behind King is for. This can't be during an actual game, can it?)
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332 - Bruce Ruffin (I give the Rockies a lot of credit for staying with the same logo and primary uniform design for the life of their franchise so far.)
2 comments:
Great commentary. This pack was a trip down memory lane. Thanks!!
I was thinking the other day that there just don't seem to be many guys named "Chili" around any more. Maybe my next kid.
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