1994 Score Select Baseball Series 2

Got back from out of town while piles of packs. My first pack to open is 1994 Select baseball series 2. It's another brand from Pinnacle/Score at the time with 12 cards per pack. The first card....

335 - John Doherty - the cards are vertical along with the last name. First name is on top horizontally with two pictures. Despite 14-11 record that season his ERA was at 4.44.

313 - Harold Reynolds - in an Angels uniform. 1994 was his last season in the majors.

390 - Rich Becker - rookie prospect cards are horizontal. Becker had a journeyman year.
356 - Bo Jackson - 1994 also last season for Bo Jackson playing career. Two players in Angels uniform playing their last major league games as teammates.

336 - Jody Reed - spent one season with the Brewers.

391 - Billy Taylor - talk about perseverance. Drafted in 1980 he spent 13 years in the minors before making it in 1994. He didn't play in 1995, but came back in 1996 playing til 2001.

403 - Joey Hamilton - made his debut 1994 but never lived up expectations.

238 - Bobby Bonilla - 1993 was his best year as a Met but went into decline afterwards. At least he got money coming to his way for rest of his life.

225 - Brian Harper - spent one season with the Brewers. Played two games in 95 with A's before calling it quits only return for one game in 2000 with Tacoma.

257 - Terry Steinbach - he nearly got bowled over by Jeff Cirillo.

273 - Eric Davis - 1994 was his final season before retiring for a year and returned in 1996 where he became inspiration for winning his battle against cancer.

281 - Brent Gates - final card of the pack

1994 Score Select Series 2

The Score Select line kicked off on a high note in 1993, but I'm not so sure about the sophomore year. I've seen others who have praised this set, and I do appreciate the photography, but something really bothers me about the gold bar with the player's last name in all caps splitting up the card. Anyway, here's a pack of the stuff, series 2 style.

309 - Tim Salmon (Great slugger in his day.)

371 - Ken Hill

332 - Pedro Martinez (Eventually, the Ex-Expos player is going to become extinct. I'm sure that it's in no danger of happening anytime soon, but we know that Pedro's career can't carry on a whole lot longer despite his recent signing with the Phillies.)

387 - Greg Colbrunn

319 - Will Clark

416 - Tim Hyers Rookie Prospect (Am I the only one who liked the two-toned SD cap?)

392 - Rich Rowland Rookie Prospect

297 - Kenny Rogers (Cheater!)

217 - Lee Smith (should be in the Hall of Fame is the end of that sentence.)

290 - Erik Hanson (I like to show the backs of the cards if they look halfway decent, and these do. I was never fond of the weird Pinnacle stripe thing at the bottom of the cards on their products back then. I think it was supposed to be their anti-counterfeiting version of Upper Deck's hologram logo, but I don't really understand it. Also, counterfeiting cards from this era seems pretty hilarious in retrospect.)

268 - Fred McGriff (I always thought McGriff was an underappreciated legend in the making.)

232 - Gregg Jefferies (Great way to end the pack with a Cardinals card.)