- Premium stock? Nope, don't think so. It's just the regular card stock of the mid 90's with a fancy border and stamp.
- Would love to know who that Red was diving back into first base that has his face obscured. Maybe Reggie Sanders?
- Part of the Sportlots order I picked up a short time ago. I think I paid a quarter for this. Not bad compared to some other sites.
- Career homer #286 was hit 4/13/2002 off of KC's Darrell May. It was the 4th straight day that Jim had homered. It was a solo shot to pull the Indians to within 5-2. The Indians would go on to score 5 in the 8th and 1 in the 9th to win 8-7, raising their record to 11-1.
- Robert
- I don't know which scan came out worse, the Sakic #100 or this one. Poor Lenny Harris looks like just a shadow in the background of the card. It's amazing the flaws you see in a foil card once it's scanned...
- A pair of 2 a days got both the Sakic and Thome posts up to 100, but it still hasn't made up for all the days I lost this month without a post. I'm going to end up about 5 shy once it's all said and done, unless I do something crazy in the next 3 days.
- I didn't expect to see '97 Score listed in Beckett. Surprise! The 551 card set is listed (card #551 is the Hideki Matsui RC), and is priced at $40. The Showcase series parallels are listed with multipliers of 1.5 to 4x.
- Robert
- Instantly I was curious to find out who the player for the Reds was sliding into third. I'm pretty sure that is Lenny Harris with what looks to be a very awkward slide. Did you know that Lenny Harris played for 8 teams during his 18 year career, but didn't spend one day on an American League roster? Arizona, Milwaukee, Cincinnati, New York Mets, Florida, Chicago Cubs, Colorado and the Dodgers were all the teams that Lenny was a part of.
- Bio on the back: "After finishing third in on-base percentage in '95 and fifth in walks, Jim smashed two homers in Games 4 and 5 in the ALCS." Interesting segue.
- Home Run #99 for Jim came 5/7/97 vs. Robert Person of the Toronto Blue Jays. It was a solo shot, and proved to be the decisive run in a 7-1 win.
- Robert
