- I've said it before and I'll say it again, as the years have passed, the Donruss Studio sets have grown on me. I really like how it evolved with the studio shot in front and the action shot in the background. Well done.
- Bio on the back: "To celebrate Jim's birthday on Aug. 27, 1997, Jim's teammates copied his throwback high-sock look for a game at Anaheim Stadium. They beat the Angels 10-4, and wore their socks high for the rest of the season and the playoffs." Love anecdotes like this on cards!!!
- Studio, another set that Beckett forgot about. Looked in the most recent issue I own (Oct. '16) and it's not there. So I went to my backup "price guide", COMC, and found that there weren't any copies of this card for sale. There were the press proof version and the gold version, but none of the base.
- Robert
- A bit hard to see due to the scan, but that is mid-America in behind Thome in map form. The concept of the Bowman International parallels has kind of grown on me over time.
- Jim finished 2nd in OPS during the 1998 season, with a .997 mark. Only Albert Belle at 1.055 was better that season.
- Jim was drafted 333rd overall in 1990. There are only two other names that I recognize that were drafted in that same spot. Mat Latos was drafted 333rd in 2006, two years before that Michael Saunders (who played with the Jays last year) was taken by the Mariners in spot 333.
- Robert
- McDonald's gave their annual Canadian card release the UC3 treatment for the 95-96 season. Personally, I would have left well enough alone and just used the regular card stock.
- Nice size checklist, 40 cards divided up into 24 stars, 6 goalies and 10 future stars.
- Quite a few of these cards currently on COMC, 17 to be exact. Price ranges from a low of 37 cents(cheap for a Sakic card) to a high of $1.75. I think that around $1 would be the right price for this card if you saw it at a show.
- Robert
- Really like how the gold in the background scanned for this card. Unlike most of the other foil cards that I've scanned this past year, this is probably the best of the bunch.
- The back of the card is "coated" as well, very shiny as well. I'm used to backs of cards being cardboard like and dull, so this was a nice change.
- There are currently 3 of these for sale on COMC.com. 1 is listed for 99 cents, the other 2 are listed for $1. Talk about consistency!
- Robert
- This was a bit of a departure from the normal card sets that Score/Pinnacle were releasing. This had a much glossier finish to them, and the Avs logo and stick were foil. The white border was also a nice touch as well.
- Career goal #146 was scored 10/22/92 at the Minnesota North Stars. The victim that night was also the winning goaltender, Jon Casey, as the Stars won 5-2.
- Don't have many more cards from this set to chase for Joe, just two parallels, the Artist's Proof and Ice versions.
- Robert
- I was very excited to say the least to see the NHL debut of Antoine Bibeau of the Maple Leafs this week. Why you ask? His mask pays homage to Felix the Cat. To me, it was incredible, I loved seeing it.
- Detective work. The arm of the Leafs player in front of Felix in the shot here is #23, Todd Gill. Doesn't really get easier than that for me.
- Potvin was a 2nd round pick of the Leafs in the 1990 draft. There were two goalies drafted ahead of him. Trevor Kidd and Martin Brodeur. There's also one player from the 1990 draft still playing in the NHL. Jaromir Jagr.
- Robert
- 2nd straight McCutchen card that I was able to add to the Trading Card Database. I was very surprised that this hadn't already been added by someone else.
- Was kind of floored when I saw the number of cards that there is of McCutchen for 2013. It's 500 in case you're curious...
- Career home run #35 was hit off of the Dodgers Lance Cormier, 5/10/2011. It was Cutch's 2nd homer of the game, but it was nowhere near enough as the Dodgers handed the Bucs a 10-3 beating.
- Robert
- Is is just me, or does that swing look painful? I'm also wondering if the lack of MLB license also means that Panini couldn't use the same style of numbering that the Jays use. I can't say I've ever seen the Jays uniform #'s look like that.
- At least Panini kept the standard black border that Pinnacle is known for. I think the logo and the surrounding black area take up too much space on the card however.
- Bio on the back: " ...was the highest Canadian position player ever drafted and eventually became the 16th native to actually suit up for Toronto." I can remember a few names off the top of my head (Dave McKay, Denis Boucher, Paul Quantrill, Russell Martin), but I'll have to do a bit of research to come up with a lot of the others.
- Robert
- Of all the foil cards I've scanned on this blog, this might be the best scan of them all. As usual, it's darker than the normal foil on the card, but the snowy effect looks like it fits here...
- Stats on the back: Joe had some success in the 94-95 season against the Whalers (7pts in 4 games) and the Penguins (6pts in 4 games).
- Career goal #145 was the 6th of the 92-93 season for Joe, scored on 10/21/92 vs. the St. Louis Blues. Joe had a goal and 2 assists that evening, in a 5-5 tie at the old St. Louis Arena. Curtis Joseph was the victim that evening.
- Robert
- Sakic will probably be the reason I hit 400 posts by the new year. He has so many parallels of base cards coming up, and with my habit of posting both base and parallel the same day now the 2-a-days will make things easier.
- Going off the comment I made the other day about women in the crowd on hockey cards, sure enough there's another one just behind Joe's right arm. That will probably be a theme going forward for Sakic posts...
- I really like this design for Bowman. Nothing too overpowering, the name and team logo are both a decent size, but don't take over the card. The "3-sided border" is different, but works for this design IMO.
- Robert
