- Thumbs up baby! One thing I love about a lot of Thome cards is the natural poses he is captured in.
- No bio on the back, just stats and the usual height/weight/age stuff. Fleer had enough room to add a line or two, anything at all, but chose not to. Disappointing.
- Not cheap: 6 copies of this card are on COMC currently, all priced at $1. All from the same seller. They might sit there a while....
- Robert
- I was worried when I pulled the card out of the binder about how well it would scan. Let's just say I was quite pleased when I saw the hologram portion as clear as a bell on the scanned image!
- I was never a big collector of SPx sets over the years. I could probably count on one hand the number of packs I bought, but buying singles was never a problem. For the most part they have been really nice cards and great additions to my PCs.
- Career goal #202 for Joe came 12/29/93 against the Islanders. It was the first of 2 goals for Joe on the night, an unassisted goal that tied the game at 3. The Nords would score 2 more in the 3rd period for a 5-3 win. Ron Hextall was the goalie for the Islanders on that night.
- Robert
- The first of two "press proof" parallels for Lawrie. I'll show the Gold version next.
- The only differences are the press proof stamp along with the serial #. The card stock is a little more glossy as well.
- I've already added this card to the trading card database. Actually, 3 of the next 4 Lawrie cards I'll be able to add. Would love to see the site hit 2,000,000 cards scanned before too long.
- Robert
- Not a bad effort design wise from Panini. I do know that Toronto has never used that style of number on their jersey's, so I wonder if the double lined #'s that Toronto uses are also trademarked.
- Panini made 4 parallels of this card, 2 of which I have and will be showing next. Gotta make that money somehow, right?
- Saw a couple of videos on Brett's twitter account showing him still doing some tough workouts, hoping that someone will give him another shot. I hope he does get another shot...
- Robert
- I really don't mind this GQ design. I prefer it much more than the 2017 version.
- It almost looks like Cutch has a measuring tape in his back pocket. The photo is also missing his trademark armband with the cross on it.
- Bio on the back: "Finishing five points short of the 2014 NL batting title at .314, McCutchen topped two other percentage categories--OBP at .410 and OPS at .952." A damn good season if I do say so...
- Robert
- Cartoon on the back: the Night Owl has been big lately on the cartoons on the back, and I can see why he appreciates them. This card's cartoon back describes Andrew's inside the park home run vs. the Phillies on 9/10/14.
- I never cared a great deal for the '66 set, so this Heritage set was an easy one to pass by.
- Home run #56 for Andrew was the 2nd of the game off of Jordan Zimmermann of the Nationals, 5/17/12. Both of the homers were solo shots and helped the Pirates to a 5-3 win.
- Robert
- Pretty sharp looking card, love the lightning bolts which are actually die cut and not just foil on the card. It's a little hard to see, but the lower right hand corner commemorates his 51 goals from the previous season.
- Card is serial #'d 2355/2500 which back then was somewhat limited. Now for a lot of sets, that's more of a base parallel (a la Topps Gold parallels).
- Bio on the back: Joe got off to a great start in the 95-96 season, winning Player of the Week honors for the week ending 10/21/96. That included a 6 point effort against the Oilers (1G, 5A).
- Robert
- I don't remember a whole lot of inserts from the Ultra brand over the years. I was strictly a gold medallion chaser when I did chase Ultra cards.
- Having said that, this RBI Kings insert is not all that bad. Reminds me of a tie-dyed T-shirt from the 60's.
- Good company: the back of the card describes Jim's 96 & 97 seasons with 35+HR and 100+RBI's being the first back-to-back from an AL left handed hitter since the great Carl Yastrzemski in '69& '70.
- Robert
- I like that you're able to tell that the card is the blue parallel without the blue taking over the card.
- Another card added to the Trading Card Database. Trying to do my part to get the site to 2 million images (just over 132,000 to go).
- I was surprised that there wasn't any of these for sale on COMC when I looked earlier today. Don't look on ebay either, because I didn't find any there. Can't be that limited, can they?
- Robert
- This picture is OK, but the on deck variation of this card is something that I'd love to get a hold of. Has a great shot of the Pittsburgh skyline and the right field bleachers of PNC Park in the background.
- Have the blue parallel of this card (which I'll show later today), but would also like to have the black and purple versions as well.
- 66 copies of this card on Sportlots right now, all but 5 of them priced at 18 cents. One seller has his priced at COMC levels (38 cents).
- Robert
