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Playing Days:
Today's playing days card is an insert from the February 1989 issue of Baseball Card Magazine. The whole calendar year worth of inserts are based off the 1959 Topps design, though it is missing the faux signature. This particular issue focused on top second baseman and also featured Juan Samuel, Julio Franco, Harold Reynolds, Lou Whitaker and Gregg Jefferies.
Cubs players were represented on 5 of the 72 cards issued in 1989. Andre Dawson and Damon Berryhill had cards similar to this one. Rookie of the Year, Jerome Walton had a Rookie Stars of 1989 card. And Sandberg had a second one, a dual card with Ozzie Smith labeled Keystone Combo.
Cubs players were represented on 5 of the 72 cards issued in 1989. Andre Dawson and Damon Berryhill had cards similar to this one. Rookie of the Year, Jerome Walton had a Rookie Stars of 1989 card. And Sandberg had a second one, a dual card with Ozzie Smith labeled Keystone Combo.
Post Retirement:
Most companies have giveaways at the National Sports Collectors Convention and Leaf is no different. This card was a promo from 2012 when the convention was held in Baltimore. I picked mine up on the secondary market so I'm not exactly sure how these were distributed. It appears to be a 100-card mixed sports set.
The set information is incomplete on Trading Card Database so I don't know how many, if any, more Cubs there are. Billy Williams and Fergie Jenkins are in the set and probably Cubs. Andre Dawson and Greg Maddux are as well, but which team they represent is usually a tossup. And actually, if you look at the card, front and back, you'll see there is no team designation at all. Not even a Chicago (NL).
The photo used is from the home run derby during the 1990 All-Star Game. The most obviously tell is that he is batting without a helmet, but I've seen it a couple of times on various cards over the years. Sandberg was the first player from the host team to win the derby. Todd Frazier recently did it as well when the Reds hosted.
*UPDATE* Billy Williams and Andre Dawson are Cubs. Maddux is a Brave. I didn't see a photo of Fergie to confirm.
I miss when there was a baseball card magazine with baseball card inserts. Those were the days.
ReplyDeleteSI for Kids might be as close as we get these days and that's only about a 1 in 9 shot of getting a baseball card each month.
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