Great stories everyone (and great pulls, Scott!).
My most memorable pack was on a visit to my grandmother in Alabama in 1989 (I was 12) and there was a tiny card shop in this rural town. My grandmother reluctantly let me stop there and go in and buy a couple of packs of cards. I went to get some '89 Topps hoping for another Gregg Jefferies. But there on the table was a box of '89 Upper Deck. Since I usually got my cards in supermarkets in my hometown, I'd never had the chance to buy a pack. Also, they were $1.99 per pack instead of .50 like Topps. But I took the plunge and bought one pack and went back out to the car. Before we were out of the parking lot, I'd already torn into the pack... and there it was... THE Ken Griffey Jr. rookie card. I ran back in the store to show the owner, I was so excited.
I wish I'd kept that card. I traded it for an '86 Topps Cecil Fielder. What was I thinking?
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