May Pickups

[Peter_Spaeth]

It's in the design of the 92 Stadium Clubs but it's called a 93 issue. I guess it must not have been released until the next year. If they ever change the designation, making it Jeter's only rookie card, that would be interesting.

[Rookiemonster]

Yeah that would be cool . It would then put the sp rookie in to the better second year cards category. I wish I was a bigger SP fan because when I was a kid everyone had one to ten of those cards in there case. I rarely seen the stadium club in person. I got mine for a great price because the corner was dinged. But I couldn't resist because I don't see them often.

[Rookiemonster]

And the back of the card says 1992 on the copyrights .

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Rookiemonster

And the back of the card says 1992 on the copyrights .

Most likely produced in 1992 and released in early 1993.

[Tripredacus]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

It's in the design of the 92 Stadium Clubs but it's called a 93 issue. I guess it must not have been released until the next year. If they ever change the designation, making it Jeter's only rookie card, that would be interesting.

This is the case. 1993 Stadium Club hobby only Jack Murphy Stadium set used the 1992 design and the cards are copyright 1992 on them. But the set was sold in 1993.

Same deal with the previous year, the 1992 Skydome set has the 1991 design and 1991 copyrights, but was shipped in 1992.

So some thing had delayed both sets so that they were not released the same year they were printed. Maybe it was the time it took to make the plastic stadium replicas?

[Sierra79]

Finally found one for my Maddux collection. The 1998 Topps Sportzcubz has been one of the cards that I honestly didn't think I would be able to cross off my checklist.

[irv]

Originally Posted by bnorth

Nice pickup Jason. I was at the Twins/Yankees game when the Twins fans threw stuff at him bad enough that they stopped the game and escorted a ton of fans out of the stadium. I think they even stopped beer sales in the outfield for quite a while after that.

What is the story behind, Knoblauch? I always thought he was a great player but for some reason I quit watching ball and only heard rumors which I never followed up on?

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

It's in the design of the 92 Stadium Clubs but it's called a 93 issue. I guess it must not have been released until the next year. If they ever change the designation, making it Jeter's only rookie card, that would be interesting.

Digging through a bunch of cards I purchased back in the early 90's, I discovered this card. Happy to own it but I assume there are plenty out there? Looks/is OC but not sure if that is indeed the case with this card?

Also found many of the 92 Topps Stadium cards that I also purchased, but like most wax back then, I highly doubt much is desirable or worth anything, is it?

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by irv

What is the story behind, Knoblauch? I always thought he was a great player but for some reason I quit watching ball and only heard rumors which I never followed up on?

Short story: A bunch of drunken idiots in the Mertodome threw stuff at him.

Longer story: The Twins fans loved Chuck and he left them for the Yankees. He caught the "yips" and could not throw a ball from second base to the first baseman. It got so bad he even hit Keith Olbermanns Mom with a bad throw. The Yankees moved him to the outfield. I believe it was his first game back at The Dome as an outfielder and people started throwing stuff at him. They stopped the game for quite some time and threw a bunch of people out. Not 100% sure but I think that is what made them turn that section into the family section and they stopped beer sales there.

I sure do miss The Dome. Yes it was old but there was a game no matter what the weather was outside because it was 70 degrees and beautiful inside. Could also be it is a 600 mile round trip so I knew it would not be a big waist of time and $ like now if the weather turns bad on game day.

[irv]

Originally Posted by bnorth

Short story: A bunch of drunken idiots in the Mertodome threw stuff at him.

Longer story: The Twins fans loved Chuck and he left them for the Yankees. He caught the "yips" and could not throw a ball from second base to the first baseman. It got so bad he even hit Keith Olbermanns Mom with a bad throw. The Yankees moved him to the outfield. I believe it was his first game back at The Dome as an outfielder and people started throwing stuff at him. They stopped the game for quite some time and threw a bunch of people out. Not 100% sure but I think that is what made them turn that section into the family section and they stopped beer sales there.

I sure do miss The Dome. Yes it was old but there was a game no matter what the weather was outside because it was 70 degrees and beautiful inside. Could also be it is a 600 mile round trip so I knew it would not be a big waist of time and $ like now if the weather turns bad on game day.

Thanks.

I did some reading too and found out he beat up his wife.
He was going to be inducted into the Twins HOF but that was cancelled after the assault charge.

Never knew any of this. Sad, actually, that he likely worked real hard to get into MLB and all went crashing down around him.

[mattjc1983]

Originally Posted by irv

Thanks.



I did some reading too and found out he beat up his wife.

He was going to be inducted into the Twins HOF but that was cancelled after the assault charge.



Never knew any of this. Sad, actually, that he likely worked real hard to get into MLB and all went crashing down around him.

He was my favorite player as a kid, but was always rumored to be somewhat of a jerk. I remember an early story about him pushing a kid that got too aggressive wanting an autograph. Probably more to it but a typical Knoblauch story.

I'm always on the lookout for Knoblauch items but not much unique comes up.

[sbfinley]

Originally Posted by Sierra79

Finally found one for my Maddux collection. The 1998 Topps Sportzcubz has been one of the cards that I honestly didn't think I would be able to cross off my checklist.

I was wondering who grabbed the Maddux. Great pickup!

[JRDill]

Nothing fancy here for me, but I am new into collecting. I picked up a 1987 Topps complete set for $10. Mainly for the "Future Stars" Bo Jackson. I also picked up '86 and '87 Topps Traded sets for $9 total. I really want to get a Greg Maddux collection going so i figured that was a good place to start.

I also picked up a couple single packs of the 2016 Gypsy Queen set, not really knowing anything about the set, and I kind of fell in love. Great looking cards, and apparently there are some autograph cards in the set?

[irv]

Originally Posted by mattjc1983

He was my favorite player as a kid, but was always rumored to be somewhat of a jerk. I remember an early story about him pushing a kid that got too aggressive wanting an autograph. Probably more to it but a typical Knoblauch story.

I'm always on the lookout for Knoblauch items but not much unique comes up.

WOW!

Never heard those stories before. No wonder he fell out of favor

[gregr2]

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[Dpeck100]

Originally Posted by irv

WOW!

Never heard those stories before. No wonder he fell out of favor

He was a total jerk when he played for Orlando and was only in AA. Add millions of dollars and fame and they don't get any nicer. My twin brother got one of his broken bats and after the game there were just a few fans around when he came out of the clubhouse and he wouldn't sign it. Just walked by with his shades on at night.

On a side note I have never seen one of those auto cards. Very cool! The highlight of that season of the Sun Rays was getting to see The Big Hurt. What a monster!

[majordanby]

Originally Posted by Sierra79

Finally found one for my Maddux collection. The 1998 Topps Sportzcubz has been one of the cards that I honestly didn't think I would be able to cross off my checklist.

scott - nice card! can you explain why? very scarce?

[clydepepper]

Two last day (born hours apart 5/31/2016) pickups:

Charlotte Emma Madrigal (making a happy grandma of my sister)


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William Gabriel Culpepper (making my older brother a grandpa for the 1st time)

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[Peter_Spaeth]

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