I actually don't know why I bought these cards - except I'm a glutton for scrap cardboard delights and I wanted to be reminded of the days when Topps, Donruss, Fleer, Score and Upper Deck printed up way too many cards for public consumption.
Part One
1988 Topps U.K. Kirby Puckett #57
1989 Topps Bazooka Jose Canseco #5 of 22 - I'm pretty sure these cards were inserted one per box of Bazooka gum and the one I pulled 21 years ago was Chris Sabo.
1988 Topps Jack Howell #631
1988 Topps Len Dykstra #655
1988 Topps Gary Redus #657
1988 Topps Mike Henneman #582
1990 Upper Deck Lance Parrish #674
1988 Fleer George Bell #103
1985 Fleer Steve Farr #446
1992 Upper Deck Will Clark #718 - Diamond Skills subset card
1986 Fleer Wade Boggs #341 - worth perhaps a quarter in 2011, perhaps this was the type of card that wouldn't be included in repacks produced in the late 1980s through mid 1990s.
1987 Topps Robin Yount #773
1987 Topps All-Star Set Ozzie Smith #No. 23 of 60
1990 Topps Ames Wade Boggs #16
1989 Topps K-Mart Dream Team Ryne Sandberg #24
1987 Topps Roberto Clemente #313 - Turn Back the Clock subset card
1990 Score Dave Winfield #307
1992 Megacards Babe Ruth Collection #54
1988 Topps All-Star Paul Molitor #3 of 22
1987 Hygrade George Sisler NNO?
1989 Topps Billy Hatcher #252
1992 Leaf Derek Lilliquist #451
1988 Donruss Dan Plesac #109
1992 Fleer Ultra Dan Hesketh #17
1989 Upper Deck Damon Berryhill #455
1998 Pacific Home Run History Sammy Sosa #32
1992 Fleer Platinum Bret Boone #169
2006 Upper Deck Jim Thome #UD-JT jersey card - he has enjoyed a fine
playing career and looks to be an eventual Hall of Famer five years after he finally hangs them up.
1991 Topps Doug Rader #2311987 Topps Larry Sheets #5521990 Topps Keith Hernandez #2302002 Upper Deck SPx Joe Mays #301988 Topps Willie McGee #1601988 Topps Ray Knight #124
1988 Topps Greg Minton #129
1988 Topps Carmelo Martinez #148
1988 Topps Bruce Sutter #155
1988 Topps Jack Clark #100
1988 Topps Joel Skinner #109
1988 Topps John Habyan #153
1988 Topps Mickey Tettleton #143
1987 Topps Charlie Hough #70
1987 Topps Glenn Wilson #97
1987 Topps Dodgers Leaders #431
1988 Fleer Ruppert Jones #492
1988 Fleer Ruppert Jones #492
1987 Topps Ruppert Jones #53
1985 Topps Larry Bowa #484
1987 Topps Mike Brown #271
1989 Topps Todd Worrell #535
1987 Topps Mile Thompson #409
1990 K-Mart Super Stars Mark McGwire #32
Part Two
1990 Star Platinum Eric Davis #62
1990 Fleer Brady Anderson #72
1990 Fleer B.J. Surhoff #338
1996 Bowman Jeffrey Hammonds #87
1995 Select Alex Rodriguez Showtime - I guess I'd consider this a nice looking card, though without the intrusive 'SAMPLE' plastered across the front, it would just be another subset card.
1988 Topps K-Mart Darryl Strawberry #29 - I sometimes wonder if junk wax era [1986-91] cards would be looked at differently if Topps or Fleer decided to use one of their 'box set' designs for their flagship brands.
It seems like most of the Topps 'box sets' were glossy - would a nice glossy coating make Topps cards from the era more collectible? I think until Upper Deck came along in 1989, the card companies were content with the cards they printed out, so there was no need to 'juice up' the cards until the early to mid 1990s.
1990 Fleer Kevin Mitchell #65
1990 Fleer Randy Milligan #183
1990 Fleer Kent Hrbek #378
1990 Fleer Harold Baines #290
1992 Upper Deck Mel Rojas #190
1991 Upper Deck Brent Knackert #378
1991 Fleer Andres Thomas #706
1991 Topps Stadium Club Dome Donnie Leshnock #106
1991 Donruss Pat Borders #317
1991 Topps Mitch Williams #335
1991 Topps Bud Black #292
1993 Fleer Derek Lilliquist #217
1987 Donruss Andy McGaffigan #380
1985 Donruss Mike Scott #258
1988 Donruss Mark Davidson #519
1988 Donruss Ozzie Virgil #143
1988 Donruss Duane Ward #567
1986 Topps Rick Honeycutt #439
1986 Topps Pete Filson #122
1986 Topps Lee Tunnell #161 - interesting stuff about Tunnell.
1988 Donruss Greg Mathews #84
1988 Donruss James Steels #380
1988 Donruss Vance Law #212
1988 Donruss Randy Myers #620
1996 Leaf Robin Ventura #172
1992 Score Luis Sojo #127
1989 Topps Scott Bradley #279
1992 Score Bob Kipper #340
1992 Score Sammy Sosa #258 - the talented but raw and undisciplined Sosa showing his skills in the outfield.
1987 Topps Orel Hershiser #385
1992 Topps Mackey Sasser #533
1990 Topps Jerry Reed #247
1993 Donruss Pete Schourek #198
1989 Topps Cecilio Guante #766
1989 Donruss Johnny Paredes #570
1992 Topps Carney Lansford #495
1992 Score Jose Melendez #397
1992 Score Jeff Gray #187
1993-94 Fleer Basketball Reggie Lewis #14
1993-94 Fleer Basketball Tyrone Corbin #206
1990 Donruss Craig Lefferts #376
1990 Donruss Greg Myers #706
1990 Donruss Jack Howell #254
1992 Score Tommy Greene #336
1997 Topps John Smoltz #157
