Wednesday, December 2, 2015

The Set that Started me

I figured that after showing the Page of Awesomeness yesterday, I'd show the set that started me on this journey..

The year was 1992. The place was Terrace Bay, Ontario.. The Nugget Food Store had baseball cards for the first and I think only time. When I had money, I'd pick up a couple packs. Those packs: 1992 Donruss. I didn't know it at the time, but the 1992 set was a different direction for Donruss. They had glossy fronts and pictures on the back for the most part. The All-Star cards and the Rated Rookie cards had no picture on the back.





 I enjoyed these cards, though there are a few things that were rather bland about them. At the same time, I think it's the simplicity that I find intriguing about them.

I found the blue strip and grey name to be on the plain side, but from 1991, these were radical changes.
Surprise!!!!
The biggest change was the back of the card. A picture of the player on the back with a slightly smaller stat window. The career highlights along the side instead of along the bottom and what I believe is expanded contract status.

I am still trying to finish this set.

5 Kenny Lofton RR
8 Eddie Zosky RR
9 Todd Van Poppel RR
13 Ryan Klesko RR
16 Eric Karros RR
24 Ken Griffey Jr. AS
26 Danny Tartabull AS
28 Roberto Alomar AS
58 Roberto Alomar
62 Mike Pagliarulo
81 Steve Avery
83 Brian Harper
89 Jeff Reardon
98 John Olerud
108 Joey Cora
114 Dwayne Henry
115 Chili Davis
116 Kent Mercker
120 Carlos Baerga
127 George Bell
133 Dave Winfield
137 Marquis Grissom
141 Tom Henke
153 Kevin Maas
155 Barry Jones
157 Bob Ojeda
159 Paul Assenmacher
161 Mike Macfarlane
162 Craig Lefferts
163 Brian R. Hunter
164 Alan Trammell
165 Ken Griffey Jr.
168 John Barfield
169 Jack Clark
170 Chris Nabholz
171 Tim Teufel
175 Joe Girardi
176 Mike Boddicker
177 Dean Palmer
178 Greg Hibbard
179 Randy Ready
183 Joe Klink
189 Jose Lind
191 Alex Fernandez
195 Scott Kamieniecki RC
202 Sid Bream
203 Sandy Alomar Jr.
209 Doug Drabek
210 Wade Boggs
213 Alonzo Powell
214 Will Clark
215 Rickey Henderson HL
216 Jack Morris
221 Bill Landrum
227 Scott Sanderson
228 Jeff Blauser
230 John Kruk
236 Kevin Tapani
237 Terry Pendleton
240 Checklist 158-237
243 Barry Bonds
244 Roger Clemens
245 Dennis Rasmussen
247 Orel Hershiser
250 Tom Gordon
251 Kevin Reimer
252 Luis Polonia
254 Tom Pagnozzi
257 John Burkett
259 Larry Walker
261 Joe Oliver
271 Jose Guzman
275 Jeff Johnson
284 Ron Gant
286 Edgar Martinez
298 Ruben Sierra
301 Mike Timlin
304 Scott Bankhead
310 Orlando Merced
312 Tim Raines
313 Mark Lee
314 Mike Gallego
317 Todd Frohwirth
318 Al Osuna
325 Mark Whiten
326 Kent Hrbek
327 David Justice
331 John Smiley
333 Wally Joyner
334 Heathcliff Slocumb
335 Rick Cerone
341 Howard Johnson
347 Dante Bichette
348 Mark McGwire
349 Travis Fryman
351 Mike Jeffcoat
352 Jack McDowell
353 Mitch Williams
354 Mike Devereaux
355 Andres Galarraga
356 Henry Cotto
358 Jeff Bagwell
361 Bill Pecota
362 Tony Fernandez
363 Glenn Braggs
364 Bill Spiers
365 Vicente Palacios
366 Tim Burke
367 Randy Tomlin
368 Kenny Rogers
369 Brett Butler
370 Pat Kelly
371 Bip Roberts
372 Gregg Jefferies
373 Kevin Bass
374 Ron Karkovice
375 Paul Gibson
376 Bernard Gilkey
377 Dave Gallagher
378 Bill Wegman
379 Pat Borders
380 Ed Whitson
381 Gilberto Reyes
382 Russ Swan
383 Andy Van Slyke
384 Wes Chamberlain
385 Steve Chitren
386 Greg Olson
387 Brian McRae
388 Rich Rodriguez
389 Steve Decker
390 Chuck Knoblauch
394 Scott Ruskin
395 Jay Howell
396 Checklist 317-396
397 Royce Clayton RR
405 Jeff Juden RR
465 Mark Carreon
476 Checklist 397-477
498 Frank Viola
502 Dwight Evans
505 Mike Bordick
512 Mark Salas
519 Tracy Jones
556 Checklist 478-555
567 David Howard
569 Jack Daugherty
574 Jim Gantner
575 Trevor Wilson
580 Von Hayes
636 Checklist 556-635
657 Keith Miller
664 Candy Maldonado
671 Ryan Bowen
716 Checklist 636-716
DK-1 Paul Molitor
DK-2 Will Clark
DK-3 Joe Carter
DK-5 Cal Ripken Jr.
DK-6 David Justice
DK-7 George Bell
DK-8 Frank Thomas
DK-9 Wade Boggs
DK-10 Scott Sanderson
DK-11 Jeff Bagwell
DK-12 John Kruk
DK-13 Felix Jose
DK-14 Harold Baines
DK-16 Brian McRae
DK-20 Mark Langston
DK-22 Randy Johnson
DK-23 Greg Swindell
DK-26 Fred McGriff
DK-27 Checklist 1-26 (Dick Pere DP  

3 comments:

  1. I may have a handful of cards to assist with you completing the set if you're interested.

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    1. Sure. What are you looking for?

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    2. https://www.zistle.com/MiJohn/wantlist... Here's my want list please ignore the high end stuff (Dumb Zistle and it's smart wantlists)

      Looking for David Wright, Ike Davis, Braves (Chipper Jones), Tigers (Any) and a few sets I'm hoping to complete.


      e-mail your address at Mihome316@gmail.com.
      I'll mail you what I have.

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