It's time I finally get this new segment underway. It's one I have been planning on doing for a while and hope to do as often as I can.
Throwpack Thursday is where I will take an older pack of cards from a variety of sports and some non-sports and open it up on here, talk about the "hits" and a few of the players.
Take note how I called it an "older" pack of cards instead of vintage. I refuse to call anything from the 80's and 90's vintage. It drives me nuts for those who do! I am not vintage either!
Today's pack comes from one of my favorite brands from the 90's, Fleer Ultra. But, it wasn't until 1995 where I really started to appreciate what the brand brought to the table.
I don't think I opened more than a couple of packs of the 1995 baseball as opposed to the many, many football packs I ripped. Today's pack will be a nice reminder to me on what it looked like.
First some details on today's pack.
Now onto the rip.
The first card in the packs reveals us the Gold Medallion parallel. It isn't quite as exciting as the football version that is completely covered in gold. At least it was a player I knew. Harold had multiple stints with the White Sox, won a World Series and was a 6x All-Star.
"Rookie" of Ismael Valdes. It's hard to tell baseball's true rookies. Ismael played for eight teams including two stints with the Dodgers. Was one game under .500 for his pitching career.
All-Rookie insert fall 1:5 packs overall. One of the easier inserts to pull. John played six seasons and was an All-Star in 1994.
Second "rookie card" in the pack. Jeff Cirillo played for more than 10 years and was a two-time all-star. Very underrated player and hobby guy.
And we finish the pack with Cliff Floyd sporting the Expos colors. I remember him most when he played for the Marlins.
One thing that jumps out to me as I see the first card is a clean design. Very basic, full photography. Not bad.
There wasn't anything too exciting in this pack. I will probably use most of the cards except the All-Rookie insert for trade bait. That All-Rookie goes into my 90's insert PC.
I hope you enjoyed today's introduction into this new segment. There is more to come.
Hope everyone has a great Thursday!
I opened a lot of these packs but its always fun to see what others pull. Nice start to the segment.
ReplyDeleteNever opened a pack of these. Thanks for all the insight and details on them. I have quite a few in my collection. Happy Thursday!
ReplyDeleteThe gold medallion was just a stamp? Glad they eventually made them all gold.That's what really made them stand out. Still would chase the set though.
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