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Pack Break: 1990 Topps

Friday, December 2nd, 2011

Baltimore, Md., September 5, 1989:  O’s shortstop Cal Ripken walloped his 20th HR of the year, the eight [sic] consecutive campaign he has hit 20-0r-more Roundtrippers.  The former record of 7 straight 20-HR seasons at SS was set by Ernie Banks, 1955-1961.

1990 Topps:

  1. #666 Brian Fisher
  2. #91 Steve Frey
  3. #461 Carlos Martinez (Topps All-Star Rookie)
  4. #201 Cito Gaston (Manager)
  5. #192 Don August
  6. #191 Pat Borders
  7. #239 Eric Show
  8. #270 Dave Stewart
  9. #52 Jack Daugherty
  10. #474 Rich Thompson
  11. #713 Tim Drummond
  12. #110 Tommy Helms (Manager)
  13. #719 Wally Whitehurst
  14. #14 Mike Fetters
  15. #8 Cal Ripken (Record Breaker)
  16. #387 Wade Boggs (All-Star)

Pack Break: 1996 Topps Series 1

Saturday, February 12th, 2011

9-6-95: Cal’s 2,131st straight game!

I think I still have the front page of the newspaper from September 7, 1995 sitting in a box somewhere.  I’ll scan it and post it next time I see it.

1996 Topps Series 1:

  1. #154 Geronimo Berroa
  2. #21 Jim Scharrer (Draft Pick) (Rookie)
  3. #165 Steve Avery
  4. #200 Cal Ripken
  5. #56 Greg Gagne
  6. #157 Mark Gubicza
  7. #194 Alex Fernandez
  8. #168 Tino Martinez
  9. #121 Curtis Goodwin
  10. #141 Quilvio Veras
  11. #176 Steve Ontiveros
  12. #176 Steve Ontiveros

Pack Break: 1994 Topps Series 2

Thursday, February 10th, 2011

Ripken has established new standards for durability and power for the shortstop position.  While the typical Hall of Fame SS normed 6 homers per year, Cal has averaged more than 4 per MONTH in his career.  Replacing Aparicio’s speed with slugging, he otherwise compares closely to Little Louie.

Ripken was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2007.

1994 Topps Series 2:

  1. #434 Bob Walk
  2. #604 Cal Ripken (Measures of Greatness)
  3. #692 Mickey Morandini
  4. #453 Eric Hillman
  5. #593 Omar Vizquel
  6. Gold #670 Danny Tartabull
  7. #665 Mark Langston
  8. #502 Mike Greenwell
  9. #425 Brian McRae
  10. #501 Donovan Osborne
  11. #515 Jack McDowell
  12. #616 Eddie Zambrano/Glenn Murray/Chad Mottola/Jermaine Allensworth (Prospects) (Rookie Card)

Pack Break: 1995 Topps Traded and Rookies

Thursday, December 17th, 2009

1995 Topps Traded and Rookies:

  1. #92T Vaughn Eshelman
  2. #118T Jerald Clark
  3. #46T Dave Mlicki
  4. #110T David Cone
  5. #24T Tomas Perez
  6. #29T Todd Williams
  7. #27T Derek Bell
  8. #104T Melvin Bunch
  9. #159 Cal Ripken/Ozzie Smith (All-Star)
  10. #104T Melvin Bunch
  11. #156 Frank Thomas/Fred McGriff (All-Star)

Cal Ripken edged out Ozzie Smith in 1994 All-Star Voting 1,628,524 votes to Smith’s 1,367,518.

Archives Project: 1991 Score, Group 3

Monday, August 17th, 2009

1991 Score, to be integrated into my collection:

  1. #90 Todd Benzinger
  2. #91 Mike Jackson
  3. #94 John Kruk
  4. #95 Cal Ripken Jr.
  5. #97 Mike Felder
  6. #102 Jaime Navarro *x2
  7. #104 Brian Downing *x3
  8. #105 Jim Abbott *x2
  9. #107 Darryl Hamilton *x3
  10. #110 Greg Swindell
  11. #113 Scott Bradley
  12. #114 Jack Morris
  13. #115 Barry Jones
  14. #118 Scott Sanderson
  15. #120 George Brett *x4
  16. #122 Jim Acker *x2
  17. #125 Jay Buhner *x2
  18. #126 Matt Young *x3
  19. #127 Alvaro Espinoza
  20. #129 Jeff Robinson
  21. #130 Mike Greenwell
  22. #134 Randy Velarde
  23. #136 Mark Davis
  24. #138 Phil Stephenson
  25. #139 Felix Fermin
  26. #140 Pedro Guerrero
  27. #146 Eric Anthony *x2
  28. #148 Jesse Barfield *x2
  29. #150 Dave Stewart *x3
  30. #154 Jim Eisenreich *x2

Archives Project: 1990 Upper Deck, Group 1

Monday, August 3rd, 2009

1990 Upper Deck, to be integrated into my collection:

  1. #5 Devon White (Team Card)
  2. #6 Luis Salazar
  3. #48 Kirby Puckett (Team Card)
  4. #50 Will Clark (All-Star)
  5. #79 Ozzie Guillen (Team Card)
  6. #95 George Bell (Team Card)
  7. #96 Jerry Reuss
  8. #98 Kevin Ritz (Rookie)
  9. #121 Tommy Gregg
  10. #126 Cory Snyder
  11. #128 Mark Grace
  12. #131 Don Aase
  13. #139 John Franco
  14. #140 Mike LaCoss
  15. #152 Don Slaught
  16. #167 Barry Larkin
  17. #172 Steve Sax
  18. #176 Rob Deer
  19. #192 Dave Parker
  20. #197 Hubie Brooks
  21. #203 Jim Clancy
  22. #216 Jose Rijo
  23. #220 Rick Mahler
  24. #232 Ron Gant
  25. #238 Dan Gladden
  26. #239 Bryan Clutterbuck
  27. #253 Carney Lansford
  28. #255 Jose DeJesus
  29. #264 Kirk Gibson
  30. #265 Kevin McReynolds
  31. #266 Cal Ripken Jr.
  32. #295 Don August *x2
  33. #312 Mike Brumley
  34. #318 Lee Guetterman
  35. #323 Roger Clemens
  36. #334 Rickey Henderson
  37. #336 Ken Hill
  38. #337 Dave Winfield *x3
  39. #338 Alfredo Griffin
  40. #356 Andres Galarraga

Archives Project: 1989 Kmart Dream Team

Saturday, July 18th, 2009

Kmart made some nice oddball sets back in the 80′s before Wal-Mart began stealing their customers.  Here are some 1989 Kmart Dream Team cards I acquired:

  1. #15 Cal Ripken
  2. #19 Terry Steinbach
  3. #24 Ryne Sandberg

2001 Topps Series 2: Iron Men

Thursday, June 4th, 2009
2001 Topps Combos #TC16 Cal Ripken/Lou Gehrig

2001 Topps Combos #TC16 Cal Ripken/Lou Gehrig

2001 Topps series 2:

  1. #558 Brian Moehler
  2. #572 Joe Mays
  3. #442 Rondell White
  4. #595 Dave Mlicki
  5. #704 Cristian Guzman
  6. Combos #TC16 Cal Ripken/Lou Gehrig
  7. #455 Eric Karros
  8. #699 Chad Kreuter
  9. #610 Bill Haselman
  10. #416 Matt Mantei

Some called Lou Gehrig’s streak of 2,130 consecutive games a record that would never be broken.  Then along came Cal Ripken a half-century later with a run of 2,632.  While no record is unassailable, the legacy of these two “Iron men” will last forever.  Each earned two Most Valuable Player Awards.  Gehrig won a Triple Crown in 1934 and compiled a .361 World Series batting average.  Ripken topped the 3,000-hit milestone and, in 2000, was selected to play in his 18th consecutive All-Star Game.