“Cleveland manager Mike Hargrove said his team “out-uglied” the Marlins in Game 3, but Florida’s Gary Sheffield came out looking good.  In his team’s wild 14-11 win, the rightfielder contributed a solo home run, RBI double, two-run single, bases-loaded walk and a great catch at the wall.  The slugfest, impacted by six errors and 17 walks, gave Florida a two games-to-one edge.  It was the second-highest scoring, second-coldest (41 degrees) and second longest (4:12) nine-inning game in Series history.”

Sheffield hit his 500th homer on the final season of his 22-season MLB career in 2009, as a member of the New York Mets.

1998 Topps Series 1:

1. #96 Walt Weiss
2. #24 Jeff Kent
3. #177 Hal Morris
4. #279 Gary Sheffield (World Series Highlights)
5. #191 Dave Mlicki
6. #47 Devon White
7. #141 Jaime Navarro
8. #15 Bobby Witt
9. #138 Doug Jones
10. #253 Larry Rodriguez/John Patterson (Prospects)
11. #249 Jason Dellaero/Troy Cameron (Draft Picks) (Rookie Card)

1995 Leaf, to be integrated into my collection:

1. #79 Ray Lankford
2. #99 Scott Livingstone
3. #162 Luis Polonia
4. #182 Gary Sheffield

1992 Upper Deck, to be integrated into my collection:

1. #229 Terry Pendleton
2. #231 Carlos Baerga
3. #233 Bret Saberhagen
4. #234 Gary Sheffield
5. #237 Danny Tartabull *x3
6. #247 Deion Sanders
7. #248 Dwight Evans
8. #249 Larry Walker
9. #250 Billy Ripken
10. #251 Mickey Tettleton
11. #258 Jose Rijo
12. #259 Al Osuna *x2
13. #264 Felix Jose *x2
14. #266 Kevin Mitchell
15. #270 Jose Uribe
16. #275 Mike Greenwell *x2
17. #276 Jeff Bagwell *x2
18. #277 Frank Viola
19. #278 Randy Myers
20. #280 Bill Doran
21. #281 Dan Pasqua
22. #286 Robby Thompson *x2
23. #287 Mark Eichhorn
24. #290 Dave Anderson *x2
25. #292 Jerald Clark
26. #296 Jack Armstrong
27. #299 Jeff Reed
28. #303 Junior Felix
29. #305 Mark Langston
30. #316 David Segui *x3

Stadium Club was Topps’ answer to Upper Deck baseball cards back in the early 90′s.  It featured full-bleed photographic quality shots and paid tribute to the flagship brand by showing the Topps rookie card of each player on the back.  It’s really a shame that these are also considered “junk wax”.  Here’s my collection of 1992 Stadium Club:

1. #301 Frank Thomas *x2
2. #304 Julio Valera *x3
3. #306 Joe Oliver *x2
4. #307 Todd Stottlemyre
5. #308 Rey Sanchez *x2
6. #309 Gary Sheffield
7. #312 Bruce Hurst
8. #314 Mike Benjamin
9. #317 Scott Livingstone
10. #321 Willie Banks
11. #324 Wally Ritchie
12. #327 Cal Eldred
13. #328 Daryl Boston
14. #329 Mike Huff *x2
15. #331 Bob Milacki *x2
16. #336 Mo Sanford
17. #341 Jeff Huson
18. #342 Jose Melendez
19. #345 Joel Johnston
20. #346 Lee Guetterman
21. #347 Francisco Oliveras *x2
22. #354 Chris George
23. #356 Roberto Hernandez
24. #359 Jose Vizcaino *x2
25. #360 Jim Thome
26. #372 Bob MacDonald
27. #375 Scott Bankhead
28. #376 Greg Gagne
29. #377 Scott Cooper
30. #379 Billy Spiers

1992 Ultra, to be integrated into my collection:

1. #581 Rich Rodriguez *x5
2. #582 Gary Sheffield *x2
3. #583 Craig Shipley *x2
4. #584 Kurt Stillwell *x4
5. #585 Tim Teufel *x3
6. #586 Rod Beck *x4
7. #587 Dave Burba *x5
8. #588 Craig Colbert *x2
9. #589 Bryan Hickerson *x4
10. #590 Mike Jackson *x2
11. #591 Mark Leonard *x4
12. #593 John Patterson
13. #594 Dave Righetti *x3
14. #595 Cory Snyder *x2
15. #596 Bill Swift
16. #597 Ted Wood
17. #598 Checklist (Checklist) *x2
18. #599 Checklist (Checklist)
19. #600 Checklist (Checklist) *x2

2009 Topps Ring of Honor #RH17 Gary Sheffield

2009 Topps series 1:

1. #95 Andrew Miller
2. #149 Juan Uribe
3. #310 Johan Santana
4. #186 Ryan Madson
5. #233 Erik Bedard
6. Ring of Honor #RH17 Gary Sheffield
7. Topps Town #TTT19 Carlos Quentin
8. #49 Kazuo Matsui
9. #302 Brian Giles
10. #146 Glen Perkins

October 18-26, 1997, Florida Marlins beat the Cleveland Indians 4 games to 3

“Gary was a major player for the 1997 Marlins in earning the only championship ring of his career.  In the 1997 World Series, he ripped seven hits (including a homer), walked eight times and drove in five runs.”

…and for the third time in this box, DUDE!  WHERE’S MY TOPPSTOWN CODE???