Monday, September 2, 2013

Tribecards from Outer Space: Labor Day Legends

Happy Labor Day, everyone! I had to run a few errands before we had our family cookout today, and that led me to Fred's for some cheap wax. I picked up a 35-card pack of Legends Baseball cards. Basically, it is a repack of 35 loose cards in a blister pack. The reason I picked it up: The card on top was nothing I had seen before. Let's open up the blister pack and see what we've got.

Matt Walbeck Team Cubs 1993 Topps Stadium Club - Pedersej (Wahoo!!)
Champ Summers - Giants - 1983 Topps - Free Agent
Mike Boddicker - Red Sox - 1990 Donruss - Josh Denhartog (Wahoo!!)
Dave West - Twins - 1990 Donruss - Free Agent
Lance Dickson Team Cubs 1993 Topps Stadium Club - Night Owl (Wahoo!!)
Scott McGregor - Orioles - 1984 Donruss - Free Agent
Dan Quisenberry - Cardinals - 1990 Donruss - Josh Denhartog (Wahoo!!)
Gene Larkin - Twin - 1990 Donruss - Free Agent
Dwight Smith - Cubs - 1990 Donruss - Pedersej (Wahoo!!)
Kal Daniels - Dodgers - 1990 Donruss - Trhdds (Wahoo!!)
Stan Musial HOF Diamond King - Cardinals - 1988 Donruss - Stealing Home (Wahoo!!)
Jeff Musselman - Blue Jays - 1988 Donruss - Dawgbones (Wahoo!!)
Terry Pendleton - Cardinals - 1990 Donruss - Captain Canuck (Wahoo!!)
George Bell - Blue Jays - 1988 Donruss - Dan Houck (Wahoo!!)
Jesse Hollins Team Cubs 1993 Stadium Club - Free Agent
Chuck McElroy Team Cubs - 1993 Stadium Club - Free Agent
Charlie Puleo - Reds - 1984 Donruss - Free Agent
Elias Sosa - Expos - 1981 Fleer - Free Agent
Jose Uribe - Giants - 1990 Donruss - Free Agent
Barry Lyons - Mets - 1990 Donruss - Night Owl (Wahoo!!)
Ken Griffey Jr - Mariners - 1994 Topps Gold - Patrick Smith (Wahoo!!)
Frank Bertaina - Senators - 1981 TCMA - Free Agent (Hand-written stats on back)
Andre Robertson - Yankees - 1983 Donruss - Free Agent
Rich Garces - Twins - 1989 Star Cards - Free Agent
Charlie Leibrandt - Royals - 1990 Topps - Captain Canuck (Wahoo!!)
Alejandro Pena - Dodgers - 1987 Fleer - gcrl (Wahoo!!)
Wally Joyner - Angels - 1990 Fleer - Backstop Cards (Wahoo!!)
Dave Smith - Astros - 1987 Topps - Free Agent
Mike Trujillo - Mariners - 1987 Topps - Free Agent
Mike Madden - Astros - 1986 Topps - Free Agent
Scott Blankhead - Mariners - 1987 Topps - Free Agent
Pascual Perez - Expos - 1987 Fleer - Free Agent
Jamie Moyer - Orioles - 1994 Collector's Choice - Dawgbones (Wahoo!!)
Efrain Valdez - Indians (Wahoo!) - Irish Tribe Fan (Wahoo!!)
Chris Hammond - Marlins - 1995 Leaf - Free Agent
Pete O'Brien - Mariners - 1991 Stadium Club - Play at the Plate (Wahoo!!)

Well, if that's not splitting a pack, I don't know what is! Let's talk about a couple of these. First, I don't think I've ever seen the "Team Cubs" version of Stadium Club before. I am assuming (without searching) that each team had a "team" version. I'm going to have to look for Tribers!  Second, I had a Scott McGregor glove when I was a kid. Er, I think it was his name written in facsimile in the pocket of my glove. Third, I can't believe there was a 1981 Fleer in here! Yeah, sure, it's of a player most folks probably hadn't heard of, but I can vividly remember pulling Sosa from a pack of 1981 Fleer in 1981. It's the massive glove that triggers the memory. Fourth, that TCMA card... It's a great-looking card except for the stats on the back. Actually, those are written quite well and neat. They are writtin on two lines with the category on top and the number below it, appearing as:

W
L
PCT
ERA
G
IP
H
BB
SO
SHO
19
29
.396
3.84
99
413
399
214
280
5

There are plenty of other team notables in here as well as a Junior for good measure. Worth $1.99? I'd say so.



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