I traveled to the Field of Dreams show that was mentioned in this article and set up at the card show the Upper Deck sponsored for that event as well. My kids still talk about the great time they had and it was 20 years ago. There was the show, a baseball game of baseball greats and a evening of entertainment with many Hollywood "stars" of that time period.
What really hit home to me about that article was that I was able to have a rather long conversation with Jay McCracken at that show as he sat at my table going through a large pile of 1992 Leaf black border cards I had for sale. He was putting this parallel set together for his own collection and I always found it curious that this Upper Deck Executive was putting together a set from another competitor at the time. I found Jay to be a genuine guy who loved what he was doing and was happy to talk about the company to anyone who would listen. I knew he left the company but I had no idea he was fired three days after this event.
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