May Pickups

[WillBBC]

Great looking Pujols. 2001 was such an interesting year for the hobby. How often do you get dozens of legitimate rookie cards of a baseball player the year he debuts--let alone two HOFers? I always find myself on eBay just searching 2001 Pujols or 2001 Ichiro. So many beautiful cards.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Also bought a Derek, like this better than the SP for some reason.

[Rookiemonster]

Nice jeter I also like it better then the sp . I would guess that there were less stadium club made. I remember hearing it was also printed earlier ate not released. I picked one up two months ago. But it was not a 9.5 lol.

[Peter_Spaeth]

It's in the design of the 92 Stadium Clubs but it's called a 93 issue. I guess it must not have been released until the next year. If they ever change the designation, making it Jeter's only rookie card, that would be interesting.

[Rookiemonster]

Yeah that would be cool . It would then put the sp rookie in to the better second year cards category. I wish I was a bigger SP fan because when I was a kid everyone had one to ten of those cards in there case. I rarely seen the stadium club in person. I got mine for a great price because the corner was dinged. But I couldn't resist because I don't see them often.

[Rookiemonster]

And the back of the card says 1992 on the copyrights .

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Rookiemonster

And the back of the card says 1992 on the copyrights .

Most likely produced in 1992 and released in early 1993.

[Tripredacus]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

It's in the design of the 92 Stadium Clubs but it's called a 93 issue. I guess it must not have been released until the next year. If they ever change the designation, making it Jeter's only rookie card, that would be interesting.

This is the case. 1993 Stadium Club hobby only Jack Murphy Stadium set used the 1992 design and the cards are copyright 1992 on them. But the set was sold in 1993.

Same deal with the previous year, the 1992 Skydome set has the 1991 design and 1991 copyrights, but was shipped in 1992.

So some thing had delayed both sets so that they were not released the same year they were printed. Maybe it was the time it took to make the plastic stadium replicas?

[Sierra79]

Finally found one for my Maddux collection. The 1998 Topps Sportzcubz has been one of the cards that I honestly didn't think I would be able to cross off my checklist.

[irv]

Originally Posted by bnorth

Nice pickup Jason. I was at the Twins/Yankees game when the Twins fans threw stuff at him bad enough that they stopped the game and escorted a ton of fans out of the stadium. I think they even stopped beer sales in the outfield for quite a while after that.

What is the story behind, Knoblauch? I always thought he was a great player but for some reason I quit watching ball and only heard rumors which I never followed up on?

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

It's in the design of the 92 Stadium Clubs but it's called a 93 issue. I guess it must not have been released until the next year. If they ever change the designation, making it Jeter's only rookie card, that would be interesting.

Digging through a bunch of cards I purchased back in the early 90's, I discovered this card. Happy to own it but I assume there are plenty out there? Looks/is OC but not sure if that is indeed the case with this card?

Also found many of the 92 Topps Stadium cards that I also purchased, but like most wax back then, I highly doubt much is desirable or worth anything, is it?

[sbfinley]

Originally Posted by Sierra79

Finally found one for my Maddux collection. The 1998 Topps Sportzcubz has been one of the cards that I honestly didn't think I would be able to cross off my checklist.

I was wondering who grabbed the Maddux. Great pickup!

[majordanby]

Originally Posted by Sierra79

Finally found one for my Maddux collection. The 1998 Topps Sportzcubz has been one of the cards that I honestly didn't think I would be able to cross off my checklist.

scott - nice card! can you explain why? very scarce?