Fun with 100 Minor League Sets

[hockeyhockey]

Originally Posted by Mike D.

Oh fun! I hope you enjoy the cards - and feel free to share any experiences here!

will do. i'll probably wait until school starts so the house is quiet in the early mornings.

[Mike D.]

1993 ProCards New Orleans Zephyrs
1993 ProCards Appleton Foxes
1993 ProCards Columbus Clippers
1993 ProCards Daytona Cubs
1993 ProCards Waterloo Diamonds

It's fun looking at some of the major leaguers and former top prospects in these sets...and just as interesting to see the teams that really seemed to have "nobody who became anybody" on the roster.

The Zephyrs for example, sport a number of familiar names on this checklist.

The Foxes sport Raul Ibanez and Shawn Estes.

The Clippers sport a lot of familiar names, although only Gerald Williams on the list really lasted long.

The Daytona Cubs really only have one name, Doug Glanville, who had a nice career and followed it up with some great writing for ESPN.

The Diamonds, however, don't have much for name recognition. Manager Ed Romero may be the biggest.

[Mike D.]

Listed 5 more sets tonight:

1993 ProCards Spokane Indians
1993 ProCards Jacksonville Suns
1993 ProCards Springfield Cardinals
1993 ProCards Memphis Chicks
1993 ProCards Princeton Reds

Not much for big names here, but we'll see if anyone wants them!

[homerunderby]

Good luck, sounds like a fun lot! One piece of advice where the team has a name like "Chicks" or "Clippers" put the parent team in the title so you get views from people who collect that team like myself.

[Mike D.]

Originally Posted by homerunderby

Good luck, sounds like a fun lot! One piece of advice where the team has a name like "Chicks" or "Clippers" put the parent team in the title so you get views from people who collect that team like myself.

That's a good idea...thank you! If they'll fit in the title, I'll do that.

I'm glad you spoke up when I only had 10 sets listed, not 90.

[Mike D.]

Added tonight:

1993 ProCards Sarasota White Sox
1993 ProCards Las Vegas Stars
1993 ProCards Orlando Cubs
1993 ProCards Syracuse Chiefs
1993 Pawtucket Red Sox

Not a lot of names in the Sarasota set.

The Las Vegas set has Pedro Martinez...just not THAT Pedro Martinez. Other than that, not much other than nice to see a couple of Red Sox connections on the coaching staff in Russ Nixon and Marty Barrett.

Orlando has Jose Hernandez, who played a good long time.

Syracuse features Darrel Akerfelds, Woody Williams, and Lee Stevens.

The Pawsox set includes Aaron Sele, Steve Lyons, and Herm Winningham.

100 sets
1 opened / singles to be listed
15 complete sets listed on eBay
84 to be reviewed

[Mike D.]

More sets listed:

1993 ProCards Bowie Baysox
1993 ProCards Clearwater Phillies
1993 ProCards Fort Lauderdale Red Sox
1993 ProCards El Paso Diablos
1993 ProCards Bluefield Orioles


The Bowie set has number of recognizable names, such as Gregg Zaun, Edgar Alfonzo, and Jeff Hammonds.

Clearwater has Ricky Bottalico and not much else.

The Ft. Lauderdale Red Sox remind me how thin the Sox system was in the early-mid 90's.

El Paso features Mike Matheny, Jeff Cirillo, and Ben Oglivie as a coach.

Bluefield doesn't have anyone who jumps out, name-wise.

100 sets
1 opened / singles to be listed
20 complete sets listed on eBay
79 to be reviewed