Boardwalk & Baseball 1987

[JustinD]

Agree with the recent prevalence because of the new intros to the marketplace. I remember paying somewhere around 60 due to rarity for my first Parrish. Now I am up to 4-5 just grabbing the ones that pop up cheap as the supply will likely dwindle again. I grabbed one for less than 10 on COMC not long ago.

[bsuttonosu]

Do we know for sure that the “no slash” version was issued in the box sets? I have had a Brett for a number of years and it was certainly cut from a sheet because it’s a two card panel. I don’t remember ever buying that box set back in 1987 so I don’t know much about the distribution of it. I had always just assumed that maybe the no slash versions were all cut from a sheet or potentially some kind of poster version that was issued and cut up. I have no foundation for that assumption other than, as all of you, seeing a lot of sheet cut cards available on eBay and owning one myself.

For what it’s worth, I have never seen a George Brett in the other two versions mentioned.

[mrmopar]

This is not about the cards themselves, but the amusement part of the same name, which is where the cards originated.

I joined the Navy in Nov 1987. I was sent to Orlando, FL for bootcamp. After I graduated sometime in late Jan/early Feb 1988, my parents came for the ceremony and a trip for themselves to do some sightseeing in the Florida area. They asked me what I wanted to do after being locked on the base for the last 8 weeks and I chose a trip to Boardwalk & Baseball. The park had just opened less than a year earlier (April 87).

I don't recall how I came to know about it, maybe my parents learned of it and told me about it, but I enjoyed the trip. I did buy the B&B card set directly from the park during my visit as well. I have a few souvenir photos from that day as well (I was wearing my dress blue uniform for some reason, because I think I recall I was not allowed to wear civilian clothes yet, even when out on my own with family).

I left Orlando and continued on with my life. Years later, I decided to look up the park and learn a little more about it. I was shocked to find that the park closed not long after I had made my visit (Jan 1990). There is something about that trip and my sentimentality that made me so glad that I chose that over Disneyland or something else. For what it was worth, I actually got to experience the park before it was gone forever. Now I wish I had taken more pictures!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boardwalk_and_Baseball