Tim 'Rock' Raines Topps Cards 1989-92

bnorth · #1 07-01-2020, 11:32 AM

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Originally Posted by G1911

I don't the know "why", but I loved his 89 Topps card as a kid solely because "Rock Raines" is a fantastic name

Well Rock is better than "Rock of Cocaine Raines".

homerunderby · #2 07-01-2020, 01:44 PM

Maybe the reason is because Topps signs each player to a contract. The other companies got rights through MLBPA. Raines and Gooden maybe were able to stipulate how their name appeared with Topps because they had a choice not to sign.

Tripredacus · #3 07-06-2020, 01:59 PM

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Originally Posted by homerunderby

Maybe the reason is because Topps signs each player to a contract. The other companies got rights through MLBPA. Raines and Gooden maybe were able to stipulate how their name appeared with Topps because they had a choice not to sign.

I think it was because of this. I recall reading something along the lines of "the name on the contract is the name on the card" as the reasoning why Ichiro Suzuki's cards just had Ichiro printed on them.

G1911 · #4 07-01-2020, 05:40 PM

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Originally Posted by bnorth

Well Rock is better than "Rock of Cocaine Raines".

I'm going to have to disagree there, a Rock of Cocaine Raines card would be even cooler.

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