1991 Donruss French Back Proof

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by Deertick

His other claim to fame was giving up a 3 run HR in the MABL Fall Classic in Dunedin in 1993.

Guess who the batter was?

That's a story worth hearing.

It's not like there's going to be another Tim Burke thread started anytime in the near future.

[Deertick]

Originally Posted by D. Bergin

That's a story worth hearing.

It's not like there's going to be another Tim Burke thread started anytime in the near future.

Lol.
I don't think any of our MABL/MSBL teams were entering, so we were free agent fill-ins because a lot of teams from around the country had incomplete rosters due to the time/cost involved. I think I was picked up by Cobb County Georgia as a P/OF.

I say 1993, but it may have been later, because of the by-laws that said a player had to be out of professional ball for a certain amount of time and he hadn't technically met that. But they made an exception, which wasn't unusual.

Walk, two outs, and then an error by the shortstop on an attempted FC, got me to the plate. 1st pitch on the fists, then 2 sinkers away for balls. Not sure if I hit a high sinker or a fastball that didn't get in enough. Left centerfield no-doubter.

Hit another one later in the game off of some guy.

[saucywombat]

So Andrew Miller without the star run?

[G1911]

I guess I never realized Burke was actually pretty good. Had a nice little trip down Baseball Reference here.

It's odd this card is only in French, the Leaf parallel sets for Canada were in both languages, not just French. I have no idea what this is beyond the obvious 'some sort of test', but it's really cool.

[JustinD]

I would assume as this is a Montreal card that it was created for a stadium giveaway.

[ronniehatesjazz]

Originally Posted by G1911

I guess I never realized Burke was actually pretty good. Had a nice little trip down Baseball Reference here.

Seems like Montreal's version of Dave Stieb... the Canadians get no love sadly

[ripfan008]

This was around the era when Topps was doing UK releases, maybe Donruss was considering doing a set release in France? That would explain why the card is in French only (anything Canadian should be in English and French). And it may explain why they tested it on an Expos player, the obvious first choice for a team of interest in France.

Just pure speculation on my part.