1995 Signature Rookies Preview #P-2

Kind of a boring card in my opinion.  Similar photo that we have seen before on other Signature Rookies cards.

The back uses cropped versions of the same photo.  The last line of the text on the back could have been formatted a bit differently to line up with the rest of the story.

This is one of the few cards I only have 1 of.  I've had this one for many years and have never seen another one since I found it.

Current total = 1

1995 Action Packed Franchise Gem 24K Gold #15G

Same card as yesterday only this variation has a little bit of gold leaf on it and has a new card number.

Gold!  Not much more to say about this one.

Total = 2

1995 Action Packed Franchise Gem #76

This card reminds me a lot of a couple of previous cards I have posted about.  It's a pretty good photo so I guess they wanted to use it as many times as possible.  Again putting the Buzz logo on this card but showing him with the Miracle.  But, there is a huge baseball right behind him which makes the top of the card look pretty cool.

A large photo on the back.  I like that they really used the full size of the card on the back.  A combined abbreviated stat line on the back works well with the big photo.

Total = 19

1995 Action Packed #28

Action Packed!  Not a card full of action but rather a fat puffy card that needs to make a comeback.  I always liked these cards because they were different and much thicker and fancier than the standard cards from other companies.  They used a nice action shot with the ball just leaving his hand.

Lots of good info on the back.  The first bullet point under the stats is probably my favorite.  It's odd that they have the Buzz logo on the back of this card but picture him with the Miracle.  But I guess since he started the season with the Miracle it's all good.

Total = 25

94-95 Fleer Excel League Leader #8

League Leader insert card from the 94-95 Fleer Excel set.  I like the blurry background, gives more focus to the player.  The photo though looks pretty familiar, kind of like the 1994 Signature Rookies cards.  Take a look back at that post and tell me what you think.

The back is fairly plain with just a recap of his season and what made him a league leader.

Current total = 17

94-95 Fleer Excel #86

94-95 Fleer Excel.  A nice looking design with the cropped out background and the basebll stitches on the side.  It's kind of cool that they let the photo overlap into the border of the card.  Not sure I would have went with this photo as it kind of looks like he is staring off into space.

Same photo on the back which I am never a fan of.  I like to see different photos front and rear but I guess that adds to the complexity of designing a card.  Kind of a different way to display the stats, the column headers are way up at the top and then each team is split off on its own.

Current Total = 17

1994 Signature Rookies Panel

I forgot that I had this item until I was rearranging some of my baseball stuff and this was in a stack of magazines.  I got this on eBay a few years ago and it is the only one I have come across since.  It is numbered out of 900 on the right side above Scott Ruffcorn's name.

A pretty neat oddball item I think.  Someday I will figure out how to display this so it doesn't get lost in a stack of magazines again.

1994 Signature Rookies Autograph #T4 and #T9

Today's card is pretty much the same as yesterdays only this one has an autograph and an added sticker on the back.  Hand numbered to 2100 copies.  I wonder how long it takes to sign that many cards and if they break it up into multiple days or just hammer it out in one marathon session.

Just like yesterdays card this one has two different card numbers.  They added the Authentic Signatures gold seal so you know it's a legit autograph.

T4 total = 13
T9 total = 15

I just bought a couple of these on ebay so those totals will go up in the next few days when they arrive.

1994 Signature Rookies #T4, #T9

Today's post is sort of a 2 for 1.  One card with two different card numbers.  As far as I can tell the cards are identical other than the card number on the back.  The photo is from his days with the Ft. Myers Miracle but they don't want you to know that since they airbrushed the "M" off of his cap.  1 of only 20,000.  I wonder how many are card number 4 and how many are number 9.

The back uses the same photo as the front in the exact same spot which is kind of weird and cool at the same time.  A closeup of his face from that same photo is used as the large head shot on the back.  Add some stats and a bio and there you go.

T4 total = 2
T9 total = 22

1994 Fleer ProCards #1163

1994 Fleer ProCards #1163.  Very simple design on the front with the classic white border and name and logo in one strip across the bottom.  I like the ProCards logo this year with the baseball diamond incorporated into the bottom.  I like the pose they used for the card but the background could have been more exciting.  Have the outfield or the backstop be the background instead of a section of bleachers.  I guess minor league cards in the 90's weren't the biggest market so I can understand the lack of imagination.

I like the stripes on the back, makes it look classy!  They had some extra room on there for a bio but that section must have not made the cut.

Current total = 8

1994 Classic Fort Myers Miracle #1

1994 Classic Fort Myers Miracle card #1.  Pretty cool that he is card 1 in the set!  This is one of my favorite card photos.  The crossed broken bat pieces shows you just how deadly his fastball is!

Nothing too exciting on the back, stats, logos, and of course the card number.  Card number 1!  I have a couple of these sets still sealed in the factory plastic wrap with LaTroy's card on the top.

The first one of these cards that I had was from a set that I broke open.

Current total including team sets = 9

1994 Classic Tri Cards #T46

Today we look at the 1994 Classic Tri Card.  When I first decided to try and find every LaTroy card made this was one of the tougher ones for me to find.  It was on my short list of needed cards for quite a while before I found one.  Then all of a sudden I found a few of them and haven't seen another one for sale in a few years.  This card features 3 different players and each mini card is perforated in the middle so you could tear them apart if you wanted to.  They used good pictures that fill up the space very nicely in my opinion.

The back has a little bio about each players 1993 season.  No stats which is a little different but I suppose with the size of the card they were a bit limited on what they could put on there.  1 of 8000 made, I wonder how many of them were torn apart into individual cards.

The last time I saw one of these at a card show was a few years ago.  A local dealer had an autographed copy where all three players had signed the card.  Of course I had to buy it.

I'm generally not interested in autographs that I didn't get myself but I made an exception for this one.  I figured the odds of me finding these 3 guys and getting them to sign the card was pretty slim.

Grand total with the auto = 4

1994 Classic #54

1994 Classic, card #54.  This was one of the first few LaTroy cards that I ever had.  I remember buying it at Shinder's along with a couple other LaTroy cards and some other Twins cards.  They used to have a box of random Twins cards that I would sit and look through and pull out the 25 cent cards of the guys that I liked.  At the time I liked this card because it was a minor league card and it had a big photo on the back.

I just think this card has a nice design overall.  Good picture on the front with all the logo's and names tucked into one section on the bottom.  Big picture on the back with the stats and bio over the top.  I like that you can still see the photo under the stats.

Current total = 80