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 Upper Deck Minors Player Of The Year #PY26

Player of the Year insert card form the 1994 UD Minors set.  Cool blue background with bronze lettering, and if you look really closely you can see a Minnesota Twins logo hiding back there too.  Very similar photo to the previous two cards.

Kind of boring on the back.  Small photo from the same photo shoot again, bio, star hologram.

Current total = 8

1994 Upper Deck Minors #248

I like the angle of the photos on this card, looking up at him showing the concentration on his face.  Looks like the photos could have come from the same photo shoot as the previous card.  The scrunched up little photo on the let is a little weird.  They should have left that a solid color and put the "Twins Top Prospect" from the right side in there.

Similar photo on the back only this time a blue undershirt and a different jersey with a patch on the left shoulder.  The star Upper Deck hologram is cool as they usually use a baseball field shaped hologram.  Only one line of stats but they added a rating scale for his pitches which is different but pretty cool.

Current total = 103

1994 Upper Deck Next In Line #6

Card number 6 out of 20 in the Next In Line insert set.  I like the close up photo with his glove up and the serious stare he has going on.  They had to put a happy photo on there so they got one of him smiling to put in the corner to even it out.  1 of 2500 it says, I have not seen many of these cards so it is a bit more scarce.

A nice wind up photo on the back with a little bio and the short version of his stats.  Overall a nice card, I hope to find more of these over the years.

Current total = 2