Baseball Griffey Jr. 89 Upper Deck RC the greatest card of all time?

[Steve_O_21]

This is a really cool read about one of the most recognizable and meaningful cards in the history of the industry.

Chris' Blog :: Junior Mint

"Using an issue of Baseball America as his guide, Geideman knew that card No. 1 would belong to Gregg Jefferies, Sandy Alomar Jr., Gary Sheffield, or a long-shot candidate, the phenom they called "The Kid." It's probably the most thinking Geideman ever did compiling a checklist, save for the 1992 Upper Deck set when he assigned numbers that ended in 69 to players with ****-star-sounding names. (**** Schofield at No. 269, Heathcliff Slocumb at No. 569, and Dickie Thon at No. 769.)"

Hahaha! Who knew?

 

[Ajax44]

Interesting article

It reminds me of 70's/80's Topps, where all the best players card #'s ended in zero. The big stars made up the hundreds and 50's, and then the minor stars made up the 10/20/30/40/60/70/80/90's.

 

[cpaulsonc]

good article

 

[deantap]

great read