Some more from the minor league cards from Penny Sleeves.
The 1985 Huntsville Stars set has the most egregious product placement you'll on a card. Every card is the same, player in front of the Burger King sign. The most famous card in this set is Canseco but he wasn't in this lot. Which is fine, the fun in minor league cards is more in the obscure players than the stars.
The 1987 Huntsville BK set is a lot more interesting. There were some night cards like this one.
Fun collection of signs behind Doug Scherer here. And not one for Burger King!
Jimmy Jones leads off second base in front of a big diamond. Class Jewelers? Brass Jewelers?
Interesting shot here, far away from the action, with an unusual, dusky sky.
Here's a classic baseball pose that doesn't seem to get on baseball cards much.
How many of you have a card of someone whose last name starts with X?
McDonald's was not left out, co-sponsoring the 1989 Peoria Chiefs set with Kodak. That Rick Kranitz card with the shopping cart full of baseballs is a classic. The McDonald's coupon is unnumbered but is printed like a card in the set. It's even
on TCDB, listed as card #35.
Saw Canseco play Advanced Single A with McGwire. The program with the team picture is somewhere at my mother's house.
ReplyDeleteThe Kranitz is a fun card. Didn't know about Canseco being in that set, I'm not surprised though that he wasn't in with the rest of the dime minor league cards.
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