All-Star Winnings, Part 8

Way back in July 2012, I won a contest at Cards On Cards. The premise was to pick the Cardinals player who would have the biggest impact on the game, determined Sabermetrically. I picked the right player, and got a pile of Cardinals for my trouble. They've been sitting in that same pile, haunting me, for quite some time, so now is the time to show them to you.
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1989 Fleer #652 Ken Hill/Dennis Cook

1989 Score Rookie/Traded #98T Ken Hill
1995 SP #100 Ozzie Smith
1995 SP #102 Ken Hill

Ken Hill was traded for Andres Galarraga before I started paying attention to baseball, but he returned for a bit in 1995, before being traded again for David Bell among others. And since I had 2 cards from the 1995 SP set, there's a certain All-Star shortstop in the middle of that scan.

1994 Post #28 Gregg Jefferies
1994 Stadium Club #531 Gregg Jefferies
1995 Collector's Choice Special Edition #80 Gregg Jefferies

Gregg Jefferies was the player I most associated with #25 before Mark McGwire arrived, although, David Bell and 2 others each wore it for a bit in 1995.

2005 Fleer Tradition #62 John Mabry

Speaking of 1995, this card is from Mabry's third stint with the Cardinals, but the first started way back in 1995, under Joe Torre. John always seemed like a solid and reliable player, although he didn't excel in any one area. Now, he's the Cardinals' hitting coach, after a year as Mark McGwire's assistant.

Spring Training Giveaway, part 2

[Part 1]
I won another contest at Number 5 Type Collection. After ranking the 5 teams I wanted from what he had to offer, I tied another reader and so wound up with half the Tigers and Red Sox.

1981 Fleer Stickers #13 Carl Yastrzemski

1981 Fleer Stickers #34 Dennis Eckersley

1981 Fleer Stickers #53 Jim Rice

1981 Fleer Stickers #58 Carlton Fisk

All 4 of these Fleer Stickers have Hall of Famers on them. That's pretty awesome.

1982 Donruss #5 Alan Trammell

1983 Donruss #5 Jack Morris

It's kind of crazy that Donruss used the same Diamond King design in 1982 and 1983. I never knew that before just now.

1986 Sports Design Products Tigers #5 Mickey Cochrane

It took me awhile to track down what set this one was from. The confusion came in that the back just says 1986 Sports Design Products, but there was a league-wide set that year by that name as well.

1989 Bowman #26 Roger Clemens

This card doesn't fit in a regular sleeve. Between these and Topps Big, I need to find some more accommodating supplies.

1992 Denny's #5 Jack Clark

I'd never seen these Denny's cards before, I must have started collecting after they came out that year. I have several from later years.

2005 Fleer Tradition #141 Bobby Higginson

2005 Fleer Tradition #121 Johnny Damon

2006 Tristar Prospects Plus #21 Jason Place

2007 Topps #28 Brandon Inge

2007 Topps #87 Alexis Gomez

2007 Topps #280 Curt Schilling

2007 Topps #294 Mike Rabelo

2007 Topps #304 Kenny Rogers

Number 5 Type Collection's Cardinals Giveaway, Part 2

[Part 1]
Matt at Number 5 Type Collection gave me way too many Cardinals in a recent contest.  Here's part 2:

1986 Fleer Box Bottoms #C-5

I bet this set would be pretty hard to complete, even though there are only 8 cards total.

1985 Topps Collectors' Series #5 Lou Brock

Lou Brock, good guy.

2005 Fleer Tradition #293 Larry Walker

The cardinals like to pick up aging stars, but it always seems to work out OK. Will Clark, Larry Walker, and hopefully now Carlos Beltran.

2008 Topps Allen and Ginter Mini Baseball Icons #BI11 Johnny Mize

2008 Topps Updates and Highlights #UH246 Kelvin Jimenez

2008 Topps Updates and Highlights #UH243 Joe Mather

2008 Topps Updates and Highlights #UH164 Jason LaRue

My favorite Jason LaRue quote went something like this, regarding a Yadier Molina injury. "I ain't no doctor or nothin', but that looked like it hurt".

2008 Topps Updates and Highlights #UH273 Chris Perez

I really wish we'd held on to this guy, he was showing great potential, and we gave him up for Mark DeRosa.

Once again, more to see tomorrow