A reader of this blog, Ben, was a co-worker of mine briefly, so brief that I don't really remember him working there. (Before anyone gets too offended, know that he worked in an office an hour away from me). We correspond via email occasionally and he's a rabid set-builder, way more efficient than I am. Sometimes he suggests blog topics. I'm taking him up on this one -- because it's simple and easy. So, let's rank the baseball card sets of dearly departed and missed Score! Score is an easy card company to rank. It produced just 11 sets, from 1988-98, nice and tidy. I'm not counting any spin-offs or Pinnacle or what-not. I'm also not doing a lot of diving into what each set was all about, the checklist and the quality of the inserts and that kind of detail that will ruin the simple-and-easy part. Mostly I'm rating these based on how they look and a few of my memories of collecting them. So here we go. In reverse order, of course. 11. 1997 Score To me, t...
Up all hours talking baseball, cardboard & collecting