![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5tUU-FQZlhJIdrosLZ20BsxKhthdE9q04tFD-lQsIaZsZPnZSB_WfDNbw0RdbwJwadrFZEObQRt-kddbP_Svco556maEUYbZ1-ihTI9YhiJZCqXTl0MrVYsyeoozCkfJSUtcAKwY3g2g/s320/96pinnacledisclaimer.jpg)
Alright, folks, it's time to conclude this mid-'90s parade of baseball cards. If I have learned anything from this venture, it's that if I was actually serious about putting together a set like this that I should have stopped after 2/3 of a box. The doubles begin appearing in droves from here on out.
Pack 17:
274 - Matt Williams Hardball Heroes
299 - Ray Durham
231 - Kevin Seitzer (I guess I don't give post-1987 Kevin Seitzer enough credit. He actually put together a pretty respectable 1995 season with Milwaukee, batting .311 with an OPS north of .800.)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbnwByooMwjFyaSkgpqxbm-I0LlTOFVbCl739zU6Sjm5C3MWwL_MWoO2ykBLXW3YmTZ1B4Qpa3wdTw1_y6c9pbSgydVRhndUZW1z-j0Vq9cYlKL28kLENIkuPJakbBJwsxzRWLCLlJHOM/s320/piazza96pinnaclehh.jpg)
265 - Mike Piazza Hardball Heroes
247 - Roger Clemens
343 - Charlie Hayes
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkhSGGvnTfVfB8AaLWyZ8LtjghWsiE4_QoSAzQNEc2Uo07uNYvbNvLHuDDX8zSu4r7SzmXxiIB4cvGQtnm7q3Q5_Ay3-26-9NYWIhZ6FoE9Ig3f0ZbD3PveXwiLPP5vdSGj_oF8BRRboM/s320/lhernandez96pinnacle.jpg)
372 - Livan Hernandez Rookie (As the sands of time have passed, Livan Hernandez has somehow become the de facto "The" Rookie Card of this set.)
337 - Sean Berry
382 - Osvaldo Fernandez Rookie
335 - Paul Molitor
Pack 18:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgewokZ6GDjwLa8yJErCysy3qv3EVl99dlBcQbgBLoUnHQXtt0PgePIR7-n4k1uJ2S2qQXmzHGdBml1WlKFyavtSwag6Xt8xMGRknM2J0nSAUVn6_XWjRzpybUUQmr8eBQslHE3sDeUJY0/s320/arodriguez96pinnaclehh.jpg)
275 - Alex Rodriguez Hardball Heroes (Here's A-Rod when he was somewhat less repugnant.)
201 - Frank Thomas
309 - Butch Huskey
241 - Harold Baines
271 - Gary Sheffield Hardball Heroes
373 - George Arias Rookie
315 - John Smoltz
344 - Andy Benes
399 - Chase Checklist (For the record, pictured on this card are Griffey, Thomas, Ripken, Maddux, Chipper and Piazza. And it's still not a good look.)
311 - Erik Hanson
Pack 19:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkZWN78ctYaV8XR8NPtZiwpWU9t9Sh83M5REIqUXx-4NnajpMgXunB1Ah94M2rQASGOIKU-CWy0cnLh4m1R-muTKyVmx0FoeyokcBgLtW_S8rM-c5377Vd_3vNghujOC1xU0xYL9_4mss/s320/olerud96pinnacle.jpg)
225 - John Olerud (I think someone out there is a John Olerud collector. I just can't remember at the moment. I have a ton of his cards from the junky era.)
269 - Wade Boggs Hardball Heroes
251 - Bret Saberhagen (Saberhagen is actually the founder of Sabermetrics.)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2vFLAb5IbUZXN8PKhMMlYr09h02IkgvCtxtQffZohVuYpm2MBGeMVTHxvDs_0sHJVWiaOTpUSbGGbFw6RP0yYfO5lcK3rhuwXD3r9yHdtrFqMPOVyL6rR1S5wkC1sE3QYr77ZSpkhEUY/s320/mgrace96pinnacle300sb.jpg)
191 of 200 - Mark Grace .300 Series Starburst (Okay, these doofy dufex cards are starting to grow on me, much in the way that chrome cards started growing on me after I made endless fun of them originally.)
342 - Ryne Sandberg
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRxpI5phrAWMroi0YwPyPr4Fm3twt_cHkBy7G71SRPyuPCvmOZtJrdhX-W966YvMldXR2zXm87tt6CGkWp4WdMogm3iQ-hXDRQaFHmrdYRHcsGBJRnJp5uaTsGzJb7XNods8vXQYMCYhw/s320/abreu96pinnacle.jpg)
390 - Bob Abreu Rookie
397 - Greg Maddux N.L. Checklist
362 - Greg Gagne
330 - Tom Gordon
Pack 20:
236 - Randy Johnson
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZxQwSj19o4eVbbgM6GrcswBhPzBS3t0gcuHN2LZRXRygYAOUFDuH0xVIVPpFXOCk5KRx9p8Vqlx4EcFkq-xdMxW-x7ppmyvfPP1XbTSY-HSUKBcv1cy3d4bzh7PLedIG7V8vtgh1Ej1o/s320/nomo96pinnaclehh.jpg)
256 - Hideo Nomo Hardball Heroes
206 - Moises Alou
290 - Dwayne Hosey
283 - Raul Mondesi
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsOpvo_ty71QhhgwiLr9beWvhhKxYTElxCk18MH0PsYpcU6nNI24wvG0NvuZ2Yyzysg8lQqe64mBcm_djQlMQu1tZuH9RVyJNrA0Tk-1Qpo5_8eIhZAuvYPxbQLIMq2XznZMweEHJVUn4/s320/hill96pinnacleback.jpg)
348 - Ken Hill (I realize at this point that I have yet to show one of the backs of the cards, so here we go. And... now you know.)
377 - Brooks Kieschnick Rookie
320 - Gary DiSarcina
318 - Kirby Puckett .300 Series
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji_U948UBbslJymz6AmuuMiQogKQC5JwhcY8jfZq_OhzDnVUPJs91PiMi4iBgwDpEESRr2pHZumuUP8bpcs81uobex8NRGUp2d5U3LmJRv-caDlyJ3jxzDCoH8GCFudP797qykXRlwKME/s320/suppan96pinnacle.jpg)
387 - Jeff Suppan Rookie
Pack 21:
292 - Rod Beck (I thought about scanning his card, but the thought makes me somewhat uncomfortable.)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFdLZrVzfoRHKVV4V2CyiqiGZT01MwpruayM2rn9Ckpxh9UYMkHhBp6wGRda6kvll42c2PY1OlgVPFThPfRAa1YA2oa-O1fXHtC3BGMVzjgToB1VELULHjZi-hyO5_8QHdzDAfMZohPgs/s320/buhner96pinnacle.jpg)
224 - Jay Buhner (You get Buhner instead, in all his '90s teal glory.)
268 - Kirby Puckett Hardball Heroes
267 - Tony Gwynn Hardball Heroes
249 - J.T. Snow
324 - Juan Acevedo
334 - Wade Boggs .300 Series
389 - Terry Adams Rookie
396 - Chipper Jones N.L. Checklist
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4gu90ZgS16ix5ZRg0twDM2mm_FizdlKMU4t-cFBwc-O2Lc6US5b8vIfUldOOT1SkLJx5xZ_a3BV0hM3cEdJCoZfCmzq2mZ8fsKdfOQ7Pyjro_fJG61g5SDQagkQ1bbHJFihjOQGFGvOE/s320/tmartinez96pinnacle.jpg)
361 - Tino Martinez
Pack 22:
253 - Ryan Klesko (Surfer dude again. The spots on the top of his photo that I originally thought might have been printing defects actually seem like they might be water spots on the camera lens. Cute.)
274 - Matt Williams Hardball Heroes
232 - Lenny Dykstra
266 - Chipper Jones Hardball Heroes (Him again.)
248 - Orel Hershiser
372 - Livan Hernandez Rookie
337 - Sean Berry
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9NdX3NybHY1KRPUPSX0VT7FRVXN8PEwyxHByQ6tBjG1gx4_MCwcUsaiY7X660j-W7ZZBCrgO6gcXVVDJIezIQoeOMg8KJ9DtBkcVe7tqGOVe5lxguQfy75pz2UZtBXvyyO62tQ2jn8Sg/s320/molitor96pinnacle.jpg)
335 - Paul Molitor (I realized that I've now scanned 4 Molitor cards for blog purposes and they've all been from 1996, all featuring Molitor on the Twins.)
382 - Osvaldo Fernandez Rookie
308 - Hal Morris .300 Series
Pack 23:
263 - Sammy Sosa Hardball Heroes (I should have scanned this one. I don't think the guy on the front of the card is actually Sosa.)
245 - Vinny Castilla
212 - David Cone
276 - Tim Salmon Hardball Heroes
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi36b5D8G8p1ZPEKvlR8mdxEMQS81wqRXktNeXdJT_abr_aOvyuwHoKZkZYsR75oFVOcvwWJL10Tj7M-xG2wt_AlnDSkAE7NDVheREZxwoD7D_5M-z-eNvxo_Ar5XpOclu_GWKF0aJiG2M/s320/bonds96pinnaclesb.jpg)
108 of 200 - Barry Bonds Starburst (Do Bonds cards have any actual value anymore? Could Pinnacle have chosen a worse photo than this?)
325 - Bip Roberts (I've been Bipped! In the... sort of... literal sense, I guess.)
345 - Sterling Hitchcock
306 - Mark Grace .300 Series
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinL8f4f9Nu8TPZiVMsbUlepc_qF4BEki8Io1Zm4p_UV216yP1pAEtgTWscuAhmXK4h8KB-QvCT_c1om_SH6rWg-yICwBnUQJxcJ8FjH1dcWIjJk9mPmMJNPSvt3t4IMTzY5FZ_ThqTUsw/s320/rhenderson96pinnacle.jpg)
338 - Rickey Henderson (Far be it from me to keep track of Rickey Henderson's every move throughout his career, but I did find it somewhat surprising that he actually spent some time with the Padres before his 2001 tour with the franchise.)
374 - Steve Gibralter
Pack 24:
214 - Cal Ripken Jr.
278 - Manny Ramirez Hardball Heroes
204 - Alex Gonzalez
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguMlH89njZhRAfbVFKn2XF72-DkImZyARRkSQxnB9rtz1b3dNjepKZsVUnxVuJEHXEGlxt06qzOO7dL6Qx7Kmpcs1qXgJ3UPrVpy72723aYSp0OTcqk4sd90u5xWoz1osyzsouNOWE1tk/s320/bretboone96pinnacle.jpg)
235 - Bret Boone
255 - Ken Griffey Jr. Hardball Heroes
308 - Hal Morris .300 Series (Again? I hate this card.)
347 - Julio Franco
376 - Jason Kendall Rookie
355 - Rick Aguilera
365 - Ernie Young
And that's it. It's time to unleash these cards on the unsuspecting masses.