At some point in your life, you have to do this.
Like many a card collector before me who went into an extended hiatus through the bulk of the '90s, I was fascinated by the ridiculous idea of cards-in-a-can and knew that someday I would get my own can of cards to open. That day was recently. For all its flaws, eBay is still a wonderful thing in many regards.
I went for a 1997 can for this little exercise. I already have an empty can from 1998, so I decided to choose the previous year for whatever reason. In any case, here's the entire contents of a pack, so to speak, from the era of very large men who were good at baseball.
110 - Darin Erstad
138 - Raul Casanova - Okay, I don't know him.
80 - Mark Grudzielanek - Ah, please bring back the Expos. I find the hair-flipping Nationals to be insufferable.
79 - Jose Canseco - Jose didn't rip his sleeves off. His incredible awesomeness blew the sleeves right off.
25 - Todd Hollandsworth
128 - Andruw Jones - Just call him "Andrew". I don't know why Braves announcers made it so confusing.
50 - Dean Palmer
99 - Charles Johnson - It probably has a lot to do with the Marlins championship that year, but Charles Johnson was a pretty hot property at one point.
63 - Jeff Bagwell - AHHHHH frost-tipped hair! Get it away from me!
129 - Vladimir Guerrero - Not an actual rookie card, but a pretty great player to end this with.
You're right, Pinnacle! These cans ARE cool!
Fun, but one was all it took to convince me I never needed to open another can again. I love the placement of the Pinnacle logo on Canseco's forehead, right where the ball bounced off for an HR.
ReplyDeleteI got these with my Easter basket one year. They came in a "4 pack", which I guess was like a blaster of cans?
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