on December 17th, 2009 by Tracy Hackler
Hockey historians will recall that some of the game’s best players went to war for their country, letting the sport pale in comparison to what was truly important.
To honor those men, In the Game is including a special Real Heroes non-memorabilia insert set in 2009-10 ITG Heroes and Prospects, which releases in late January. 
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on December 17th, 2009 by 30-Year Old Cardboard
The 1984 Topps ‘1983 Highlights’ 6-Card Subset – Card #3
Headline – ‘Quisenberry Sets Record With 39th Save Of Season’
Text on the back - Anaheim, California, September 13, 1983: Royals’ reliever Dan Quisenberry tonight set a major league record by recording his 39th save of the season. The former mark of 38 saves was established by [...]
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on December 17th, 2009 by T.S.
My pal Bob Lemke just came out with some more of his incredible
1955 Topps All America extension set, and if you’ve never seen them you owe yourself
a visit to www.boblemke.blogspot.com.
There you will find ersatz football cards of Lou Gehrig and Jackie Robinson,
and in another later posting one of Billy Clyde Puckett, which I suppose is a variation
of an earlier 1955 Topps All America card of Burt Reynolds that he created years ago.
Seeing more of these wonderful creations got me to thinking what a cool
collection somebody could create using a theme of vintage-card designs employed for
current, former, real or imagined players.
This was a tiny little niche in the hobby that existed even 30 years
ago before the bust-up of the Topps monopoly, but got a major boost over the last
15 years with all the advances in computer technology and the arrival of same in nearly
every home in the country.
Now there are websites galore showing the labors of some genuinely gifted
designers, and no doubt the number of cards that would fit the parameters described
above would run into the thousands.
I know of nobody making such cards who is doing it on a grand enough
scale to catch the attention of the leagues or the card manufacturers who make the
real ones, and indeed, putting together such a collection would not be all that easy
just for that reason alone. One of the pioneers in this esoteric field is a veteran
Midwest collector who has made a host of cool 1952 Topps “Cards That Never Were,”
but he only makes a couple of each one and tracking them down would be a chore in
itself.
For an easier challenge, a collector could simply vow to put together
cards of the above description that were created by the mainstream card companies
themselves. That would be easier to do and would certainly number way into the thousands
of cards as well.
Gee, I may have just talked myself into something here.
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on December 17th, 2009 by 30-Year Old Cardboard
The 1984 Topps ‘1983 Highlights’ 6-Card Subset – Card #2
Headline – ‘Rickey Henderson Steals 100 Bases For Third Time’
Text on the back – Oakland, California, September 13, 1983: A’s outfielder Rickey Henderson tonight became the first player in major league history to reach the 100-stolen base milestone for the third time in his career. Entering the game [...]
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on December 17th, 2009 by 30-Year Old Cardboard
The 1984 Topps ‘1983 Highlights’ 6-Card Subset – Card #1
Headline – ‘Carlton Wins 300th, He’s All-Time Strikeout King’
Text on the back – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 2, 1983: Phillies’ southpaw Steve Carlton has finished the season with 3,709 strikeouts. a new all-time record. Prior to 1983, the mark had been 3,508 whiffs by Walter Johnson. Steve [...]
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on December 17th, 2009 by zman40
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on December 17th, 2009 by Captain Canuck
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on December 17th, 2009 by 30-Year Old Cardboard
I LOVE SUBSETS!!!!
I love everything that they represent. While a 792-card set issued by Topps on an annual basis back in the 1980’s was a nice way to get prepared for another baseball season, it was the subset that gave you the history, the special moments, the memories we will cherish!!
The 1984 Topps ‘1983 Highlights’ [...]
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on December 17th, 2009 by madding
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on December 17th, 2009 by Tom
This is one of my favorite photos of my Father. This photo was taken in 1982 when I was a senior and my parents came to watch me run the mile relay in the CIF State Finals (California). Leading off the relay, I false started, and being the State meet …
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on December 17th, 2009 by Dan
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on December 17th, 2009 by sideshow
From their inception in 1961 through the 1965 season, Southern California’s AL franchise was known as the Los Angeles Angels. Of course, it was accurate back then, as the Angels actually played in the city. In fact, they shared a stadium with the Dodgers, but instead of accepting its name like the New York Jets [...]
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on December 17th, 2009 by chemgod
It’s no secret that I grew up in New Jersey and was a huge Devils fan before moving to the Triangle and becoming a Hurricanes fan. I still root for the Devils and when they come to Raleigh, I’ll go to the game in my Devils uniform. One of the most impressive up and comers [...]
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