Friday, May 3, 2013

The Final Countdown: '90s Base Edition V

Well, ladies and gentleman. I'm only about, I don't know, five days late with finishing this thing, but it is time to reveal my favorite base set from the 1990s.

For the last time, let's review.

#5 - 1995 Score
#4 - 1995 Topps Embossed
#3 - 1997 Leaf
#2 - 1994 Fleer Extra Bases

Finally, number one! My All-Time Favorite '90s Set...1994 SELECT!!!


There is nothing not to love about this set. I love the design. I love the colors. I love the photography. I love the nameplate. I even love that every card, except for the rookies, are horizontal!!!

Speaking of photography. There's not only two awesome pictures on the front.


There is a just-as-awesome pic on the back!!!


As you can tell from ole Chuckie Carr here, Score/Select had a great time shooting with some of the players. Thumb through a set if you don't believe me. (See John Kruk.)

Hmm...Wonder if a certain Dime Box Guy has seen this CC gem.


The overall quality of these cards are great. Kinda gives you the feel of a "high-end" set nowadays.


Chicks may dig the long ball, Mr. Glavine, but I'm just digging the guy that actually caught you batting.



The rookies in the set are quite a bit different from the rest of the base, but I love them, too!!! Check out the names in this rookie class from Series One.

Series Two, ahhhhh...Not so much.


You know it's rough when Steve Trachsel (a.k.a. Mr. I lobbed one in to Big Mac so he could break the HR record) is the biggest name rookie in the Series. Oh well. Can't win them all, I suppose.

That's all folks. The countdown is over, and I really want to know what you think. What are your favorite set from the last decade of the last millennium? And what do you think of '94 Select? 

2 comments:

  1. When it comes to 90s cards, I usually lean towards the ones that I remember the most as a kid, not the ones that necessarily LOOK the best. Just how I'm wired, I guess. Since I stopped collecting around '96, most of my favorite sets are from the first half of the decade. I loved '93 Upper Deck, and thought that '94 Stadium Club was super rad. Even though they might be considered "boring" or "ugly", I love '92 Topps and '91 Fleer. The shiny-ness of Pinnacle's '92 and '96 sets and Ultra's '92 and '93 sets won me over as well.

    Not a bad choice at all for #1, Select was a good brand.

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