The basics: Tim Salmon receives the honor of being the first player to have two cards in the 1993 Upper Deck set. He was the first card in the set as well.
Card thoughts: A runner on the bases! This is the first card of a base-runner in the set, not including a pair of previous cards of a batter taking off from home plate after connecting. ... Also: Brewers!!!
Backs are important in '93 UD: Tim Salmon immediately put the Angels at ease in 1993 by hitting 31 home runs and winning the AL Rookie of the Year award. As for the write-up's reference to Gary Sheffield, he finished first in batting average in 1992, third in home runs and fifth in RBIs.
More from '93: On this date in 1993, the Cleveland Cavaliers' Mark Price had his consecutive free throws streak end at 77 in a loss to Charlotte. It was one free throw short of the then-record by Calvin Murphy. The Timberwolves' Michael Williams broke Murphy's record later in the year and still holds the NBA mark with 97 straight successful foul shots.
You could have given me a thousand guesses and I wouldn't have come up with Michael Williams as the consecutive free throw record holder.
ReplyDeleteI kind-of hoarded Salmon and J.T. Snow (Angels) cards in 1993 thinking they were going to be future stars. Mostly just liked the new(at the time) Angels uniform, which doesn't appear on this card. That makes it kind of unique to me here in 2023, though.
ReplyDeleteMark Price was as automatic as it gets. He'd be a Hall of Famer if he played 20 years later lol.
Great looking card. It feels zoomed in... but at the same time no appendages were cropped off. As for Mark Price... I remember his pursuit of that record. Like Chris said... he was as automatic as it gets (like Steph Curry these days).
ReplyDeleteAnd here I thought that Mark Price still held the record...
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