The basics: This is Nolan Ryan's first card in this set, he'll appear twice more. He's also in a number of inserts, like many of the star players in this set.
Card thoughts: I am not a fan of curtain backdrops on baseball cards. The best backdrop in the world is a baseball field, get Ryan to just stand there on a ballfield!
Backs are important in '93 UD: That's a lot of charity organizations, although I wouldn't call youth baseball "mundane." The Cowboy Crisis Fund, now named the Justin Cowboy Crisis Fund, is still in operation. I couldn't find anything about Athletes Through with Chew still existing.
More from '93: On this date in 1993, the Toronto Blue Jays mascot, B.J. Birdie, is ejected from a game against the Twins by umpire Jim McKean after making offensive gestures, according to McKean.
BJ Birdie was trying to rally tge crowd to boo McKean after a trap looked like it might be ruled a catch.
ReplyDeleteFunny thing of course McKean is Canadian
Totally agree about studio portraits on cards. Hate them.
ReplyDeleteMundane is an odd word choice there.
ReplyDeleteI caught that too. Can't imagine there are a lot of baseball cards with the word "mundane" on it.
DeleteSo, he was a hard-ass on the field, but a big ol' softie off of it.
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