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Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Original Heritage - 1989 BBCM Inserts, Part 1
A couple of posts ago I was reminiscing about Baseball Card Magazine and the bonus insert cards that came with every magazine. I've seen a few of these here and there around the internet and blogs, but I don't know that anyone has ever posted a complete series of these before. BBCM's inserts were organized into yearly collections, each with a similar design theme. The 1989 series used the 1959 Topps design. You might call them the pioneers of the "Heritage" movement, putting contemporary players on retro designs. Here are the first four uncut panels of the 1989 series featuring the infielders. Clicking on the panels will take you to a larger version:
First Basemen - Card Backs - Second Basemen - Shortstops - Third Basemen -
I have these BBC inserts, but I have some different players than you have. I'm not sure why. The sheets have been cut up, but I send the cards out with trades.
I started collecting baseball cards in 1982, and am probably one of the few people with nostalgic feelings towards that year's Fleer set. By the early 90's I was collecting cards from all four major sports. I quit collecting in 1993 for a number of reasons - oversaturation, inserts and parallels, price. The fact that high school girls think baseball cards are totally uncool had nothing to do with it! 15 years later I'm married and have kids. While shopping with the family recently I spotted some blasters of Topps cards and felt the pull of my addiction once again. I bought a couple of packs that day and many more since. I've pulled out the old dusty shoeboxes (yes, much of my collection really was in shoeboxes) and have started rediscovering my childhood collection.
2 comments:
I love the Larkin and Sabo cards! I've never seen these before...just when I thought I had seen every Larkin and Sabo card in existence.
I have these BBC inserts, but I have some different players than you have. I'm not sure why. The sheets have been cut up, but I send the cards out with trades.
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