2000 Upper Deck Hitter's Club Generations of Excellence with George Brett

Card Manufacturer: Upper Deck

Card Set: Hitter's Club

Year: 2000

Card Number: GE3

Card Type: Insert

Insert Set: Generations of Excellence

1999 marked the year that Robin Yount came back to the baseball card world.  After he was inducted in the Hall of Fame he got a smattering of cards that year.  In 2000 it was slowing ramping up and by 2001 it was balls to the wall with card companies embracing the addition of retired and HOF subjects to their sets and checklists.

Robin shares this card with George Brett.  As a matter of fact Robin shares a lot of cards with George Brett.  It's understandable, both came into the league about the same time, George 1973, Robin 1974.  They both appeared on cardboard the same year 1975.  They both belong to the 3000 hits club, they both retired the same year 1993.  They both went into the Hall of Fame as first balloters and at the same time, 1999.  Both were franchise players for their respective teams and both are revered by their fans.  

So to see Robin and George on the same card being compared isn't that big of a stretch and it sure isn't bad company.

Not a bad looking card featuring two of the greats.

2014 Panini Golden Age Star Stamps

Card Manufacturer: Panini

Card Set: Golden Age

Year:  2014

Card Number: 26

Card Type: Insert

Insert Set: Star Stamps

Whew. I'm back finally.  It was a long summer spent mostly out in the field, but I'm mostly done and can get back to my intermittent blogging.

When Golden Age came out this year the majority of the subjects were non-baseball, but there were a few mixed in with the product and of of the coolest featured Mr. Yount.   

It's interesting to know that I'd been watching these cards on ebay since they came out and was pretty amazed at the prices that this card was going for.  The first one went for over $20 and most have gone for more than $10.  And being the cheapskate that I am I wasn't sure if I was going to be able to pick this card up.  But I noticed that justcommons.com had one in it's inventory and for a really reasonable price compared to ebay sales and shipping, so I ended up picking up 6 new Younts from them and putting together a few Brewers team sets I needed.

This card comes from the Star Stamps insert and features 4 players. You probably can't tell from the scan but each player is it's own separate sticker and has a deckeled stamp edge. 

And while the lack of logos on the hats is a little off putting this is a great card simply for the fact that all four players featured are linked.  This card represents the 1999 Hall of Fame class.  A great collection of players all linked with MLB history and a great addition to the collection.

1977 Hostess Suzy Q's full box

Card Manufacturer: Hostess

Card Set: Hostess Baseball

Year: 1977

Card Number:34

Card Type: Full Box

The last of my complete Hostess boxes. Like my 1976 Twinkees box this one has been opened as well.  I've been looking for 78 and 79 boxes, not hard, but haven't found any. 

My 1975 box might feature Yount's rookie card, but this box has the best panel by far and probably the best panel out of the whole 1977 set. With this box you get two HOFer's and a guy that probably should be in the Hall of Fame.

I always  lump Robin Yount and George Brett together. They have so much in common. While George may have made the majors in 1973, both player's rookie cards are in the 1975 set, both players played for the same team their entire careers, both retired the same year, both were inducted into the Hall of Fame in the same year, and both continue to work with their old teams. Plus Brett is revered by Royals fans just as much as Robin is with Brewers fans.  And that Steve Garvey guy is pretty neat too.

Just a great box and panel set. Plus the box features Reggie Jackson and Jim Palmer too.

Here's a close up of the panel.

Great Moogaly Googaly, Graded 75 cello pack with Brett on top and Yount on back.

I saw a post by Sports Collectors Daily on Facebook about this auction up on ebay right now.

A PSA 9 1975 Topps Cello with George Brett on the front and Robin Yount on the back.  

You can follow the auction HERE.  As I'm writting this the auction is already over $1700 with over 4 days left to go.  SCD called it a holy grail of cello packs.  Maybe for a Brett collector, but for a Yount collector the Yount would have to be on the front.  Still pretty neat, and well out of my price range.