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.

2000 Fleer Greats of the Game

Card Manufacturer: Fleer

Card Set: Greats of the Game

Year: 2000

Card Number: 57

Card Type: Base

A great, but small set of cards in this issue from Fleer.  The main selling point of the product was the 4 on card autographed cards per box and the checklist was pretty stacked.  Autos from this set still demand a pretty decent price.  Robin also has a short printed auto in the set.

His base card isn't so bad either. I like that it looks like he's about to jump out of the card, as Fleer cropped the left side, but has Robin's arm and glove spilling out off the right.

The back is a great resource of information too, with full MLB career stats and a nice little write up with a few interesting facts.

2000 Upper Deck Hitter's Club Accolades Insert card.

Card Manufacturer: Upper Deck

Card Set: Hitter's Club

Year: 2000

Card Number: A1

Card Type: Insert

Insert Set: Accolades

In 1999 after Robin was elected to the Hall of Fame he was issued a couple cards. But in 2000 the flood gates started to open as card companies continued to offer sets that featured retired and HOF players.  Upper Deck's HItter's Club was an offering that had a tiny base set, only 90 cards, but featured some great inserts and the big hits were focused on Tony Gywnn and Wade Boggs entry into the 3000 hits club.  

Robin was featured in a couple of the insert sets.  The Accolades set featured mostly active players, but there were a couple HOFers in it.

2000 Fleer Tradition Club 3000 Die-cut Insert

Card Manufacturer: Fleer

Card Set: Fleer Tradition

Year:  2000

Card Number: NNO

Card Type: Insert

Insert Set: Club 3000

Note: This insert set was released over multiple Fleer baseball products in 2000.

A great insert card celebrating Robin's 3000th hit and entry in to the 3000 hit club.  This card was inserted into Fleer Tradition along with George Brett and Rod Carew.  But there are other cards in this theme that were inserted in Fleer's other releases in 2000 featuring all the other Club 3000 members.  

This insert also features a four other relic parallels. There's a bat card serial numbered to 250, a jersey card numbered to 440, a hat relic numbered to 100, and a bat/jersey dual relic card numbered to 100.  I've seen a few of these, but haven't added any to the collection, they are still really pricey whenever they come up for auction.

The card is die cut and the player name is printed in holofoil. All the cards in the set are unnumbered.