2012 Panini Cooperstown Induction Insert

Year: 2012

Manufacturer: Panini

Set: Cooperstown

Card Number: 16

Card Type: Insert

Insert Set: Induction

2012 was the inaugural year for Panini's Cooperstown set. Robin graces not only the base set and all the parallels that go with that, but also has an autograph and a card in 4 other insert sets.  As insert sets go the Induction set is probably my favorite out of the bunch.  We get a great photo from Robin's induction in 1999, plus the overall lay out of the card is fairly well done since there are no logos to hide.

2012 Panini Cooperstown HOF Classes Team card

Card Manufacturer: Panini

Card Set: Cooperstown

Year: 2012

Card Number: 24

Card Type: Insert

Insert Set: Hall of Fame Classes

It's always nice when a card you need falls into your lap.  Julie over at A Cracked Bat emailed me about a week or so ago and asked if the this was one of the cards on my Yount need list.  Indeed it was and all she asked for was my address.  Well I will be reciprocating eventually.

I had to look this insert set up to get the official name but these are called HOF Classes Team as opposed to the other set HOF Classes Induction Year.  I also discovered that these cards were retail blaster exclusives.  No wonder this card was so hard to find.  Robin had 6 or 7 cards in the 2012 Cooperstown set, including a base card and parallel, an auto and was in 5 of the insert sets.  Other than the auto this was the last card I needed for the set, so thank you very much Julie.  

Cooperstown Collection

Been slow in the new Yount catagory most of the year. But Panini's Cooperstown Collection had quite a few Younts or at least Yount featured cards.  Robin has a base card in the set and that set also has a Crystal parallel numbered to just 299.

I was finally able to find a nice cheap copy of the crystal parallel and luckily it came with the base as well.

The scan really doens't do the crystal parallel justice.  It looks like the cracked ice parallels Topps put out this year. The numbering is on the front if you can make it out on the right hand side there.  Panini did a lot of close cropping in the set so it didn't have to airbrush hats or uniforms.

Here's the back. It's the same for both cards.

The set also feature a few other inserts that Robin has a card for.  I haven't gotten my hands on any of those and there is also a Autographed card #d to 100 to find as well.