1992 Jimmy Dean Living Legend

Year: 1992

Manufacturer: MSA

Card Set: Jimmy Dean Living Legends

Card Type: Mail In/Food Issue

Card Number: 4

If you read this blog or any of my other blogs you know I'm a sucker for food issue cards and oddballs.  I think this set my be the nicest non-licensed baseball card set from the mid-90's.  It's very well done with a  nice layout and foil accents.  These cards were only available through a special mail in offer on specially marked packages of Jimmy Dean sausage.  3 proofs of purchase and a buck and you got the complete set of 6 cards.  A set that now has every member in the Hall of Fame.  Included besides Robin were Cal Ripken Jr, Ozzie Smith, Carton Fisk, George Brett, and Nolan Ryan. 

A pretty exclusive group and considering three of members of the set also became members of the HOF the very same year.

1992 Jimmy Dean Living Legends

Card Manufacturer: MSA

Card Set: Jimmy Dean Living Legends

Year: 1992

Card Number: 4

Card Type: Food Issue

Those of you who are a bit older may remember that Jimmy Dean was a country music star and actor. He founded his sausage company in 1969 with his brother and  the rest is history. The company was later bought by what would become Sara Lee Foods in 1984 and you can still buy Jimmy Dean sausage nation wide. Jimmy passed away a few years ago in 2010, he was 81.

But the brand offered a few sets of baseball cards from 1991 to 1995. I do believe most, if not all, were mail in sets.

According to the Standard Catalog this set was available if you sent in a proof of purchase and a dollar.

A small set with big names. Names that hold up. Nolan Ryan, Cal Ripken Jr, Ozzie Smith, George Brett, and Carlton Fisk. 

The early 1990's saw the start of the use of foil on cards and of course this set makes full use of it. Printed by MSA (Michael Schechter Associates) and fully licensed by the MLBPA it looks surprising like a Panini baseball card today.