2002 Topps St. Michael Hospital 1982 Reprint SGA

Year: 2002

Manufacturer: Topps

Set: St Michael SGA

Card Number: 435?

I love my fellow Brewers collector's.  Andy aka All Time Brewers on Twitter was posting some of his finds from a recent large lot of Brewers cards he picked up and asked if anyone knew anything about this card.  Lots of people chimed in.  This card was part of a 6 card set given away at game sometime in 2002.  You can see the whole checklist here.  I jokingly asked if he came across another one of these in his lot I'd love to trade for it.  He sent me a message back offering me the card PWE since I was a big Yount guy.  I'm working on a thank you package as we speak.  I know these cards shouldn't be that rare as I assume thousands were handed out at the game, but I've only seen a couple of these pop up over the years.  So thanks to Andy for adding a great and hard to find oddball to my Yount collection.

1991 Miller High Life SGA

Year: 1991

Manufacturer: ?? Miller Beer maybe

Set: Miller High Life SGA

Card Number: NNO

Card Type: Oddball, Base

Continuing with my COMC Black Friday haul a great oddball pick up.  Miller Brewing teamed up with the Brewers in 1990 and again in this 1991 set.  While the Standard Catalog doesn't state that this was a stadium giveaway, the 1990 set was and I would assume this set was also given away at a game.  I featured Robin's 1990 card back in 2017.  I have no idea what company actually produced this, but the quality and style are in line with the Brewers Police cards of the time.  Not a bad looking set with a nice clear photo on the front and full stats on the back.  The set has 32 cards and even has cards that feature manager Tom Trebelhorn and coaching staff.

July 8th, 2018 - Stadium Giveaways SGAs - Replica Jersey and Bobblehead

A couple new Yount collectibles were given away earlier this month.  On July 8th the Brewers gave away a replica jersey and the Lakeshore Chinooks, a team Robin is a part owner in, gave away a Harley Davidson bobblehead.

Mystery of the Mug - Solved!!!!!

I've probably had this Robin Yount Maxwell House mug in my collection for well over a decade.  I first featured it way back in 2012 when I did a post about all my Yount drinkables.  I then did a feature post about it back in December of 2013 after doing a little research, which didn't really help much.   So I hadn't give the mug much though, as a matter of fact it's still packed away currently waiting for me to find a spot to display it, that was until a few days ago.  Fellow Yountophile and Brewer's historian, fan, and collector Tony L., from Off Hiatus fame, contacted me on twitter to say he'd solved the mystery of the mug!  Let's take a look at the awesome mug one more time.

 Tony an image from this clipping from the August 1983 What's Brewing magazine.  As far as I know this is Robin's only Maxwell House mug so we can now date the mug to the August 19th giveaway in 1983.  How cool is that??!!??  Plus the clipping also talks about the previous mugs given away for Bamberger, Thomas, and Fingers.  Tony estimates the Bamberger was probably given away in 1979 to commemorate the Brewers first winning season, Thomas in 1980 to commemorate his AL leading home run record, and Fingers in 1982.  I think there was also a logo mug given away and that might be from 1981. 

Anyways all the credit goes to Tony for solving the mystery.  Thanks Tony!!!

1990 Miller High Life SGA

Year: 1990

Card Manufacturer: Miller Brewing

Card Set: Miller High Life Brewers Stadium Giveaway Set

Card Number: NNO (31 in a set of 32)

Card Type: Stadium Giveaway

The Standard Catalog states that this card was part of a 32 card set and collector album given away at an August Brewers game in 1990.  Interestingly enough I had read somewhere that the High Life name was actually a brand of cigars and that Miller bought the name to use for the beer. That was a long time ago and High Life is Miller's oldest brand still being produced today, it was also one of the first beers to be packaged and sold in individual bottles.  To be honest I've lost track of who owns Miller now.  I think MolsonCoors does, but that could have changed by now.

 In hand these are great looking cards for a SGA.  Simple design, but full stats on the back.  Gotta love that.  Plus it's beer themed!  

1992 Sentry SGA Robin Yount Commemorative 3000th Hit card set - 3000th Hit card

Year: 1992

Set: Sentry Foods Robin Yount Commemorative 3000th Hit SGA

Card Number: NNO - 3000th Hit

Here we are at the end of the road for this great set.  The final card in the commemorative set obviously celebrates the great milestone and the Hall of Fame entry ticket.  As a matter of fact every member of the 3000th Hit club is in the Hall of Fame with the exception of 4.  Pete Rose, because he's ineligible, Raphael Palmeiro, probably because of his alleged PED use, Derek Jeter, because he's not eligible yet, and we all know Jeter will be a first ballot guy, and Alex Rodriguez because he's still playing and may not get in due to PED use.

Robin had tons of other accomplishments that garner his admission into the Hall, but being part of the 3000th hit club is like no other, well maybe the 700 HR club.  Robin wouldn't stop at 3000 either he'd go on to add 142 more before calling it quits.  And his milestone came almost exactly 6 years from reaching 2000.  Robin became the 3rd youngest player to reach the milestone and still is, but Jeter made it to #4 back in 2011.

Over all it's a great 4 card set.  Great design, great photos, nice information on the back.  And they're not that rare.  20,000 were given out on Sept. 25, 1992 which back in the 90's made it rare, today not so much.  The Standard Catalog prices the set, at least back in 2011 at about $15, but I would suspect you can find this set for closer to $5 or cheaper.  Well worth adding to a Yount card collection.

1992 Sentry SGA Robin Yount Comememorative 3000th Hit Card Set - 2000th Hit card

Year: 1992

Set: Sentry Foods Robin Yount Commemorative 3000th Hit SGA

Card Number: NNO - 2000th Hit

Happy Valentines Day!

The third card from this four card set celebrates of course the next milestone in Robin's chase for 3000 hits, his 2000th hit.  Which happened just over 6 years from him reaching 1000 hits and just over 12 years from his first hit.  He would also become the first Brewer in the young franchises history to record that mark.   

Again I love the photo selection for this card.  A crisp photo of Robin in full swing and Brewer's pinstripes.

1992 Sentry SGA Robin Yount 3000th Hit Commemorative Card Set - 1000th Hit card

Year: 1992

Set: Sentry Foods Robin Yount Commemorate 3000th Hit SGA

Card Number: NNO - 1000th Hit

The next card in this great stadium giveaway is Robin's 1000th Hit card.  The hit came in August, 1980.  I little over 6 years from his first and Robin would add an additional 1000 hits just about every 6 years after that too.  For a stadium giveaway the set and the cards are very well done.  I think the backs could have been given a little more attention, but the write up on the back is great and the overall layout on the front is very appealing. I also like the photo selection for the cards.  In the first card we get a classic 1970's Yount and here we get that classic early 80's baby blue uniform and with Robin base running with a well used batting helmet.