Cal Ripken, Jr. Baseball Card Montage

A fast-moving montage of Cal Ripken, Jr. baseball cards.

Team Cards Featuring Cal Ripken, Jr.

Another interesting aspect of Cal Ripken, Jr. cards is collecting the Baltimore Orioles / All-Star team cards he has been on.  Here is a short list of the team cards I have found so far:

1980 Charlotte O's WBTV 1980 Charlotte O's Team Card

• 1980 Charlotte O's WBTV 1980 Charlotte O's
• 1981 WTF Rochester Red Wings #20 Team Card
• 1986 Topps Glossy All-Stars #11 A.L. All-Star Team
• 1990 Windwalker Discs A.L. All-Star Team
• 1997 Topps "Pro Shooters" Photo Marbles Checklist 2 of 2
• 2000 Fleer Tradition #300 Baltimore Orioles
• 2000 Fleer Tradition Glossy #300 Baltimore Orioles
• 2000 Skybox Dominion #11 Highlights Orioles Host Cuban National Team
• 2001 Topps #755 Baltimore Orioles
• 2001 Topps Employee #755 Baltimore Orioles
• 2001 Topps Gold #755 Baltimore Orioles
• 2001 Topps Home Team Advantage #755 Baltimore Orioles
• 2001 Topps Limited #755 Baltimore Orioles
• 2001 Topps Chrome #625 Baltimore Orioles
• 2001 Topps Chrome Retrofractors #625 Baltimore Orioles
• 2002 Topps #644 Baltimore Orioles
• 2002 Topps Gold #644 Baltimore Orioles
• 2002 Topps Limited #644 Baltimore Orioles
• 2002 Topps Chrome #644 Baltimore Orioles
• 2002 Topps Chrome Black Refractor #644 Baltimore Orioles
• 2002 Topps Chrome Gold Refractor #644 Baltimore Orioles

 

1998 Pacific Invincible Cramer's Choice Gold Cal Ripken, Jr.

Incorrect Label

Correct Label

I have seen eBay auctions for this card touting it as the limited, hand-numbered version from the Pacific Invincible Cramer's Choice Gold set. These cards are incorrectly labeled (mechanical errors) by PSA. Unless they are hand-numbered on the back, they are from the regular Pacific Cramer's Choice set. Mine was incorrectly labeled as the limited version. I sent it to PSA for correction and the updated label can be seen in this post. The poor soul that purchased the card to the right on eBay spent $130 for a card that isn't even what he or she thought it was.

Status: Expensive PSA Mechanical Error

Example

 

Cal Ripken, Jr. Made From Thumb Tacks

This is a time lapse video art project of Cal Ripken, Jr. made out of thumb tacks. It took about 30 hours and used 10,115 thumb tacks.

1983 Wichita Eagle-Beacon Card Checklist Part #2

Today I went through my next 3 rolls of microfilm for the 1983 Wichita Eagle-Beacon. Several notable players are included in this week's checklist such as: Maurice Cheeks, Antoine Carr, and Thurl Bailey. Here is the checklist for 2/16/1983 - 3/31/1983:

1992 Stadium Club Member's Only #78 Thurl Bailey PSA 10

2/21/1983
Dave Hoppen - College Basketball Player
Steve Copenhaver - College Football Player
Paul Schuler - High School Coach

2/28/1983
Maurice Cheeks - Professional Basketball Player
Don Brubacher - College Basketball Coach
Teddy Nelson - High School Wrestler

3/7/1983
Antoine Carr - College Basketball Player
Dave McClure - College Baseball Player
Ron Razz - College Football Player

3/14/1983
Thurl Bailey - College Basketball Player
Paul Steele - College Basketball Player
Mario Pyles - High School Cross Country Track / Wrestler

3/21/1983
Scott Scrogin - High School Basketball Player
Rege Klitzke - College Basketball Player
Armon Gilliam - College Basketball Player

3/28/1983 - 3-player spotlight is now known as "Bubblegum-less Cards"
Loren Hibbs - College Baseball Player
Russ Morman - College Baseball Player
Larry Floyd - Professional CHL Hockey Player

This week marks the first time in the newspaper that the cards are marked as "bubblegum-less" and "clip-out". The following is written underneath the cards in the 3/28/1983 newspaper:

MondaySports has introduced a new weekly feature - clip-out "bubblegum-less cards" with information about state and local sports celebrities. Sports fans are invited to nominate their favorites for inclusion in the feature.