Yah-Hoo!!! It's my 100th APAD post!



To celebrate, here's a pack of 1999 Sports Illustrated.

One thing I miss about Fleer, is the intense shine their cards had. 1999 Sports Illustrated had so much gloss on them, I swear, you need a pair of sunglasses just to view them. They're also very slippery, for some reason.

1999 was the third and final year for the SI brand, and it followed the same formula as before: 150-200 cards, heavy on the subsets. The backs have full career stats, but no other copy. And despite a 30-card "Team 2000" subset, there are no prominent rookies.

Base:
A-Rod (Season Highlights)
This card commerates A-Rod's 40-40 1998 season.

Ken Griffey, Jr.
Junior had back-to-back 56 HR seasons in '97 and '98.

Jose Canseco
The world's worst celebrity boxer is shown in a Toronto uniform, but listed as a Tampa Bay Devil Ray.

Dante Bichette
Nice horizontal shot of Bichette attempting to backhand a line drive down the left field line.

Greg Vaughn
I completely forgot that this guy hit 50 HRs in 1998.

Darin Erstad
I am exactly two days older than Darin Erstad.

This is the 100th post on the A Pack A Day blog; but unfortunately, this pack is a complete dud. In my opinion, 1984 Topps is a very classic set. The layout is spot on with 2 photos on the front and the team name down the side; all without the overly ornate stripes and facsimile autographs from 1982. And the square head shot makes this set look a little bit more classic than the rounded shots of 1983-- all great sets in my opinion; I just think the layout on the '84 set is superior.
What a drag it is that Champ Summers didn't become a star-- he sure had the name (and look) of one.

#774 Tom Gorman
#319 Al Bumbry
#564 Al Holland
#175 Graig Nettles
#86 John Shelby
#88 Rob Picciolo
#770 Ken Griffey
#558 Mike Davis
Topps All-Star Baseball Game
#178 Bill Krueger, RC
#274 Rick Monday
#643 Mike Brown
#768 Champ Summers
#626 Bob Clark
#734 Odell Jones
#356 Glenn Abott