On one of my recent trips to my local card shop, I was leafing through the Red Sox cards when I came upon this cool oddball:
Babe Ruth, pitcher for the Boston Red Sox! I love these high quality black and white photos, and it was an easy choice to add it to my stack.
As I was entering it into my collection on the TCDB, I learned a little more about the set. The card is from the 1994 Megacards Ruthian Shots set, and it's a small set consisting of only 5 cards. According to Beckett, the set was given away at card shows when the collector purchased a 1994 Conlon Collection wax box. Looking at the set, I couldn't help but notice that despite it being about Babe Ruth, none of the cards feature him in a Yankee uniform. I don't know why one shows him in Boston, maybe the Yankees organization denied them permission.
I figured that despite this, if my LCS had any more of these cards, they would be among the stack of Yankee cards. Sure enough, when I went back and checked, I found the remaining 4 cards.
I now have the complete set! I must be slacking, because this little group represents the first set I've completed this year.
The backs are very informative, and mention Ruth's Yankee years heavily. (You'll notice that Ruth's fishing buddy is Lou Gehrig too - bonus Hall of Fame content!)
Sometimes you'll never know what you'll find!
Awesome! The fishing card is great.
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ReplyDeleteVery cool pick up. Props for researching and getting the complete set. I too know the pain of not completing sets this year. I need to focus more now that we're in offseason.
ReplyDeletegreat set! I have the oil can card and the "vote Al Smith" card. Who's in the car with Ruth?
ReplyDeleteAccording to the back, Yankees manager Miller Huggins
DeleteThat's a neat little set. Ruth looks uncomfortable in that car.
ReplyDeleteThis is a neat little set. It's especially nice in that it used photos that we as collectors haven't seen in a bunch of other sets.
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