1992 Topps Gold Winner live rip - Need addresses for clayshooter22, DrJ, royalbrett & Digicat
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I just won THIS auction for 200 packs.
I should be getting them in a couple days, this guy routinely ships quickly (per he feedback).
This is just a feeler... anyone want to see this rip?
My hope is, of course, to get a couple Manny RC's to send in, but this set is ABSOLUTELY LOADED with stars and HOF'ers.
Let me know if you wanna see it!! If I get a good response, I'll do the live rip in a few days when all 200 packs get here :-)
Edited to add the board members that I'm putting cards aside for:
onefasttalon - Chris Sabo
BunchOBull - Frank Thomas
clayshooter22 - Kirby Puckett
DrJ - Ricky Henderson
Cwazzy - Nolan Ryan and Chipper Jones
royalbrett - Low-grade Manny Ramirez and/or Nolan Ryan
alifaxwa2 - Cal Ripken and Griffey
thekid8 - Gary Carter
firstbase23 - Don Mattingly
Digicat - Will Clark, Matt Williams, or Robby Thompson
TNP777 - Brett Butler
DavidPuddy - I have your list
I should be getting them in a couple days, this guy routinely ships quickly (per he feedback).
This is just a feeler... anyone want to see this rip?
My hope is, of course, to get a couple Manny RC's to send in, but this set is ABSOLUTELY LOADED with stars and HOF'ers.
Let me know if you wanna see it!! If I get a good response, I'll do the live rip in a few days when all 200 packs get here :-)
Edited to add the board members that I'm putting cards aside for:
onefasttalon - Chris Sabo
BunchOBull - Frank Thomas
clayshooter22 - Kirby Puckett
DrJ - Ricky Henderson
Cwazzy - Nolan Ryan and Chipper Jones
royalbrett - Low-grade Manny Ramirez and/or Nolan Ryan
alifaxwa2 - Cal Ripken and Griffey
thekid8 - Gary Carter
firstbase23 - Don Mattingly
Digicat - Will Clark, Matt Williams, or Robby Thompson
TNP777 - Brett Butler
DavidPuddy - I have your list
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I say if ya got the time to scan - I got the time too. One of the perks of being semi-retired.
I got a lot of that stuff in '92 - it wasn't as popular as the regular golds but still fun stuff.
Of course - the #6 - Brien Taylor - was a hot ticket back then.
Good luck
mike
Why the heck not. Rip, scan, post, and repeat.
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I'll definitely do the rip on here. I assume he'll mail them tomorrow or Tues, which gets them to me on Thurs or Fri.. so keep your eyes open :-)
And wish me luck on some Manny Ramirez RC's!!! (to date there are only 20 PSA 10's of this card)
I've never even heard of him! LOL
<< <i>If you end up with a Thomas PSA 10 out of the lot, you'll have a buyer in me. >>
Cool man, if I pull any of those I'll PM you!
<< <i>If you end up with a Thomas PSA 10 out of the lot, you'll have a buyer in me. >>
Even if you don't end up with a Thomas PSA 10, you'll always have my friendship...
Name: Brien Taylor
Positions: LHP
Vitals: 6'3", 220 lbs
Bats/Throws: L/L
Born: December 26, 1971
Hometown: Beaufort, North Carolina
Drafted: 1st round (1st overall) in 1991 (Yankees 1st selection). Received a $1,550,000 bonus.
Background: The child of a mason and crab processor, Taylor was the consensus top pitcher heading into the 1991 draft after a stellar high school career that was highlighted by a mind blowing 476 K's in 239 IP (that's 17.92 Kper9). Taken by the rebuilding Yankees first overall, Taylor was offered a $350,000 minor league deal (the going rate at the time), however he held out for more money thanks to advice from Scott Boras. Although his high school grades were poor and he didn't receive any college scholarship offers, Taylor threatened to attend junior college in lieu of signing if he didn't receive a bonus along the lines of that offered to top pick Todd VanPoppel the previous year (VanPoppel eventually headed off to Stanford after turning down a reported $1.5M bonus from the A's). Taylor signed for a then record $1,550,000 bonus hours before he was to attend his first day of class. The record bonus later became the subject of an entire segment of 60 Minutes.
Strengths: Taylor featured a very live arm and attacked hitters with the hard-harder-hardest mindset. He possessed an above average fastball that sat in the mid-90s and occasionally threatened triple digits. His secondary pitches were also very good, and he was a strikeout pitcher than missed plenty of bats. A prototypical flamethrower, Taylor was even more attractive because he was a southpaw.
Weaknesses: The biggest knock on Taylor was his makeup, evidenced by the signing bonus fiasco. He needed to improve his control and harness his emotions on the mound, as he would occasionally let jams snowball out of control, to which he quipped "In high school nobody ever got on base so I've got some adjusting to do."
Stats: Taylor ranked as the top prospect in all of baseball by Baseball America prior to the 1992 season, before he ever threw a professional pitch. Taylor's first few years in pro ball were very good as he was named the second best prospect in the Florida State League in 1992 (behind Carlos Delgado) and fourth best in the Eastern League in 1993 (behind Cliff Floyd, Manny Ramirez and Rondell White).
Team W-L ERA WHIP G-GS IP H R-ER HR K-BB
'88-'91 East Carteret High 29-6 1.25 - - 239.0 - - - 476-?
1992 Ft. Lauderdale 6-8 2.57 - - 161.0 121 - - 187-?
1993 Albany-Colonie 13-7 3.48 - - 163.0 127 - - 150-102
1996 Greensboro 0-5 18.73 3.92 9-9 16.1 21 40-34 - 11-43
1997 Greensboro 1-4 14.33 3.07 8-7 27.0 31 47-43 - 20-52
1998 Greensboro 0-1 9.59 2.05 13-1 25.1 26 29-27 4 17-26
2000 Columbus (CLE) 0-0 27.00 5.25 5-0 2.2 5 11-8 1 2-9
What Happened? After the 1993 season, Taylor tore the labrum in his left shoulder defending his brother Brenden in a bar fight that also included close friend (and parolee) Ron Wilson. Taylor faced some misdemeanor charges, but they were eventually dropped. On the mound, Taylor's velocity, control and stuff all but disappeared, leaving the talented pitcher a shell of his former self.
After a failed comeback attempt that included an unsuccessful transition to the bullpen, the Yankees cut ties with Taylor after the 1998 season. He caught on with the Mariners (although he was released before spring training) and the Indians before finally calling it a career. Taylor holds the distinction of being 1 of only 3 first overall selections to never reach the majors, joining Steve Chilcott and Josh Hamilton (although there may still be hope for Hamilton).
So what did we learn from this kids? Always fight dirty in bar fights - hit with objects (not your hand) and avoid using your pitching arm. Death before dishonor kids, death before dishonor.
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DrJ - Ricky Henderson
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<< <i>I'll take all the Manny Ramirez. >>
Consider them yours Lee!
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I know you are looking for the Mannys, but I would be interested in them in lower condition (bad centering, etc.)
Thanks,
Adrian
And I'll most likely be keeping all the Manny's unless they're really bad. Do you really want a bad one?
<< <i>Chris (Cwazzy) has first crack at the Ryan cards, so If I pull a ton, I'll just split them up between you guys.
And I'll most likely be keeping all the Manny's unless they're really bad. Do you really want a bad one? >>
90-10 centering is no problem, as would be a corner ding or two. However, I would understand if you wanted to keep them.
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<< <i>Chris (Cwazzy) has first crack at the Ryan cards, so If I pull a ton, I'll just split them up between you guys.
And I'll most likely be keeping all the Manny's unless they're really bad. Do you really want a bad one? >>
90-10 centering is no problem, as would be a corner ding or two. However, I would understand if you wanted to keep them. >>
By all means, you can have every one of them that's in rough shape. I'm only looking for Manny's that are gradable.
So I'll put you on the list.
Thanks for your interest man!
This should be a fun rip! I ripped a ton of those back in 1992, but never pulled the infamous Brien Taylor. Should be fun to watch!
Ironically enough, I was going through some old cards yesterday and found a small stack of stars from the Gold Winner packs I ripped.
Good luck.
Craig
<< <i>Alan, This should be a fun rip! I ripped a ton of those back in 1992, but never pulled the infamous Brien Taylor. Should be fun to watch! Ironically enough, I was going through some old cards yesterday and found a small stack of stars from the Gold Winner packs I ripped. Good luck. Craig >>
Thanks man. Should be fun indeed.
<< <i>I just had a flashback- I remember the game cards that came in packs where you had to scratch off the right spots to win these packs. Being a clever little SOB, I figured that if you took a mini flashlight to the bottom of the game card, you could see what was under each scratchoff spot. Needless to say, I "won" a ton of these packs and had a blast ripping the 800 ct box full of them that came to my house. I'm sure I wasn't the only one to figure this out. >>
That method worked best in a dark room.
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<< <i>I just had a flashback- I remember the game cards that came in packs where you had to scratch off the right spots to win these packs. Being a clever little SOB, I figured that if you took a mini flashlight to the bottom of the game card, you could see what was under each scratchoff spot. Needless to say, I "won" a ton of these packs and had a blast ripping the 800 ct box full of them that came to my house. I'm sure I wasn't the only one to figure this out. >>
That method worked best in a dark room.
There's a Ripken/Gehrig card? Cool! I looked on the net for a checklist and was unsuccessful, so I dont even know what's in here. I just wanted the Manny's.
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<< <i>Please set aside all the unopened packs for me. Thanks. >>
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<< <i>There's a Ripken/Gehrig card? Cool! I looked on the net for a checklist and was unsuccessful, so I dont even know what's in here. I just wanted the Manny's. >>
thekid8, you're on the list for Gary Carter!
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SO he re-sent it yesterday.
I'm DEF doing the rip live on here though, no worries :-)
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<< <i>p.s. Who the heck is/was Brien Taylor?
I've never even heard of him! LOL >>
I recently picked up a minor league monthly price guide from back in the day and it was all about some Brien Taylor.
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<< <i>I recently picked up a minor league monthly price guide from back in the day and it was all about some Brien Taylor. >>
#1 draft pick in 1991 out of high school, where he averaged a rediculous 18k's per 9 innings, with a 1.25 era. He signed for $1.55 million with the help of his agent, Scott Boras, and went on to mess up his arm in a fight a few years later. He never made it past AA ball, and eventually retired in 2000. According to Wikipedia, he now buys, repairs, and flips houses for a living.
The above card was included as an insert in the Gold factory sets, and I think it may have been in packs too, I'm not sure. This might have been the first time that a card company pushed autos of a raw prospect in it's product.
At the time, this was a $100+ card. I bought one on Ebay in 2005 for $4 dlvd.
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