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Rod "Shooter" Beck... what's his "key" rookie card?

digicatdigicat Posts: 8,551 ✭✭
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All of his rookie cards can be found in the common bin, but which should be his "Key" card?

He's one of 13 Giants who represented the team on 3 (or more) All Star teams since moving to SF in 1958, as well as a Rolaids Relief Pitcher of the Year award winner, and you know how I like award winner sets!

1992 Donruss
1992 Fleer
1992 O-Pee-Chee Premier
1992 Pinnacle
1992 Score
1992 Topps Gold (he didn't have a regular issue, just a Gold and Gold Winner card in place of one of the checklists in the set)
1992 Ultra

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  • mudflap02mudflap02 Posts: 2,060 ✭✭
    I'd think it would definitely be the Topps Gold. Since it took the place of the checklist, odds are that there are only a couple hundred thousand of them out there, as opposed to millions of each of the other issues.
  • fujfuj Posts: 559 ✭✭✭
    If you are talking about "key" card, I would also vote for the Topps Gold. I didn't even realize that there was this anomaly out there.

    Not sure if you wanted a true RC, but if you did, I would consider the Ultra.

    What a great Giant from the past! I will always remember him pitching down the stretch in '93 with his arm about to fall off. My brother and I flew down to Dodger Stadium to watch those last two games that year. Hard to believe that Solomon Torres is still pitching.
  • leathtechleathtech Posts: 3,191 ✭
    I would vote for the Ultra just because I remeber cracking lots of boxes of that stuff! It was a high end product in 1993!
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  • saucywombatsaucywombat Posts: 1,223 ✭✭✭
    Hey thats interesting - didn't know about the Topps Gold...

    Did they replace all the checklists with different players?

    I'll vote Topps Gold.

    True RC either Ultra or Pinnacle.
    Always looking for 1993-1999 Baseball Finest Refractors and1994 Football Finest Refractors.
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  • DavidPuddyDavidPuddy Posts: 3,488 ✭✭✭
    Topps Gold! Not even close for me.
    I didn't even realize it only came in Gold/Winner form. Cool.
    "The Sipe market is ridiculous right now"
    CDsNuts, 1/9/15
  • larryallen73larryallen73 Posts: 6,069 ✭✭✭
    An old girlfriend of mine went to high school with him (Grant High in the Valley - LA) so I saw his high school yearbook photos. Baseball team, etc.... I guess that's his real "rookie" pictures.
  • TNTonPMSTNTonPMS Posts: 2,279 ✭✭
    Back in the day when I used to drive for a private car service , we had the account to pick up the visiting team at Shea stadium , One night I had Rod Beck in my car , The guy was a class act , I remember he was just starting out as a reliever for the Giants .

    What a great guy he was , he was a regular party animal too,
    He asks , " Where can I get a bottle of Jack Daniels and a carton of Marlboro at this hour "

    So I took him around the city looking for an open liquor store , we finally found on in Harlem , then I took him back into Midtown .

    He left me a $100 tip on a $25 ride that was paid by account , we never took cash payment from any of those guys .

    I remember he was a huge dude ! and his wife was this little tiny thing , she was cute though .

    I also had Darryl Strawberry in my car once and he stiffed me .
  • DavidPuddyDavidPuddy Posts: 3,488 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I also had Darryl Strawberry in my car once and he stiffed me . >>



    Why am I not surprised.
    "The Sipe market is ridiculous right now"
    CDsNuts, 1/9/15
  • digicatdigicat Posts: 8,551 ✭✭


    << <i>Hey thats interesting - didn't know about the Topps Gold...

    Did they replace all the checklists with different players?
    >>



    Yup. I guess they figured that getting a "Gold" checklist in a pack would be lame, so they replaced all the checklists with different rookies:

    #131 - Terry Mathews
    #264 - Rod Beck
    #366 - Tony Perezchica
    #527 - Terry McDaniel
    #658 - John Ramos
    #787 - Brian Williams


    On a side note, Shooter even has a Mother's Cookies card from 1992:
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    WTB: 2001 Leaf Rookies & Stars Longevity: Ryan Jensen #/25
  • leathtechleathtech Posts: 3,191 ✭


    << <i>

    << <i>Hey thats interesting - didn't know about the Topps Gold...

    Did they replace all the checklists with different players?
    >>



    Yup. I guess they figured that getting a "Gold" checklist in a pack would be lame, so they replaced all the checklists with different rookies:

    #131 - Terry Mathews
    #264 - Rod Beck
    #366 - Tony Perezchica
    #527 - Terry McDaniel
    #658 - John Ramos
    #787 - Brian Williams

    >>



    Who ever at topps picked those rookies should have been let go ASAP!
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  • digicatdigicat Posts: 8,551 ✭✭


    << <i>Who ever at topps picked those rookies should have been let go ASAP! >>



    The thing all these guys have in common (except Perezchica) is that they had their MLB debut in 1991. I guess Topps figured they'd better get cards of these guys out, just in case.
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    WTB: 2001 Leaf Rookies & Stars Longevity: Ryan Jensen #/25
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