<< <i>Unless you were a serious fan of the Blue Jays or of Japanese baseball... who'd ever heard of him prior to that summer?
I know I was on the phone to all the card shops in Wichita trying to get his rookies by that date. >>
I had. But only because, the Corey Snyder fleer rookie was hot in '86 and '87. So we used to jokingly call it the Cecil Fielder rookie (it's both their fleer rookie for those who forgot). I quit collecting and watching baseball around '89 and when I came back it was shocking to find that the joke guy was huge and Corey Snyder was gone.
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That is cool. I remember in 1990 when he hit like 3 home runs in one day. My dad made us go to the card store and he bought me and my brother each his fleer and donruss rookies for 6.00 each. Miss those days!
<< <i>Unless you were a serious fan of the Blue Jays or of Japanese baseball... who'd ever heard of him prior to that summer?
I know I was on the phone to all the card shops in Wichita trying to get his rookies by that date. >>
I had. But only because, the Corey Snyder fleer rookie was hot in '86 and '87. So we used to jokingly call it the Cecil Fielder rookie (it's both their fleer rookie for those who forgot). I quit collecting and watching baseball around '89 and when I came back it was shocking to find that the joke guy was huge and Corey Snyder was gone. >>
Collecting PSA graded Steve Young, Marcus Allen, Bret Saberhagen and 1980s Topps Cards. Raw: Tony Gonzalez (low #'d cards, and especially 1/1's) and Steve Young.
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I know I was on the phone to all the card shops in Wichita trying to get his rookies by that date.
<< <i>Unless you were a serious fan of the Blue Jays or of Japanese baseball... who'd ever heard of him prior to that summer?
I know I was on the phone to all the card shops in Wichita trying to get his rookies by that date. >>
I had. But only because, the Corey Snyder fleer rookie was hot in '86 and '87. So we used to jokingly call it the Cecil Fielder rookie (it's both their fleer rookie for those who forgot). I quit collecting and watching baseball around '89 and when I came back it was shocking to find that the joke guy was huge and Corey Snyder was gone.
<< <i>He's literally worth $13.50 now. >>
That much?
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<< <i>Unless you were a serious fan of the Blue Jays or of Japanese baseball... who'd ever heard of him prior to that summer?
I know I was on the phone to all the card shops in Wichita trying to get his rookies by that date. >>
I had. But only because, the Corey Snyder fleer rookie was hot in '86 and '87. So we used to jokingly call it the Cecil Fielder rookie (it's both their fleer rookie for those who forgot). I quit collecting and watching baseball around '89 and when I came back it was shocking to find that the joke guy was huge and Corey Snyder was gone. >>
Raw: Tony Gonzalez (low #'d cards, and especially 1/1's) and Steve Young.
Thanks,
David (LD_Ferg)
1985 Topps Football (starting in psa 8) - #9 - started 05/21/06
<< <i>He's literally worth $13.50 now. >>
Tell that to his son that just signed a multimillion dollar contract and is one of the most fiered hitters in the game today.