Has anyone ever been in the background of a card?

scashaggy

Looking at the cards with crowd shots behind the player got me thinking. Some people you can make out perfectly while others are just blurs. I wonder if the people caught in these photos even know their face is on a sports card?

mlbfan2

Probably the most famous example - Patrick Kane.

hookem

Very cool.

I just googled Patrick Kane as I was not sure if he was a hockey player or you! LOL

addicted2ebay

Back in 98 I worked at a card shop in Michigan and John Smoltz's Dad came in and bought every pack we had trying to get this card because that is him with the accordion. Mr. Smoltz
Link does not seem to be working by its a 1997 Sports Illustrated #73 John Smoltz card.

Dboneesq

<< <i>Probably the most famous example - Patrick Kane.
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From a website: What you see right there isn't just a 1994-95 Pinnacle hockey card of Sylvain Turgeon, what you see is the original Patrick Kane rookie card.

That little kid in the lap of the guy wearing the Bill Cosby sweater Yes, that is indeed Buffalo native and Blackhawk Patrick Kane.

Normally, this card would probably sell for .10, and that's if someone felt the need to giveaway a dime for a Sylvain Turgeon card, but on Ebay, folks are trying to tie in Kane's appearance with a higher sell price.

Edited to add: Hookem, I had no idea who Patrick Kane was either!

Ironmanfan

Brady Anderson told me that his 1989 Donruss card is his favorite because the guy in the stands sitting behind him is his father

IMF

BostonAmericans

I find it funny that Turgeon's card has him getting ready to land on his rear (or maybe the photog KNEW the kid would become an NHL star).

Not a card, but when I was in college, I was the PA announcer for the men's hockey team. One year they won the conference championship and the captains were presented with the championship trophy. The next year the booster club created a bunch of schedule posters, featuring the 3 captains with the trophy right after getting it. Right behind them, draped over the glass with a front row seat was me. I think I had to hand the microphone to the conference president so he could make the presentation and because I had to reach over the glass I just stayed there. Quite jarring to say the least to realize it was my ugly mug on that poster.

prthd

I thought about the same thing earlier today when I saw this card.

arod

prthd

This would of made a great card.

vladguerrero

Awesome Rodman card with Gene Siskel (Siskel and Ebert) under his jersey in the background.

ChiefsFan1st

<< <i>This would of made a great card.

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Holy Carp!! I cant quit laughing!! I would pay money for someone to make that a card for me

milbroco

I did not know that was Patrick Kane on the hockey card. And by the way, I did know who Patrick Kane was...........he scored the Stanley Cup winning goal against my Flyers on a shot that should have been stopped.

gameusedhoop

I imagine me and/or my kid may be in some AHL card that would have had the photo taken in Manchester. We've had season tickets there for 3 years, right on the glass in the corner. Anytime my kid watches video highlights online he freezes it when he is in the shot. He's been in a TV commercial for the AHL that was shown in all 30 arenas and on the NHL Network. I wouldn't shock me at all if we aren't in a card or two, even if it was just a team issued type of thing.

BunchOBull

Vernon Wells' father painted this image for the 1992 Upper Deck set; his dad included Vernon and himself in the bottom right hand of the painting.

sportscardtheory

<< <i>Vernon Wells' father painted this image for the 1992 Upper Deck set; his dad included Vernon and himself in the bottom right hand of the painting.

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That is awesome! I never knew that. Too bad Wells never really became a superstar, or this card would be a good seller.

BunchOBull

It's pretty cool. It's awesome to me that Vernon Wells Jr. (dad) was able to make such an successful jump from sports to sports art. He's talented.

AUPT

Who's that Yankee catcher?

Yankees001

<< <i>Who's that Yankee catcher? >>



JORGE POSADA

digicat

<< <i>That is awesome! I never knew that. Too bad Wells never really became a superstar, or this card would be a good seller. >>



Wells was heavily hyped early in his career. It did nothing for this card though.

frankhardy

This is a very neat thread. That is neat about Patrick Kane and Vernon Wells being on cards as a kid.

This is the closest thing I can come up with for myself.

My wife and I attended the second to the last Cardinals game in the famous 1998 season. Of course, Mark McGwire hit HR numbers 67 and 68 that day. We thought that would be the record, but he hit number 69 and 70 the next day.

I had my 35mm camera there that day and on every pitch that was throw to Mark McGwire I snapped a picture. I actually got the swing of number 67 and 68.

If you compare this card with the picture I took, I probably snapped it less than a second before the picture for this card was snapped. In my picture, you can see McGwire is at the end of his swing holding the bat almost straight up. In the card, he is still holding the bat, but is starting to take a step.

Many times I have tried to find the baseball in mid air, but have not been able to do so. You can see a bunch of white specks (tshirts, light, etc) but I have yet to find the baseball. The ball landed in the left center field bleachers.

I have always thought this was neat, but have never thought to share it until now.