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You would not believe the AMAZING concidence surrounding Mark McGwire's 1989 Topps card!

EstilEstil Posts: 7,231 ✭✭✭✭✭
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There is a very startling concidence regarding Mark McGwire's 1989 Topps card. Does anybody want to guess what that concidence is? I'll give the first person who guesses correctly a cookie. image
WISHLIST
D's: 50P,49S,45D+S,43D,41S,40D,39D+S,38D+S,37D+S,36S,35D+S,all 16-34's
Q's: 52S,47S,46S,40S,39S,38S,37D+S,36D+S,35D,34D,32D+S
74T: 241,435,610,654 97 Finest silver: 115,135,139,145,310
73T:31,55,61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,80,152,165,189,213,235,237,257,341,344,377,379,390,422,433,453,480,497,545,554,563,580,606,613,630
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  • RipublicaninMassRipublicaninMass Posts: 10,051 ✭✭✭
    is it a 63 fleer pack with a cookie?
  • EstilEstil Posts: 7,231 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>is it a 63 fleer pack with a cookie? >>



    No, it's not. Besides, I like chocolate chip cookies better than cherry cookies (that's what was included in 1963 Fleer packs, you know).

    And it doesn't even matter unless you get the right answer. image
    WISHLIST
    D's: 50P,49S,45D+S,43D,41S,40D,39D+S,38D+S,37D+S,36S,35D+S,all 16-34's
    Q's: 52S,47S,46S,40S,39S,38S,37D+S,36D+S,35D,34D,32D+S
    74T: 241,435,610,654 97 Finest silver: 115,135,139,145,310
    73T:31,55,61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,80,152,165,189,213,235,237,257,341,344,377,379,390,422,433,453,480,497,545,554,563,580,606,613,630
    95 Ultra GM Sets: Golden Prospects,HR Kings,On-Base Leaders,Power Plus,RBI Kings
  • mcholkemcholke Posts: 1,000 ✭✭
    How about it is card #70 which was his home run tally

    Collecting Tony Perez PSA and Rookie Baseball PSA

  • baseballfanaticbaseballfanatic Posts: 2,415 ✭✭
    Beat me to it...
  • Alfonz24Alfonz24 Posts: 3,123 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It would have been a bigger coincidence if it had been his 1998 card.
    #LetsGoSwitzerlandThe Man Who Does Not Read Has No Advantage Over the Man Who Cannot Read. The biggest obstacle to progress is a habit of “buying what we want and begging for what we need.”You get the Freedom you fight for and get the Oppression you deserve.
  • carew4mecarew4me Posts: 3,495 ✭✭✭✭
    Ok, I give up, what does the dog/woman pic have to do with the McWire Topps card?

    Loves me some shiny!
  • FifthScaleRacerFifthScaleRacer Posts: 173
    nothing...just an obnoxiously large signature image
  • RipublicaninMassRipublicaninMass Posts: 10,051 ✭✭✭
    not to sound like the CU police but isn't there a limit to sig sizes? Hell I might be over I dunno.



  • EstilEstil Posts: 7,231 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>How about it is card #70 which was his home run tally >>



    Not only that, but it's on his 1989 card, which is the year he posted his magical 70 tater season in reverse (89-->98). Perhaps it was a secret prophecy?

    Congratuations. *hands over a freshly baked cookie*
    WISHLIST
    D's: 50P,49S,45D+S,43D,41S,40D,39D+S,38D+S,37D+S,36S,35D+S,all 16-34's
    Q's: 52S,47S,46S,40S,39S,38S,37D+S,36D+S,35D,34D,32D+S
    74T: 241,435,610,654 97 Finest silver: 115,135,139,145,310
    73T:31,55,61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,80,152,165,189,213,235,237,257,341,344,377,379,390,422,433,453,480,497,545,554,563,580,606,613,630
    95 Ultra GM Sets: Golden Prospects,HR Kings,On-Base Leaders,Power Plus,RBI Kings
  • mcholkemcholke Posts: 1,000 ✭✭
    Cookie tastes great and is less filling

    Collecting Tony Perez PSA and Rookie Baseball PSA

  • Alfonz24Alfonz24 Posts: 3,123 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>nothing...just an obnoxiously large signature image >>



    Sorry, I am trying to make it smaller. New at adding pictures.
    #LetsGoSwitzerlandThe Man Who Does Not Read Has No Advantage Over the Man Who Cannot Read. The biggest obstacle to progress is a habit of “buying what we want and begging for what we need.”You get the Freedom you fight for and get the Oppression you deserve.
  • roastedcatroastedcat Posts: 892
    The Dog belongs to Mark Mcgwire, and that must be his wife.

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  • tennesseebankertennesseebanker Posts: 5,434 ✭✭✭


    << <i>The Dog belongs to Mark Mcgwire, and that must be his wife.

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  • roastedcatroastedcat Posts: 892
    You have to admit, he does have that dog and the two ladies have the same smile... so I conclude it's his wife. image

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  • SheamasterSheamaster Posts: 542 ✭✭✭
    We're not here to talk about the past!
  • tennesseebankertennesseebanker Posts: 5,434 ✭✭✭
    i DONT KNOW BUT i THINK THE SMALLER KID HAS EYED LUNCH !
    image

  • BigRedMachineBigRedMachine Posts: 2,563 ✭✭✭


    << <i>i DONT KNOW BUT i THINK THE SMALLER KID HAS EYED LUNCH ! >>


    image
  • FifthScaleRacerFifthScaleRacer Posts: 173


    << <i>

    << <i>nothing...just an obnoxiously large signature image >>



    Sorry, I am trying to make it smaller. New at adding pictures. >>



    no need to appologize

    I'm just always cranky lol
  • Alfonz24Alfonz24 Posts: 3,123 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It is my wife and dog on Final Four weekend 2005. She married an Illini fan and they both have to wear orange on gameday.
    #LetsGoSwitzerlandThe Man Who Does Not Read Has No Advantage Over the Man Who Cannot Read. The biggest obstacle to progress is a habit of “buying what we want and begging for what we need.”You get the Freedom you fight for and get the Oppression you deserve.
  • roastedcatroastedcat Posts: 892
    Alfonz24- were just having fun, I thought I reconized that dog on a mcgwire card image

    Have a great day!

    Jery
    Jery's T206 set: Looking for PSA 6's & 7's!
  • phreakydancinphreakydancin Posts: 1,691 ✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>nothing...just an obnoxiously large signature image >>



    Sorry, I am trying to make it smaller. New at adding pictures. >>

    Here, try this. image

    image
  • phreakydancinphreakydancin Posts: 1,691 ✭✭
    BTW, the maximum allowable sig pic size is 200 high X 400 wide. There are a few users on this board who don't seem to care, though (not you, at least you're making an effort).
  • Alfonz24Alfonz24 Posts: 3,123 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Alfonz24- were just having fun, I thought I reconized that dog on a mcgwire card image

    Have a great day!

    Jery >>



    None taken. I actually loved the McGwire card/pix with his dogs.
    #LetsGoSwitzerlandThe Man Who Does Not Read Has No Advantage Over the Man Who Cannot Read. The biggest obstacle to progress is a habit of “buying what we want and begging for what we need.”You get the Freedom you fight for and get the Oppression you deserve.
  • Alfonz24Alfonz24 Posts: 3,123 ✭✭✭✭✭
    phreaky,

    Thanks alot! image

    With your help I got the pic to a smaller size.

    I have been working on my first sub (6 freebies) and 25 minor stars from my 1970 Topps football set.image

    I will see how my eye is at grading when I get my sub back from PSA.

    Alfonz24
    #LetsGoSwitzerlandThe Man Who Does Not Read Has No Advantage Over the Man Who Cannot Read. The biggest obstacle to progress is a habit of “buying what we want and begging for what we need.”You get the Freedom you fight for and get the Oppression you deserve.
  • EstilEstil Posts: 7,231 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I don't suppose there's any other concidences like that one, are there? Or was that "card that predicted McGwire's 70 HR season" like a one in a million chance?
    WISHLIST
    D's: 50P,49S,45D+S,43D,41S,40D,39D+S,38D+S,37D+S,36S,35D+S,all 16-34's
    Q's: 52S,47S,46S,40S,39S,38S,37D+S,36D+S,35D,34D,32D+S
    74T: 241,435,610,654 97 Finest silver: 115,135,139,145,310
    73T:31,55,61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,80,152,165,189,213,235,237,257,341,344,377,379,390,422,433,453,480,497,545,554,563,580,606,613,630
    95 Ultra GM Sets: Golden Prospects,HR Kings,On-Base Leaders,Power Plus,RBI Kings
  • digicatdigicat Posts: 8,551 ✭✭
    Back in 89, I picked up a hand collated 1989 Upper Deck set at the local card shop. Nice set, however, there were two extra cards..
    Larry Sheets and Tom Henke.

    A few days later, in the top of the 9th inning in Toronto, the Jays clinched the AL East by beating the Orioles. The final at bat being: Larry Sheets being struck out by Tom Henke.

    Weird.
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  • mikeschmidtmikeschmidt Posts: 5,756 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I don't suppose there's any other concidences like that one, are there? Or was that "card that predicted McGwire's 70 HR season" like a one in a million chance? >>



    How many cards did Mark McGwire have before 1998? A few hundred? Actually, per the PSA Registry, there are 1,334 Mark McGwire cards that were produced between 1985 and 1998.

    Some of those card sets didn't go all the way up to 70, some went to closer than 800. But the odds of this are very high, I would have to think. A pure statististical coincidence, nothing more. And not even a surprising one at that....



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  • mikeschmidtmikeschmidt Posts: 5,756 ✭✭✭
    Cal Ripken Jr. finished his career with 431 home runs.

    And his 1993 Leaf card is 431

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  • EstilEstil Posts: 7,231 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Cal Ripken Jr. finished his career with 431 home runs.

    And his 1993 Leaf card is 431

    image >>



    Wow, that's pretty good. Any others?
    WISHLIST
    D's: 50P,49S,45D+S,43D,41S,40D,39D+S,38D+S,37D+S,36S,35D+S,all 16-34's
    Q's: 52S,47S,46S,40S,39S,38S,37D+S,36D+S,35D,34D,32D+S
    74T: 241,435,610,654 97 Finest silver: 115,135,139,145,310
    73T:31,55,61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,80,152,165,189,213,235,237,257,341,344,377,379,390,422,433,453,480,497,545,554,563,580,606,613,630
    95 Ultra GM Sets: Golden Prospects,HR Kings,On-Base Leaders,Power Plus,RBI Kings
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