Random Card of the Day

Tuesday, November 19, 2019

Year: 1998

“ 2019 Salaries: Bobby Bonilla - $1.19 million Ronald Acuña Jr - $1M Cody Bellinger - $605K Juan Soto - $578.3K ” -volbox

“ It's weird to me to see this set not called Z-Force. When the NBA set came out in 1997 I really thought it was great, but looking back on it I'm not that big of a fan of it. ” -Billy Kingsley

“ Overall, a decent card. The action pictures on the front are nice, but the backgrounds are often too busy, and detract from the player's image. The backs are what makes the set standout. It is a different design that is graphically pleasing. Career stats would have been preferable to the OBP graph, but that seems a minor point. ” -georgecf

“ I didn't know he started his career with the White Sox just to be traded back to the Pirates...not that I could learn any of that from this card of course. ” -vanstryland

“ ThE mEtS sTiLl PaY hIm EvErY yEaR. ” -Tylergallo

“ Haven't heard of this one. Looks like a late 1990s Fleer Ultra or a Pacific brand. ” -captkirk42

“ I never hear anyone talk about what a good player he was, I only ever hear about what a bad contract the Mets gave him. This card is a little busy, but it's interesting at least. ” -jackal726

“ By no means a traditional baseball card , too much thunder , lightning and sparks not enough pure BB + lackluster stats =meh ! ” -baseballcardstoreca

“ A perfect example of 1990s inserts by Fleer/Skybox. But I have to say, I would happily pull this from a pack over some of the inserts released today. These were crazy and included cool info on the backs. ” -Corky

“ An obvious late 90s card. I feel a bit of nostalgia seeing all the computer generated graphics. ” -davidhandberry

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spazmatastic

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Tuesday, November 19, 2019 12:25 AM

I'm with Billy on this one. I see that design and think 1997-98 Skybox Z-Force, not 1998 Circa Thunder. As an NBA card, I liked the design. But as an MLB card, not at all.

I wouldn't have even thought of the words Circa OR Thunder for this card. At the time these were released, most of my MLB purchases were UD and Pacific products.

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PapaG321

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Tuesday, November 19, 2019 5:31 AM
Laughing all the way to the bank and his deal apparently only expires in 2035 !

PunchoutND

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Joined: Oct 2019

Tuesday, November 19, 2019 9:54 AM
Not a fan. The Name on the card front is barel legible. The "stats" on the back are awful. Just an all around bad card design.

jimetal7212

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Joined: Dec 2016

Tuesday, November 19, 2019 9:59 AM
Challenging 1995 Fleer for most distracting backgound on a base card. ------------------------------- My sins have come to face me, I can feel it That I have lived my life in vain And now I know I'll reap the seeds I've sown