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Wednesday, December 30, 2020

Year: 1993

Set: Topps - Inaugural Marlins (Rate)

“ This design was not as bad. I can live with it. Will the thrill. When i was little i got a TTM auto from WIll Clark on a large fold out poster. Always wondered if he actually auto'd it. ” -parsley24

“ "Will Clark lights the spark at candlestick park" - at least I think that was what was written on my slurpee cup of him. ” -UKboogie

“ Nice 93 Topps. ” -captkirk42

“ Marlins logo on a Giants card. Makes perfect sense. ” -vanstryland

“ I like the '93 Topps design. But did we need this parallel with the little foil thingy? Personally, I say no. ” -kents_stuff

“ While the stamp is nice and all, it doesn't make much sense to have it on a Giants card. ” -IfbBirdsCards

“ Okay card for a basic set. I prefer the front of the cards include the player position. The back has all the desired info but with an undesirable color scheme. Extra points for keeping it portrait on the back. ” -Blargh

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Onemorepoint

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Wednesday, December 30, 2020 5:13 AM
An oaky design but does illustrate why I don't get excited about Topps parallel sets.

BaseballNerd10

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Joined: Dec 2019

Wednesday, December 30, 2020 8:35 AM
The foil stamp is unnecesary. But, I like the '93 Topps Baseball set design!

captkirk42

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Wednesday, December 30, 2020 8:47 AM

To those commenting about the foil stamp. This was Topps way of acknowledging the veteran players who were traded to the expansion team Florida Marlins. For some reason they didn't feel the need to do any photoshoping (or in 93 I guess it was still called airbrushing)

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jasongerman9

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Wednesday, December 30, 2020 8:52 AM

Unless I misunderstand your point, that's not correct.

This is a full parallel set. Same with the Rockies, and same as in 1998 with the Diamondbacks and Marlins sets. From BaseballCardPedia: "To commemorate the debut seasons of the Colorado Rockies and Florida Marlins, Topps produced special factory sets. A Gold foil Marlins or Rockies logo distinguishes these from regular issue cards. These cards were only issued in factory set form. 5000 Rockies sets and 4000 Marlins sets were initially printed, but each team had the option of receiving a maximum of 10,000 sets. The Rockies sets were distributed through the four team-owned stores and at Mile High Stadium. The Marlins sets were distributed through FMI and at Joe Robbie Stadium."

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domentho

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Joined: Jul 2015

Wednesday, December 30, 2020 1:47 PM
My favorite player!!!

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