$6 Box of 1993 Stadium Club Series 3

My local dealer had someone bring in "old" (in terms of my kids) shrink-wrapped boxes of cards, including two boxes of 1993 Topps Stadium Club Series 3.

24 packs per box, 14 "Super Premium" Picture Cards per pack. Real wax, but no gum. For only $6, how could I go wrong? I couldn't, as it turns out.

Pack 1:

Official 1993 Stadium Club Membership Form - for only $29.95 per year, you get the opportunity to buy more cards exclusively! Oh, yeah, they send you some special cards, too.
#665 Greg Maddux
#682 Kevin Stocker
#664 Doug Dascenzo
#686 Tim Wallach
#657 Kevin Seitzer - "Kevin puts up outstanding numbers on artificial turf." Good thing he played in the 90's and not today or the 50's.
#678 Otis Nixon
#725 Jon Shave
#644 Tony Fernandez
#722 Kevin Young
#640 Dave Martinez - "Dave is a fine leadoff hitter." How's that for a ringing endorsement!
#626 Steve Avery - "Steve is nearly unhittable through the first six innings." Too bad he couldn't make it through the 7th.
#637 Tom Henke
#746 Frank Thomas Members Choice

Pack 2

Official 1993 Stadium Club InfoCard

#611 Chili Davis - For some odd reason, here in Upstate New York, we have a town named Chili but pronounce it "Chy-lie"!!!

#719 J.T. Snow - I didn't know he was drafted by the Yankees.

#639 Jimmy Key

#683 Jim Converse - The inventor of Converse Shoes. This is his Rookie Card.

#646 Joe Magrane

#624 Bud Black - "Bud looks forward to Independence Day." Huh? Does that mean he is better in the month of July?

#734 John Johnstone

#742 Damon Buford

#632 Bobby Kelly - Is this Roberto?

#659 Norm Charlton

#688 Robby Thompson

#628 Gregg Jefferies

#723 Charlie Liebrandt

#680 Mark Carreon - An unfortunate name for a journeyman player.

#732 Mike Draper - Also starred in Mad Men.

Pack 3

Stadium Club Master Photo Winner Brien Taylor

#673 Kirk Gibson - "Kirk is ready for the first pitch" 0-0 count stats: .370 avg!

#728 Todd Worrell

#718 David Nied

#662 Dan Wilson

#602 Jeff Reardon - "Jeff has always been tough when it matters most."

#668 Harold Reynolds - "Harold is a productive #9 hitter." Ahem, not a ringing endorsement.

#714 Brian Williams

#684 Barry Bonds - Back when he was reasonbly proportioned.

#630 Javy Lopez

#733 Henry Mercedes

#643 Alan Mills

#694 Kevin Mitchell

#676 Ricky Gutierrez - "Ricky sees the ball much better during the day." And he's got a great personality!

Pack 4

Stadium Club InfoCard

#661 Fernando Valanzuela - The Original Vuvuzela, 20 years earlier.

#663 Mark Gardner - "Mark likes pitching on natural grass." Not harder drugs.

#674 Steve Reed

#742 Damon Buford

#734 John Johnstone

#637 Tom Henke

#670 Al Leiter

#615 Jim Abbott - Absolutely an inspiration.

#609 Dave Winfield - One of the all-time great multi-sport athletes, along with Thorpe.

#656 Mike Harkey - "Mike has haunted Houston over the past three years." He's not dead yet!

#635 Jeff Russell

#614 Phil Plantier

#613 Mark Williamson

#748 Roger Clemens Members Choice

More to come in future posts....