Random Wax: 1992 Upper Deck Baseball

 

1992 Upper Deck:  David Justice was key to the Atlanta Braves' 1995 World Series run.  He had 1 home run with 6 runs batted in the playoffs and sported a .411 on base percentage.  His biggest hit was his lone post season home run that put the Braves ahead 1-0 in game 6 of the World Series.  Tom Glavine went 8 scoreless innings and Mark Wohlers closed it out for the win.

Kevin Brown won a Championship with the 1997 Florida Marlins and also won 2X ERA titles in his career.  He had 211 wins to go along with a 3.28 career ERA.

We loved the photos on the back of Upper Deck cards.

Another great photo on the back and Dickie Thon looking like a magazine cover model on his card.  Thon led the league in WAR in 1983 with 7.4.  He batted .286 with 20 home runs, 74 RBIs, 9 triples and 34 stolen bases.

Horizontal goodness.  Andy Benes led the league in strikeouts and losses in the same season once.

Great hologram cards.  Todd Stottlemyre won 2 Championships with the Blue in the early 90s.

Scott Erickson won 20 games and a World Championship with the Twins in 1991 in only his second season.  Fun pack of cards.

BREAKDOWN:
15 – Total Cards
2 – Team Checklist

Yours Cruelly, Elvira : Memoirs of the Mistress of the Dark

Yours Cruelly, Elvira is the memoir of Cassandra Peterson, aka Elvira.  As a teen in the 80s who was a fan of all things Halloween and of course girls, it was impossible not be aware of Elvira.  In my head I thought for all the funny craziness we saw when she was on the screen, I assumed for no good reason her life was much calmer.  Boy was I wrong.  She had a pretty crazy life with so many trials, adventures and triumphs.  It's a good read.  She's very open about everything that went into her life.  No matter what happened or got in her way she persevered.  Again, lots of adventures, lots of crossing paths with stars and lots of fun while showing it was all due to hard work and making it through obstacles.  Great way to start spooky season.