Random Wax: 1992 Upper Deck Baseball

1992 Upper Deck:   We get Ken Griffey Jr on this good-looking Diamond Skills card.  His skill seems to be "Most Exciting Player" which I doubt most would have argued back in the day.  MVP, 7X Silver Slugger, 10X Gold Glove, 13X All-Star.

I do like this design.  The team specific fonts make up for not having the team logo.  It does feel like they could have added something else in the corner with the team name but no complaints here.  Jack Clark hit .304 with a .407 OBP and 1 homer and 8 runs batted in with the 1985 Cardinals during their run to the World Series.

Greg Vaughn on this Brewers team checklist card.  Love the art.

We love the backs of these Upper Deck cards where we get a different photo.

My Star Rookie pull.  Castillo only played two seasons in the majors.

A nice-looking horizontal Mike Greenwell card.  He hit .303 for his career but retired at age 32 due to nagging injuries.  

 BREAKDOWN:
15 – Total Cards
1 – Star Rookie
1 – Diamond Skills
1 – Team Checklist

1992 Upper Deck Baseball Box (Low Series)

 1992 Upper Deck Baseball: This was part of that Dave & Adams purchase a while back. This set is pretty affordable but offers up really good quality cards and photos.  I think the '91 Upper Deck are my favorites but these are right there with them.  Nice McGwire card and photo to add to my fledgling Mac collection.

 That Manny is one of the big rookie cards from this set.  That Thome picture is great.  Love pulling a Pedro Martinez card any day of the week.

 The Diamond Skills cards were pretty cool and give us a great Rickey Henderson card as the Best Baserunner.  Jim Abbott as the Best Leftey surprised me a bit until I looked up his stats.  Darn good year in 91 - 18-11, 2.89, 5CG, 243IP,

 Oh to be Eric Davis cool...

 There are so many stars and Hall of Famers in this set which helps make it a ton of fun to bust.

 Wild eyed Randy Johnson and Greg Maddux covering first, expertly I assume, both seem appropriate. 

 That smile!

 Some PC guys for me. Think this is the night after Tawney Kitaen hit Chuck Finley with her stiletto heel?

The Crime Dog!  The hologram cards scan pretty well and were always nice pulls.  This was a great box and so much fun.  I'll throw more photos in here at the end just for the fun factor.

BREAKDOWN:

540 – Total Cards
46 – Prospect 92
18 – Diamond Skills
18 – Star Rookie
7 - Checklist
6 – Holograms
3 – Bloodlines
1 – SP
1 – Stay In School

 Two cool cards and that Deion is an SP insert as well as a favorite of mine.

 Great photography throughout the set.  

 Many of the photos on the back were as good if not better than the fronts.

He really looks like "Rock" Raines here.