1993ASG
The Most Wanted Card of the Nineties
There was a multiyear period in which no other 1990s baseball card was more sought after than this one.
More 1993 Finest: David Cone
I stared at a David Cone card every time I awaited my turn to play Nintendo.
Vagaries of “The Best”
Roger Clemens is the greatest pitcher of all time, no matter how I weight the inputs.
In the Argument of Griffey Vs. Thomas, I Always Selected Thomas
Griffey has clearly ascended to a higher plane of baseball popularity, but Frank Thomas has always been my favorite of the two most popular sluggers of the mid-1990s.
King of the Firemen
The hobby never quite knew what to make of reliever Lee Smith. Opposing batters didn’t either.
There Once Was a Man Named Puckett…
It’s funny how you can have a mental image of a person that persists long after things have changed.
The Reigning AL MVP in ’93 Finest
Yep. MLB voters gave the 1992 American League MVP award to a relief pitcher, one who coined the term “walk-off” to describe homeruns he had personally given up.
The Mantle Figure of the ’90s
For some time I struggled trying to identify Griffey’s place in the hobby. It turns out he was the Mickey Mantle of my generation in multiple ways.