Trade List > Baseball > 1997

The following cards are available for trade. If you see anything that interests you, please feel free to drop me an email.

Best:

Autographs:
Bill Santamaria, New York Mets

Bowman: 6, 19, 22, 30, 44, 48, 49, 58, 66, 67, 71, 75, 85, 87, 98, 103, 105, 107, 115 (2), 129, 134, 140, 153, 157, 162 (2), 176, 180, 188, 190, 201, 206, 230, 266, 271, 274, 305, 317, 327, 336, 351, 369, 389, 390, 409, 419, 433

International:
7. Robin Ventura, Chicago White Sox
17. Robb Nen, Florida Marlins
48. Tino Martinez, New York Yankees
65. Jeff Kent, San Francisco Giants
117. Tom Fordham, Chicago White Sox
132. Andy Larkin, Florida Marlins
135. Freddy Garcia, Pittsburgh Pirates
162. Chris Gissell, Chicago Cubs
180. Shane Monahan, Seattle Mariners
184. Calvin Pickering, Baltimore Orioles
189. Steve Rain, Chicago Cubs
190. Nerio Rodriguez, Baltimore Orioles
248. Andy Pettitte, New York Yankees
268. Brady Anderson, Baltimore Orioles
270. Ray Durham, Chicago White Sox
282. Todd HOllandsworth, Los Angeles Dodgers
337. John LeRoy, Atlanta Braves
352. Brian Banks, Milwaukee Brewers
353. Robbie Bell, Atlanta Braves
357. Steve Soderstrom, San Francisco Giants
371. Gerald Witasick Jr., Oakland Athletics
372. Ronnie Belliard, Milwaukee Brewers
380. Corey Erickson, New York Mets
382. Kerry Robinson, St. Louis Cardinals
394. Kelvim Escobar, Toronto Blue Jays
404. Matt Snyder, Baltimore Orioles
407. Heath Murray, San Diego Padres
408. Brett Herbison, New York Mets
414. Dmitri Young, St. Louis Cardinals
420. Mel Rosario, Baltimore Orioles
436. Troy Cameron, Atlanta Braves

Rookie of the Year Favorites:
ROY6. Russ Johnson, Houston Astros (2)
ROY14. Brian Rose, Boston Red Sox

Scout's Honor Roll:
SHR2. Bob Abreu, Houston Astros
SHR14. Wilton Guerrero, Los Angeles Dodgers

Autographs:
CA84. Paul Wilder, Tampa Bay Devil Rays

Bowman Chrome: 183, 212, 273, 284, 293

Bowman's Best: 117, 129, 149, 187

Circa: 6, 42, 43, 45, 50, 62, 91, 96, 111, 119 (2), 136, 138, 145, 149 (4), 173, 193, 196, 223, 227, 232, 242, 248, 265, 269, 276, 290, 299 (2), 300, 302, 317, 336, 352 (2), 356, 363, 373, 378, 379, 380, 382 (2), 391 (2), 392, 398, 399

Rave:
202. Rick Aguilera, Minnesota Twins (107/150)

Boss:
13. Mike Piazza, Los Angeles Dodgers

Collector's Choice: 164, 328, 330, 332, 365, 370 (2), 385, 386, 388, 389, 409 (2), 427, 468, 485, 489, 500

All-Star Connection:
8. Ivan Rodriguez, Texas Rangers
23. Tony Gwynn, San Diego Padres

Stick Ums:
28. Vladimir Guerrero, Montreal Expos

The Big Show:
42. Jay Buhner, Seattle Mariners

Denny's: 7, 12, 29

Donruss: 11, 82, 89, 211, 224, 252, 262 (2)

Donruss Elite: 42, 48, 61, 71, 77

Donruss Limited: 10, 32, 74, 86, 92, 114, 146, 166

Donruss Preferred: 102, 150

Donruss Signature Series:

Autographs:
Ron Coomer, Minnesota Twins
Dennis Reyes, Los Angeles Dodgers
Miguel Tejada, Oakland Athletics
Bubba Trammell, Detroit Tigers
Dan Wilson, Seattle Mariners

Millenium Marks Autographs:
Dwight Smith, Atlanta Braves (0658/1000)

EX-2000: 23, 24, 35, 51, 86, 88

Star Date 2000:
15. Vladimir Guerrero, Montreal Expos

Finest: 4 (2), 29, 47 (2), 60 (2), 77, 85, 91, 95 (2), 122, 186, 190, 203, 224, 232, 233, 240, 243, 254, 258, 263, 272, 322

Flair Showcase:

Row 2:
35, 41, 108, 124

Row 1:
4, 49, 169, 180

Row 0:
18, 22, 165

Legacy Collection:
169. John Jaha, Milwaukee Brewers "Row 0" (033/100)

Wave of the Future:
13. Orlando Cabrera, Montreal Expos

Fleer: 75, 112, 184, 193, 225, 299, 378, 403, 462, 488, 510, 517, 569, 571, 574, 589, 637, 646, 680, 698, 701, 702 (2), 712 (2), 718, 726, 728, 730

Golden Memories:
5. Paul Molitor, Minnesota Twins
8. Mike Piazza, Los Angeles Dodgers

Headliners:
15. Mike Piazza, Los Angeles Dodgers
17. Alex Rodriguez, Seattle Mariners

Million Dollar Moments:
3. Babe Ruth, New York Yankees
4. Barry Bonds, San Francisco Giants (2)
8. Cal Ripken Jr., Baltimore Orioles
14. Mike Piazza, Los Angeles Dodgers
17. Jackie Robinson, Brooklyn Dodgers
24. Rickey Henderson, Oakland Athletics
28. Alex Rodriguez, Seattle Mariners (2)
32. Frank Thomas, Chicago White Sox
38. Juan Gonzalez, Texas Rangers (4)
44. Greg Maddux, Atlanta Braves

New Horizon:
4. Nomar Garciaparra, Boston Red Sox

Rookie Sensations:
6. Todd Hollandsworth, Los Angeles Dodgers
10. Rey Ordonez, New York Mets
11. Edgar Renteria, Florida Marlins
15. Andruw Jones, Atlanta Braves
16. Wendell Magee, Jr., Philadelphia Phillies
17. Neifi Perez, Colorado Rockies

Team Leaders:
18. Mark Grace, Chicago Cubs
19. Gary Sheffield, Florida Marlins

Leaf: 28, 38, 43, 71, 78, 91 (2), 94, 97, 106 (2), 175, 229

Fractal Matrix:
116. Brian Jordan, St. Louis Cardinals

Metal Universe: 156

Mickey Mantle Collection: 4, 17

New Pinnacle: 160, 169

Pacific: 35, 69, 99, 119, 426

Latinos of the Major Leagues:
LM-18. Joey Cora, Seattle Mariners

Pacific Prism: 39

Pinnacle: 56, 96, 103, 113, 157

Pinnacle Certified: 12, 30, 43, 60, 63, 64 (2), 96, 122, 129 (2), 132, 135, 137 (2)

Certified Red:
57. John Jaha, Milwaukee Brewers
67. John Smoltz, Atlanta Braves

Pinnacle Inside: 3, 22, 25, 32, 33 (2), 39 (2), 43, 107, 113, 126

Pinnacle Mint: 26

Pinnacle Totally Certified:

Platinum Red:
12. Sandy Alomar, Cleveland Indians (3645/3999)
94. Dwight Gooden, New York Yankees (2861/3999)

Platinum Blue:
13. Ray Lankford, St. Louis Cardinals (1379/1999)
57. John Jaha, Milwaukee Brewers (0941/1999)
122. Raul Casanova, Detroit Tigers (1744/1999)

Pinnacle XPress: 16, 126, 137, 146

Swing for the Fences:
Derek Bell, Houston Astros
Jay Bell, Kansas City Royals
Geronimo Berroa, Baltimore Orioles
Vinny Castilla, COlorado Rockies
John Jaha, Milwaukee Brewers
Mike Lieberthal, Philadelphia Phillies
Dean Palmer, Texas Rangers
Todd Zeile, Los Angeles Dodgers

Score: 3, 68, 192, 225, 483

Artist's Proof:
64. Charlie Hayes, New York Yankees

Premium Stock:
27. Ben McDonald, Milwaukee Brewers
52. Pat Listach, Milwaukee Brewers
65. Marc Newfield, Milwaukee Brewers
68. John Jaha, Milwaukee Brewers
88. Jeff Cirillo, Milwaukee Brewers
122. Dave Nilsson, Milwaukee Brewers135. Carlos Baerga, New York Mets
191. Jeromy Burnitz, Milwaukee Brewers
269. Jeff D'Amico, Milwaukee Brewers
285. Matt Mieske, Milwaukee Brewers
301. Fernando Vina, Milwaukee Brewers

Showcase Series:
3. Johnny Damon, Kansas City Royals
21. Ken Caminiti, San Deigo Padres
77. Jay Bell, Pittsburgh Pirates
109. Bernard Gilkey, New York Mets
124. Al Leiter, Florida Marlins
141. Jermaine Dye, Atlanta Braves
209. Jim Bruske, Los Angeles Dodgers
279. Steve Finley, San Diego Padres
433. Jay Bell, Kansas City Royals

Score Hobby Reserve: 483, 549

Select: 125

Select Company:
114. Rod Myers, Kansas City Royals
152. Moises Alou, Florida Marlins
164. Dave Justice, Cleveland Indians
176. Ryan McGuire, Montreal Expos
190. Joey Hamilton, San Diego Padres

SP: 7, 14, 15, 31, 41, 54, 55, 70, 90, 92, 98, 111, 112, 114 (2), 115, 120, 127, 159, 176

Buyback Autographs:
95. Jeff Bagwell, Houston Astros (1996 SP) (181/292)

Marquee Matchups:
MM16. Gary Sheffield, Florida Marlins

SP Top Prospects:

Autographs:
CH. Chad Hermansen, Pittsburgh Pirates

Sports Illustrated: 31, 53, 60, 82, 89, 106, 139, 151, 178

SPx: 22, 32

Stadium Club: 3, 28, 52, 80, 107, 119, 196, 199, 207, 211, 214, 223, 228, 236, 237, 238, 249, 252, 259, 271, 279, 280, 289, 292, 296, 301, 305, 316, 318, 321, 328, 329, 331, 355, 366, 375, 383 (SP)

Matrix:
218. Carlos Baerga, New York Mets
254. John Wetteland, Texas Ragners

Stadium Club Members Only: 35

Studio: 18, 30, 50 (2), 59, 63 (2), 67, 72, 73, 78, 79, 99, 107, 144

Topps: 26, 57, 115, 158 (2), 196 (2), 210, 250 (3), 305, 325, 338 (3), 360, 375 (3), 390, 410, 444, 446 (2), 461, 462 (2), 468, 479 (2), 480, 483 (2), 488, 493

Mickey Mantle Finest Refractors:
30. "Mantle Blasts 565 Ft. Home Run"

Season's Best:
SB2. Frank Thomas, Chicago White Sox

Willie Mays Finest:
11. Willie Mays, San Francisco Giants

Topps Chrome: 15, 31, 43, 73, 130, 132, 138, 139, 141

Season's Best Refractors:
SB10. Andres Galarraga, Colorado Rockies

Topps Gallery: 10, 13, 14, 27, 101

Topps Stars: 106, 115, 119, 121

1997 UD3 Baseball: 5, 7, 8, 9 10 (2), 17, 18, 19, 21 (3), 22 (4), 23, 28 (2), 33 (2), 34, 38 (2), 39 (5), 42, 49, 51 (3), 53, 54, 55 (2), 59

Generation Next:
GN18. Nomar Garciaparra, Boston Red Sox
GN20. Manny Ramirez, Cleveland Indians

Ultra: 66, 304, 389, 400, 421, 425, 512, 527, 547,

Gold Medallion:
G305. Darren Oliver, Texas Rangers
G309. Jeromy Burnitz, Milwaukee Brewers
G386. Marquis Grissom, Cleveland Indians
G457. Chris Holt, Houston Astros
G472. Rick Helling, Florida Marlins
G477. Chad Ogea, Cleveland Indians
G483. Scott Ruffcorn, Philadelphia Phillies
G488. Brent Gates, Seattle Mariners
G524. Mike Jackson, Cleveland Indians
G551. Jose Cruz Jr., Seattle Mariners

Fame Game:
5. Mike Piazza, Los Angeles Dodgers

Golden Prospects:
2. Vladimir Guerrero, Montreal Expos
5. Kevin Orie, Chicago Cubs
9. Ruben Rivera, New York Yankees
10. Derrek Lee, San Diego Padres

Leather Shop:
12. John Smoltz, Atlanta Braves

Power Plus:
5. Mike Piazza, Los Angeles Dodgers

Upper Deck: 20, 49, 76, 95, 107, 113, 127, 132, 141, 142, 150, 152, 176, 207, 427

Predictor:
P11. Frank Thomas, Chicago White Sox

Rock Solid Foundation:
RS6. Johnny Damon, Kansas City Royals (2)
RS16. Pedro Martinez, Montreal Expos

Cards That Really Don't Look Like Cards: 1997 Flair Showcase Diamond Cuts

Through the advent of new technologies that add extra shine, fancy die-cuts and other fan-dangled gimmicks, there's cards a plenty out there that don't at all resemble the baseball cards from yesteryear. Here's one.


1997 Flair Showcase Diamond Cuts

1997 Flair Showcase was a landmark release. It had a three levels of base sets. I guess you could call the uncommon and rare levels parallels, but I've never really seen it that way. It had tons of foil. And the foil actually looked good.

But what 1997 Flair Showcase will forever be remembered for is the introduction of the 1-of-1 with the Masterpiece parallels. They set a new standard for the hobby that hasn't looked back.

In all the years since 1997 when this set was first released, I'd never come across the Diamond Cuts inserts. They were clearly lost in the shuffle of all Flair Showcase's other gimmicks and beauty. These are some funky looking cards. Die-cut in the shape of facing diamonds, the card also features prominent holo-foil giving the top background a diamond look. The name plate and Flair Showcase logo both contain additional gold foil.  There's also a full-body player photo and a glistening baseball diamond on the card's bottom portion.

Card backs are fairy generic with a diamond photo in the background, a small photo and a generic-reading bio.

Diamond Cuts definitely don't resemble anything close to traditional baseball cards. Nonetheless, they work. For all the techno-gimmicks going on on this card, it's not overwhelming. Often, cards that take on too much look like Franken-cards that resemble something that belongs to be sewn onto the crest of a bowling shirt or like a nameplate that belongs on an office door. 

Diamond Cuts were inserted 1:20 packs. Most of the cards should be found for a couple of dollars with none going more than $5 or $6. Here's the checklist:

1. Jeff Bagwell

2. Albert Belle

3. Ken Caminiti

4. Juan Gonzalez

5. Ken Griffey Jr.

6. Tony Gwynn

7. Todd Hundley

8. Andruw Jones

9. Chipper Jones

10. Greg Maddux

12. Mark McGwire

13. Mike Piazza

14. Manny Ramirez

15. Cal Ripken Jr.

16. Alex Rodriguez

17. Frank Thomas

18. Mo Vaughn

19. Bernie Williams

20. Matt Williams

Holo Grammys

It's the Academy Awards of music tonight but I don't really care. While your significant other scours People Magazine's website in the morning, here's a random bunch of holograms:

 1992 Denny's Grand Slam 26. Joe Carter

I remember begging my parents to take me out for pie and coffee when these were available. They just turned to me, told me it was a 30 minute drive and that I was too young for coffee as they sipped their instant "coffee." They neglected to mention that Denny's also had gross key lime pie. Denny's sucks. This set was the best thing the restaurant had to offer in 1992. 

 1995 Score Dream Team Gold DG11. Greg Maddux

I'm not sure why Score abandoned the shirtless grandeur of the Dream Team cards for holograms. I can't say that I mind either. The whole "Gold" label, though, doesn't make a whole lot of sense either.

1993 Upper Deck Diamond Gallery 32. Wil Cordero

This card is a part of some oddball Upper Deck box set. I hadn't heard of it before and may have to track it down seeing as how it's an oddball hologram box set. Just 123,600 sets were made, which must make it extremely limited ; )

1997 Stadium Club Instavision Highlights I13. Andy Pettite

You can't capture the greatness of this card in a scan. Well, it is a hologram so it is instantly great, but that there hologram shows Pettite's hurling prowess. Yes, it's got motion technology without the creepy factor of Sammy Sosa's 1996 SPx card winking at me.

And now a trio of static non-sport holograms:

 Marvel Universe: Series One (Impel, 1990) MH1. Cosmic Spider-man

Although these are probably the most recognizable non-sport holograms (my guess is that it's due to the seemingly millions that are out there and just about everyone collecting the set at the time had one or two), I also rank them amongst the worst. Sure, they're shiny but there's nothing else going on. Plus, the card backs are identical for all five in the set. Yes, Virginia, holograms can be boring sometimes. Can anyone tell me what makes this Spider-Man, Cosmic Spider-Man?

 DC Comics: Series One (Impel, 1992) DC Hologram Hall of Fame DCH8. Superman

This card suffers somewhat the same fate as the Spidey above. It's pretty boring. However, at least with this set Impel wised up a bit and gave something of an interesting background. Too bad Superman's face resembles that of a stick man I doodled while waiting on hold yesterday.

Marvel Universe Series Three (Impel, 1992) H-5. Ghost Rider

Finally, Impel is getting somewhere. While I'm not a big fan of Ghost Rider, the way his motorcycle is popping out of this card is pretty bad ass.

Japanese School Girl Watch

One of the things I miss in Wired Magazine is their little column entitled "Japanese School Girl Watch." A couple paragraphs long, it would highlight a small piece of fun technology that was taking Japan by storm at the time. It seems to have disappeared from the pages of the awesome magazine, so I thought I'd pay tribute with something I picked up a little while back:

1997 New Pinnacle Artist's Proof 187. Denny Neagle (and friends) "East Meets West"

This card has so much going for it: player in casual snapshot outside of the ballpark, random people off the street, the universal sign of the rabbit shadow-puppet, DUFEX and cliche font choices to label parts of the world. This is the one Denny Neagle in my collection that is not for trade.