More Forgotten Wax

 

I still have a small stack of those Pacific Plus  packs, and this time, I'm adding in a baseball pack instead of hockey this time. I've also got about 4 more left of those. And 7 Pacifics.

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Starting with baseball. I've started to appreciate accents showing up in player names. Without showing off the rest of the cards, Mel Hall will be the worst person to appear in this post. I'll say that assuming that Sax wasn't convicted of all those murders in New York. Mel is offset by the greatness of Jay Buhner's bubble blowing, and the back of Assenmacher's card.

That's the ticket!

 A photo of someone appearing to be hit by a pitch. What an honour for Van Slyke to be gifted with a cardboard memory like that. Mike Devereaux wins the battle here with a great shot down the line.

It really feels forced to have a Bash Brothers themed card and have Ruben Sierra as one of them. No shame to Ruben, but could UD at least tried to have another nickname for this card? Jerry Browne might have a less flattering photo choice than the Van Slyke.  We're still in the era of random pack collation for UD with Finley making a dupe appearance. Those Homerun Heroes were one-per in this type of pack. 

A few keepers in this! Now to the gridiron!

Pack 1:

Even if it is a dupe, I do have to acknowledge an appearance of 2/14er Harry Colon. We've also got infield dirt, back-to-back Dexters and an appearance of a plyer with their position listed as Wide Receiver, but him certainly looking like he's returning a punt/kick in the photo. A miss for an opportunity at a dual position card.

The second half isn't as interesting, aside from noting the Johnsons had nine months, and the best they could do was 'John', to paraphrase a Bobby Heenan one-liner.

Pack 2:

Bills content! I don't know if it was a bad thing for Cornelius Bennett that his appearance was delayed until the update portion of this set, or if it was a good thing for the Bills that they were so loaded at the time that he had to wait until the high numbered portion of it. The Tom Tupa card has a hint as to his future. 

He'd make the Pro Bowl, and also win a Super Bowl, as a punter - and Pacific had the forethought to include his punting skills as the fact on the back.

Even with three seasons as a Giant to start his career, it is hard to imagine McCaffrey as anything other than a member of the Broncos. There's also a future Super Bowl MVP to close things off, and someone who parlayed that into a position on lists of the worst free agent signings of all time. But those lists won't change his status as the MVP of Super Bowl XXX.

There you have it!