shortly before i closed up shop at garvey cey russell lopes, i shared some photos that my dad and i took at dodger stadium 32 years ago tonight. we had the great fortune of being in attendance at game 1 of the 1988 world series bearing witness to kirk gibson's pinch-hit home run, and for a couple of years, those photos and my ticket stub, along with the vhs recording my mom had made of the game at home, were the only physical reminders of what we had seen.
1989 was the year that i collected cards the least, only buying one box of topps cards that year. of course, topps didn't bother to recognize the 1988 world series in that set, and i think it was another year or two before i saw the upper deck and fleer and o-pee-chee cards that had been issued that year. then, in 1995, more cards were made featuring kirk gibson's famous home run, and the upper deck sp championship card from that year was my most wanted card until late in 1999 when i found out about ebay and finally obtained one for my collection.
anyway, since then, there have been a huge number of cards that feature photos from that particular game. i, of course, am trying to obtain them all in duplicate or triplicate (or more) as the case may be for this and other mini-collections, and my dodger collection, too.
here's a list of the cards i am aware of that feature photos from that game, and they are not all of gibson. cards that i have in this mini-collection are shown below, although i do have most of the others (except for the numbered parallels) in my dodger collection.
1989 fleer world series #1 mickey hatcher
1989 fleer world series glossy #1 mickey hatcher
1989 fleer world series glossy #3 jose canseco
1989 fleer world series glossy #5 dennis eckersley/kirk gibson
1989 o-pee-chee #382 kirk gibson
1989 topps woolworth #24 kirk gibson
1989 upper deck #662 kirk gibson
1989 upper deck #666 kirk gibson
i appreciate the fact that a different photo was used on the back of the card
2001 topps home team advantage #382 kirk gibson
2002 topps american pie #8 kirk gibson
2002 topps tribute memorable materials blue #mem-kg kirk gibson /88
2003 topps tribute #141 kirk gibson
2003 topps tribute gold #141 kirk gibson
2003 topps tribute world series signature relics #ssa-kg kirk gibson
2003 topps tribute world series memorable match-ups relics #mmr-eg dennis eckersley/kirk gibson /88
2004 topps world series stitches relics #ssr-kg kirk gibson
2004 topps world series highlights #ws-kg kirk gibson
2003 topps tribute world series signature relics #ssa-kg kirk gibson
2003 topps tribute world series memorable match-ups relics #mmr-eg dennis eckersley/kirk gibson /88
2004 topps world series stitches relics #ssr-kg kirk gibson
2004 topps world series highlights #ws-kg kirk gibson
2004 upper deck legends timeless teams gold #278 kirk gibson /5
2004 upper deck legends timeless teams autograph #278 kirk gibson
2004 upper deck legends timeless teams autograph gold #278 kirk gibson /5
2005 fleer classic clippings official box score #5 kirk gibson /1988
2005 topps etopps classic events #ce9 kirk gibson
2005 upper deck classics classic moments #cm-kg kirk gibson /1999
2005 upper deck classics classic moments autograph #cm-kg kirk gibson
2006 topps etopps event series #kigi kirk gibson
2006 upper deck sp legendary cuts memorable moments swatch #mm-kg kirk gibson /225
2006 upper deck sp legendary cuts memorable moments autograph #mm-kg kirk gibson /25
2007 upper deck masterpieces #6 kirk gibson
2007 upper deck masterpieces glossy #6 kirk gibson
2007 upper deck masterpieces windsor green #6 kirk gibson
2007 upper deck masterpieces green linen #6 kirk gibson
2007 upper deck masterpieces serious black #6 kirk gibson /99
2007 upper deck masterpieces black linen #6 kirk gibson /99
2007 upper deck masterpieces deep blue linen #6 kirk gibson /75
2007 upper deck masterpieces pinot red #6 kirk gibson /75
2007 upper deck masterpieces blue steel #6 kirk gibson /50
2007 upper deck masterpieces rusted #6 kirk gibson /50
2007 upper deck masterpieces ionised #6 kirk gibson /50
2009 upper deck goudey #104 kirk gibson
2013 panini cooperstown #65 vin scully (back)
2013 panini hometown heroes curtain calls #cc10 kirk gibson
2020 topps decades' best 1980s #db-57 dodgers
2020 topps decades' best 1980s blue #db-57 dodgers
2020 topps decades' best 1980s green #db-57 dodgers
2020 topps decades' best 1980s black #db-57 dodgers /299
2020 topps decades' best 1980s gold #db-57 dodgers /50
2020 topps decades' best 1980s red #db-57 dodgers /10
2020 topps decades' best 1980s platinum #db-57 dodgers /1
2020 topps decades' best 1980s chrome #db-57 dodgers
that is a lot of the impossible happening! it's good to see some variety in the photos used, especially with the 2020 topps decades' best card. this is one event i will never tire of seeing commemorated on cardboard.
I have most of those until you get to 2005 or so. I still can't tell some of those '07 Masterpieces parallels apart, which is probably why I don't have all of them.
ReplyDeleteThat was an awesome World Series and this was an awesome post. Good times!
ReplyDeleteIt seems like I've been cooped up in my house for forever... but it's really only been seven months. Yet Gibson's home run seems like it was yesterday. Weird how time plays with your emotions. And even though it's a painful memory... that 89UD card #666 is fantastic. The UD Masterpieces card is too.
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