tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9047326403910235658.post4525552424477059012..comments2024-03-09T04:14:31.575-06:00Comments on The Junior Junkie: the Baseball Cards of Ken Griffey, Jr. and Beyond: The Great Griffey Frankenset: Page 6The Junior Junkiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01276740693294231134noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9047326403910235658.post-61025145972385377402015-11-20T20:35:27.058-06:002015-11-20T20:35:27.058-06:00MAN! Drool worthy for sure!!MAN! Drool worthy for sure!!Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02949460127063264497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9047326403910235658.post-68486094784403478112015-11-20T10:25:16.782-06:002015-11-20T10:25:16.782-06:00Those Matrix cards were cool. I pulled an Andruw J...Those Matrix cards were cool. I pulled an Andruw Jones that was pretty good at the time.The Lost Collectorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07281282785351456790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9047326403910235658.post-21068254442495300102015-11-20T09:46:38.671-06:002015-11-20T09:46:38.671-06:00You're definitely correct in saying the debut ...You're definitely correct in saying the debut set is 1990. That debut set has always been considered a 1990 set. See the link below, Beckett calls it "1990 Topps debut '89". Any hobby publication I've ever read does the same, though the wording does seem a little jumbled.<br /><br />http://www.beckett.com/baseball/1990/topps-debut-89/1-jim-abbott-3956656<br /><br />Before 1997 or so, with some minor exceptions, any "non-update" set issued was essentially chronicling the previous year. I guess UD Griffey card #1 is a not-so minor exception :). Then card companies would issue update/traded sets in the fall that would have pictures of guys in new uniforms (sometimes airbrushed, like the Griffey 89 UD card). <br /><br />On top of that, though I have no way to prove it, I'm positive that the 1989 Debut set came out in 1990.<br /><br />Additionally, you can't even go off the year issued for the name of the set back then. Topps and Upper Deck would usually issue the first series of the next year's set in November. So 1994 Collector's Choice s1 came out in November 1993, etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com