Totally Cecil - The Cecil Fielder Card of the (Every Other) Day

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1995 Score Hall Of Gold #HG 82

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From a robust insert set...

1992 Donruss ~The Elite Series~ (#34 of 36)

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Something from the "high-end" of my collection. Serial-numbered to 10,000 (!), these gems were some of the most sought after cards of the junk wax era. When cards have print runs of 300,000, it puts being #'d/10,000 in perspective...

Dick Perez not only painted, he also (apparently) worked in holo-foil.

1993 Upper Deck "Reggie Jackson's Clutch Performers" #R9

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Mr. October weighing in on the big fella. According to an Ebay seller, very rare and hard to find...

...unless you can type sportlots.com in your browser, where you can find about 20 for $.18...

1992 Starting Lineup

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Guess who's back! More like "The Cecil Fielder Card Of The Every Other Month"! Just kidding of course...

Brought to you by the fine people at Kenner. I had a ton of these and took every single one out of the box. What a fool! I coulda been a hundrednaire!

1998 Topps #374

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Somewhere over the rainbow? Nope. At least not in the traditional sense, but all the variations from '98 Topps nontheless...

Base, Minted In Cooperstown, and Rays and Diamondbacks Inaugural Season.

1996 E-XL #59

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The obligatory "Happy St. Patrick's Day" post...

DEEP!

1992 Fleer League Leaders #692

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Remember when baseball card sets were like 700+ cards? I do...

The '92 Fleer set was 732 cards deep, not including the inserts (such as the "Rookie Sensations"). You can get a box on the 'Bay for around $15 bucks ($5 BIN + $10 shipping) or a complete, factory sealed set for around $20 shipped. Cards of value for that particular year were found in the "Updates" set (which featured Tim Wakefield's rookie card!!!!).

1991 Studio #53

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Just got done watching Fab Five on ESPN. Tough to watch at times, but the truth hurts, and pain builds character. Pretty much the awesomest 2 hours of televsion I've watched in months. So let's take it back to '91...

Love the cheesy black and white, yearbook-style photo. Hate the teenie-tiny black and white Tigers' logo in the bottom left-hand corner ~~takes out magnifying glass~~...

Though I'm a Chip and bleed maroon 'n gold, I grew up watching and loving Michigan basketball... and tomorrow I'm wearing black socks to work.

1988 Starting Lineup Talking Baseball

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Taken from the SLU Talking Baseball Toronto Blue Jays team set...

1995 Topps Embossed Golden Idols #76

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Happy Fat Tuesday!

1997 Limited Counterparts #47

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Brought to you by Leaf/Donruss...

"LED AL FIRST BASEMEN WITH 143 RBI IN 1996"

And his "counterpart"...

"T-5th AMONG AL FIRST BASEMEN WITH 117 RBI IN 1996"

Tied for 5th? C'mon son. I love having Cecil on as many cards as possible, but they were scraping the bottom of the barrel here. Big Daddy was barely in the top 10 for RBI in '96, overall and just in the AL (tied for 10th). I wonder if it has to do more with the pinstripes he's wearing and less with the stats.

For more great cards with weak stats, check out Grand Cards review of Topps 60.

1993 Fleer Pro-Visions #3

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Hands down and by far my favorite insert set of all-time...

Dude. It's Cecil rockin' what could possibly be a Hattori Hanzo. 'Nuff said...

1996 Topps Laser #105

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Cecil's last (half) year as a Tiger...

And the winner is...

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Congrats to Steven for correctly answering yesterday's trivia question and subsequently winning some 2011 Topps cards! Steven, please email me with your address so I can send you out your prize. Thanks to everyone who participated!

The correct answer was Blue Jays, Tigers, Yankees, Angels, and Indians. Grand Cards, I have been searching for the past month or so trying to find a picture of him in an Cleveland uniform to no avail. I'm almost positive there are no official cards of him in one, but somebody had to of snapped a photo. Media guide? Program? Oh well, it would look weird nontheless.

Thanks again everyone and stayed tuned for a Cecil card tonight.

Cecil Fielder Sunday Trivia Question (UPDATED)

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Name the five Major League Baseball teams that Cecil Fielder has played for (note - yes, he was orginally drafted and signed with the Kansas City Royals but never played with them).

Comments are now enabled, thanks for the emails. Sorry 'bout that!

Rules - You must be a follower of the blog to be eligible for the prize. Only one entry/comment per follower please. All correct entries will go into the Randomizer and one winner will be drawn. More info (if needed) can be found below in yesterday's post.

Prize - A 2011 Topps Retail Hanger Box from Target. 72 cards in the box, including an exclusive Target only Ruby Red Insert card. Shipped free, of course.

I'll put the comments on hide to be fair, and keep the contest open until Midnight (EST). Good luck to everyone and thanks for participating!

Cecil Fielder Trivia Contest: Prize and Rules

2011-02-26T10:46:00.004-05:00

Tomorrow afternoon we're gonna give away some free 2011 Topps cards, specifically, a 2011 Retail Hanger Box from Target. Just a little thank-you to the people who follow the blog, and of course an obvious way to rack up a few more followers ;).

Sunday I'll ask a Cecil related trivia question, which you can answer in the comments section. To be eligible for the prize, you must be a follower of the blog (and have the right answer, of course). New followers (meaning those who join after this post) will get 1 entry in the drawing, and those 18 of my original followers who participate will get 2 entries in the drawing. Please only 1 entry/answer/comment per follower. I will use Randomizer.org to choose the winner.

Hopefully this will be the first of many contests here at TC-TCFCOTEOD (OK, maybe not many but more than a few!). See everyone (I hope) tomorrow! In the meantime, here's a nice little blurb on Sess from Tigers.com...

http://m.mlb.com/det/news/article/2011022116693692/

1995 Kraft Singles "Superstars" #3, plus a contest this Sunday!!!

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First and foremost, mo' chedda, courtesy of Kraft...

Of his 1,313 career hits, 787 of them were "singles"...

Special thanks to everyone who participated in Cheese Week. It was fun and we'll do it again sometime.

SUNDAY 2/27 - CECIL TRIVIA CONTEST! - WIN 2011 TOPPS CARDS! - MORE DETAILS TOMORROW!

1992 Mootown Snackers #10

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As impromptu Cheese Week rolls on (courtesy of a psuedo-request by our good friend at Grand Cards)...

Sargento cheeses are the preferred shredded cheeses at our house (shameless plug for a possible future sponsor?).

The "Autograph Series" features a facsimile of Big Daddy's mark...

1993 Kraft Singles "Superstars" #7

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Pop-up cards that were found in cheese slices...

1992 Upper Deck Homerun Heroes #HR2

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After a long winter, it's time for position players and part-time bloggers to report. Time to blow the dust off my scanner...

...and Cecil blows the dust off his whoopin' stick. Checks to make sure it's his.

1991 Jumbo California Sunflower Seeds: Autograph Series II #8 of 24

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A mouthful for sure. Had one of these on my Ebay "Watch List" for some time, picked it up at a card show for a quarter...

"Limited Edition" indeed! MLBPA goodness...

1992 Investor's Journal #64

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Those of you who live in or around the Southeastern Michigan area are more than likely to be familiar with Gibralter Trade Center in beautiful Mt. Clemens. A weekend public flea market, the GTC has held a monthly sports card show for as long as I can remember. It used to be huge, but with cheaper prices, a wider selection, and overall shopping ease, the internet and it's affiliates (Ebay, Checkoutmycards, Sportlots, etc.) have rendered most local card shows obsolete. I attend the show on a monthly basis, but usual end up going for and leaving with only supplies (which I get there for super cheap!). But this weekend...

...I left with a few Cecil cards that A) I didn't have, and B) I never knew existed!

This is just one of five I picked up. It's from a magazine called Investor's Journal, which was described to me as a serious card collector's guide to making money from card collecting. In the 90's. Forgive me if the sarcasm doesn't translate well.

The other four cards from my weekend booty will be the subject of later posts this week. Stay tuned and "Stay classy Indiana" (a great quote courtesy of University of Michigan play-by-play announcer Frank Beckmann after the Indiana student section cheered because Michigan QB Denard Robinson appeared to get injured on a play).

2005 Topps Pristine "Valuable Performance" #VP-CF

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Some good wood on a TGIF...

1992 Upper Deck Detroit Tigers Checklist #96

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Courtesy of the Upper Deck Company, artwork by sports artist Vernon Wells Jr...

1995 Skybox Emotion #42

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Mighty...

1993 Pacific Spanish #107

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I'll be working on a new blog design this week which should keep me online and posting for the next couple of days...

1990 Topps Magazine #TM28

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Cecil lookin' slim back in the nine-zero...

TGIF! - 1994 Fleer Team Leaders #6 of 28

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Anything with an old school Tigers logo is A-OK in my book. Check that scowl too...

1992 Upper Deck "Iooss Collection" #WI 23

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Twilight in California. One of my favorite Cecil cards, snapped by award-winning sports photographer Walter Iooss...

TWO CARD TUESDAY!

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**As a new feature on the blog, I will post TWO Cecil Fielder cards every Tuesday. Try to contain your excitement...**

1990 Coke / Kroger (Team Issued)

1991 Coke / Kroger (Team Issued)

Both cards are slightly over-sized. Couldn't find either on Ebay, which makes them... rare(?).

1994 Tombstone Pizza "Super-Pro Series" #18

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1992 Classic "Big Game" #129

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"It's been a long time, I shouldn't left you..." -Rakim, 1987.

1990 Donruss "Learning Series" #26

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Part of a special 55-card set distributed to teachers/schools in 1990, the "Learning Series" cards featured the original design and color of the base along with photos that differed from the players base card. As far as I can tell, Cecil was the only player featured who did not have a regular card in the base set...

This card can be found every so often on Ebay from $1-$5.

1990 Donruss "AL Baseball's Best" #133

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Card #133 in Donruss's 144-card parallel set mimics the design of the base set, but with blue cards instead of red. Cecil did not have a card in the base set...

Stats on the back show major and minor league numbers...

1995 Topps Stadium Club "Extreme Corps" #515

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A fun and colorful card. As the stats show, Cecil was still a team leader in homers and RBI's in 1994...

1993 Score Select "American League Leaders (1992/RBI's) #31

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***Sorry everyone, had a long weekend of work, weddings, and minor league baseball. Oh yes, I did pick up a Cecil Fielder bobblehead this weekend). Now back to our regularly scheduled programming...***

A subset of '93 SS's base set (Cecil also has a "Home Runs Leader" card). Check the shoes kids. Straight Pony's...

Quite a line-up on the back. A "who's who" of players I collected back in the day...

Wow.

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There's really not much to say. By now everyone has seen Sportcenter or logged on to a computer (It's the lead story on most internet news pages such as MSN.com). I'll always remember that time me and my dad saw Armando Galarraga pitch a perfect game, even if the record books don't reflect as much. Great game AG.

1991 Upper Deck "Silver Slugger" #SS12

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'91 Upper Deck is my second favorite set of all-time (it's right behind '89 UD)...

1992 Jimmy Dean #15

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Long lost is the art of the oddball...

1996 Bazooka #93

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This card is kind of like a mullet. Business in the front...

Party in the back...

1987 Fleer Update Glossy #U31

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The '87 Fleer looks good, if you're a Blue Jay...

1992 Fleer "Super Star Specials" Today And Tomorrow #705

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Quick hit before I head out to the card show today. I need some top loaders.

1994 Sportflics 2000 #78

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Got this in the mail today, and even though Sportflics don't scan very well, I wanted to post it anyway...

1993 O-Pee-Chee #51

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Oh, Canada!

Gotta give OPC props for the card number...

2006 Topps Co-Signers "Solo Sigs" #SS-CF

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A little something from the higher-end of the Cecil card spectrum. This is probably his most affordable Topps certified autograph for the simple fact that it's a "Solo Sig". He has a couple other in the '06 collection that also feature the auto's of his son Prince and Ryan Howard, which routinely sell for over $50 on Ebay. I've also seen a Jim Leyritz Co-Signer.

1996 Donruss #157

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With the Tigers pretty much takin' it to the Yanks this week, I thought I'd show the fans of the "Bronx Bombers" a little Cecil love...

1991 Score "1990 Highlight" #770

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A very no-nonsense base insert, but a great photo on the back. You don't see a lot of pictures of players hugging on cards anymore...

1990 Classic III #T94

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From Classic's 3rd series in 1990, an appropriate pose from Big Cess on the day of one of the biggest memorial services in the history of baseball (or at least that I've ever seen)...

Goodbye, old friend.

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1918-2010.

1991 Bowman #367

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Pretty basic as far as base cards go from the year 1991, though the gold bats in the upper left-hand corner add a touch of class...

1995 Leaf Cornerstones #2 (of 6)

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It's horizontal card week (in case you didn't notice), and today we have a fine specimen from Donruss Inc. Nice holographic foil and a guest appearance by fellow franchise player Travis Fryman make this card a winner...

And a nice change of pace having some defensive stats on the back...

1996 Pinnacle Denny's Holograms #18

2010-04-20T13:59:00.000-04:00

Yes, a Denny's hologram not from the Upper Deck Company. Moons Over My Hammy!

1991 Topps "Operation Desert Shield" All-Star #386

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Given out to our brave service men and women in '91, these parallels to the base set have a sweet, gold-foil stamped "Operation Desert Shield" logo...

They are on the higher-end of the price spectrum (All-Star's of the time such as Bonds, Clemens, and Henderson can run anywhere from $10 to $40 dollars). I picked up the Cecil All-Star for $1.25 at checkoutmycards.com, and added his regular base ODS card off the 'Bay for $.99!

Oh yeah, wanna know what the most expensive Desert Shield card on Ebay is? Ungraded? The Chipper Jones RC.

***Sorry to my followers for the lack of posts this past week, 5 Tigers games in 5 days left me drained (OK, so I was a little tipsy). I'll be in Chicago this weekend doin' my yearly Wrigley Rooftop with the fellas, but I'll be back Monday with more Big Daddy and some details on the first ever Totally Cecil contest to be held in June.

By the way, check out Grand Cards for some bonus Fielder action!***

1995 Upper Deck "Predictor League Leaders" Exchange #R13

2010-04-07T22:12:00.000-04:00

Courtesy of an ebay auction's description...

From a 60 card set called "Predictor League Leaders Exchange", issued in two series. Several players have more than one card.

Cards from this set were those received in exchange for the pack insert game cards of the winners in the various League Leader categories. These cards have the same pictures as the inserts but Silver FOIL on the fronts, rather than Gold, and biographical backs for each player rather than the "baseball game rules" of the inserts.

1990 Topps Big #313

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The slightly oversized Topps Big always had that "retro" feel to me way before the "retro" trend hit the card industry...

1992 Donruss Diamond Kings #DK-15

2010-04-04T14:27:00.004-04:00

Short and sweet. Happy Easter!

A Grandios Contest!

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If you're perusing the blog-o-sphere between now and 5pm EST today, stop by Grand Cards because Dan must have fallin' ill and/or lost his marbles with an exciting and outrageous contest! Click the link and get it on the fun!

2004 Topps All-Time Fan Favorites #82 (190/299)

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A fan favorite indeed! Refractor technology at it's best...

Cards From Lakeland!

2010-03-30T10:58:00.002-04:00

Over the weekend I recieved an envelope from fellow blogger Jeremy who runs Jeremy's Custom Cards. Jeremy emailed me some kind words about my Cecil blog and wanted to donate a few cards to my collection...

That's not Ces! It's Jeremy on a custom 2009 Topps card! Autographed, no less! Thanks dude, definitely going in my special book for unique cards.

1994 OPC All-Star Redemption Card #20, but more importantly a card I didn't have in my collection. Perfect!

1998 Pinnacle #125. Nice pic of Cecil playing the field, for he was primarily a DH during the latter part of his career. Once again, a new card to add to the collection.

Um, oh yeah, there was one more card in the envelope...

Um, oh yeah... WOWZER! 1986. Autographed. Cecil Fielder. Rookie card. I was speechless. Definitly the coolest card I've ever gotten in the mail! Or in person! I have Big Daddy's sig on a ball, but no cards. Until now. Thanks for the amazing cards Jeremy!

1991 Stadium Club "Members Only" A.L. Home Run Leaders

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This card made me think of how much I miss reading Mario @ Wax Heaven...

Cecil's got his serious, business-time face on. No number on the back? I'll pretend that it's "special" even though you can pick one up on Sportlots for $.18...

1992 Topps Micro Base & Gold #425

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Happy St. Patrick's Day! Here's a couple mini cards for all you Leprechauns out there...

1995 UD Collector's Choice "Best of the 90's" #51

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Not sure if it was intentional or not, but the card (#51) commemorates Cecil's 51 longballs during the 1990 season...

What a great photo on the back. I used to call my shots during batting practice all the time...

1991 Score 100 Superstars #88

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Boring and a bit on the ugly side, but you gotta love the early 90's Tigers logo...

1993 Post #10

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I'm off to Jamaica for a few days (boo-hoo, poor me) so I'll leave you with so MLBPA goodness...

See y'all in 6 days!

1992 Upper Deck MVP Hologram #21

2010-03-02T03:38:00.000-05:00

The hologram cards scan nicer than I thought they would...

1990 Donruss Learning Series #26

2010-02-22T17:31:00.000-05:00

Still toying with this stupid updated "Blogger" stuff, thinking of switching to Wordpress. Nonetheless, here is some Cecil...

1998 Upper Deck #173

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Pitchers and catchers reported today, and ESPN is, of course, live from Yankees Spring Training...

A card cameo with fellow vet Tim "Rock" Raines...

1992 Fleer Team Leaders #6 (of 20)

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One of the great insert sets of the early 90's...

1990 Star Co. #6

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I have two fulls sets of Cecil's Star cards and have devoted 2010 to (among other things, of course) tracking down the sets I don't have...

A "Champion's 'Stache"! Too bad his Championship was with the Yanks ;(.

2005 Topps Pristine Legends #103 (1387/1999)

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The College Years...

1992 Panini Stickers #144

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Ciao!

1993 Duracell #23 of 24

2010-02-03T00:47:00.007-05:00

See Upper Deck? It is possible to put a quality picture on a baseball card without breaking the law...

I think that UD missed on opportunity to show the hobby it's resilience by putting out product in 2010 that did not (presumably) violate trademark agreements and did focus on design, photography, and ingenuity.

For a great article about Upper Deck Vs. MLB, go to Grand Cards.

1993 Upper Deck "On Deck With..." #D11

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Kinda like Studio(?), but sans the cheesy high school yearbook picture...

Favorite Pastime - Basketball. Does that mean he likes to play or likes to watch? Can you imagine Big Daddy in the low post!

1991 Score All-Star #395

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Cecil made the first of his three MLB All-Star appearances in 1990...

It's no Dick Perez, but then again, it's Score.

1994 Bowman #69

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Back in the mid-90's, full-bleed/borderless baseball cards were all the rage...

I could make a "Cecil likes donuts (or doughnuts, if you prefer)" joke... but I won't.

1991 Leaf #106

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Not to be confused with 1991 Leaf Preview #18.

That was close, but I think he got back in time. My research came up with #39 on the Angels in '91 as being Dave Parker... but that doesn't look like "The Cobra" to me.

*Edit - The Angel making a "card cameo" with Cecil is Mr. Devon White.

1998 Topps #372, "Minted In Cooperstown" Parallel

2010-01-26T14:07:00.004-05:00

It's safe to assume Cecil Fielder will never end up in the HOF, though his .255 lifetime batting average and 319 career home runs came at the dawn of an era marred by performance-enhancing drugs. As far as we know (oh yes, we know), Big Daddy was clean...

Ah, Cess' "Golden Year(s)" in Southern California. I hear it never rains...

1995 Upper Deck Collector's Choice: Special Edition, Blue #220

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Boy, wasn't that a mouthfull! A classic pose for Big Daddy. Longball...

Upper Deck has always been known for it's full-color, quality photography on the backs of their cards...

1989 Donruss #442

2010-01-23T18:30:00.010-05:00

"...Feelin' oh so silky smooth!"...

Donruss had my favorite back of all-time growing up...

2005 Topps Fan Favorites #FFR-CF

2010-01-21T11:05:00.005-05:00

That Mr. Turkey card was pretty, pretty ugly (good luck to Upper Deck next year... no logos, no prob!). A "Fan Favorite" indeed...

074/200. Congratulations!

Probably not from Cecil's actual bat but a good lookin' card nonetheless.

1992 Mr. Turkey Superstars #8 of 26

2010-01-20T04:26:00.003-05:00

Back in the 90's, the MLBPA gave out licenses to just about anyone who wanted to make baseball cards. The end result was a slew of quirky oddballs...

1990 Score Traded #9T

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Cecil's cards from the year 1990 were some of my favorite to collect. Probably because there wasn't alot of them...

Mugshot...

1993 Fleer Ultra "Home Run Kings" #3

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1996 Donruss #434

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Cecil was "Intentionally Walked" 76 times in his career. Here's one...

2008 Tristar Signa Cuts #02/50 "Bronx Edition"

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No picture, no problem. Cecil's got a great lookin' sig...

1994 Topps Black Gold #5

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SPECIAL EDITION : SOTCS WEEK!

Texas Tea...

1993 Topps Finest All-Stars #111

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SPECIAL EDITION : SOTCS WEEK!

Dan over at Saints Of The Cheap Seats sent me a package early last week that included some awesome Cecil Fielder cards. It was just what I needed to get my butt back to posting! Thanks so much Dan!

1990 Star Co. "Nova" #158

2009-11-19T14:36:00.005-05:00

Looking back, it seems that the Star Company was a bit ahead of their time. These "sets" were produced in limited-number runs (500, 1,000, 5,000), included "parallels" (regular, Nova, Millenium, Diamond) with slighty different pictures ("variations"), and were super glossy with a decent card stock. Sounds like something I would collect today...

1991 Fleer #709

2009-11-05T15:10:00.003-05:00

A pair of "Home Run Kings" who, at the dawn of the steriod era, did it the old fashioned way... drug-free!

1993 Denny's Grand Slam Hologram #25

2009-10-31T15:49:00.005-04:00

Produced by the Upper Deck Co. and part of a 28-card set...

2005 Topps - Celebrity Threads #CTR-CF

2009-10-27T23:29:00.002-04:00

1988 Topps Tiffany #618

2009-10-22T00:17:00.003-04:00

A card on the "higher-end" of the Cecil collection spectrum (if you consider $2.50 "higher-end"), the '88 Topps Tiffany was a crisper, glossier version of it's regular issue...

The white card stock really makes the back pop. Montana's got a big ol' Butte...

1992 Upper Deck #255

2009-10-20T16:35:00.007-04:00

This card sums up '92 Upper Deck for me. Fun, unique photography with a simple, iconic design that defined collecting in the early 90's. Nice folding chair!

Beautiful backside. He's lookin' at either a bomb or a fly-out to right-center!

1990 "The Shanks Collection" HR Derby #1

2009-10-18T14:57:00.006-04:00

No, I did not make this card. I picked it up at a show last weekend for a quarter...

Has a retro, "just learned photoshop" look to it. I have no idea who/what The Shanks Collection is. Very interesting back-side though...

Um, that IS NOT Cecil!

1994 Pacific Prisms Circular #18

2009-10-15T16:18:00.008-04:00

The Pacific Trading Co. put out a beautiful, 36-card insert set in '94. Available in Circular and Triangular versions, these cards were preludes to Topps' "Super-X-Refractors"...

Just kidding. I don't know if that's true or not, but it sounded good.

1997 Donruss #157

2009-10-13T14:46:00.004-04:00

Cecil made his name with the Detroit Tigers, but got his Ring in '96 with the New York Yankees...

Cess is lookin' down at the 3rd base coach like, "What?! You want me to bunt?!".

1993 Metz Baking Co. #7 (?)

2009-10-10T15:08:00.003-04:00

My master checklist has this card as number 7, but for the life of me I can't find it on the back...

2005 Topps Pristine "Legends Edition" Leading Indicators #LI-CF

2009-10-08T16:54:00.005-04:00

What makes Cecil Fielder relics cool is that, to my knowledge, there are only a few. Most are found in the '05 Topps Pristine Legends sets. Good lookin' card, almost retro...

...except for the fact that it incorporates foil technology and has a piece of bat!

I love relics and certified auto's 'cuz they make you feel special... could the word CONGRATULATIONS be any bigger?

1992 Topps McDonald's Baseball's Best #1

2009-10-06T13:44:00.003-04:00

In an era when baseball cards were vastly over-produced, "limited edition", oddball sets were all the rage. With a purchase of some "food" at Mcdonald's, you got a 5-card pack of sweet Topps cards. At only 44 cards, this set was packed with stars, including...

The black borders were a serious but welcome change for the Topps Co. at the time, and the gold foil was becoming industry standard. Both looked nice, but what an odd close-up of big Cess. Deep in thought, perhaps?

Gratuitious back shot...