This Tino comes from Adam aka arpsmith of Arpsmith’sSportscard Obsession. He recently reached out say that he found this at his LCS
and it was mine if I wanted it. It was a really nice gesture and I’m always
thankful when someone thinks of me.
The card itself is from 1998 Collector’s Choice as part of
the You Crash the Game insert set. As a kid collecting at this time, I LOVED
this insert set. And not just for baseball. I loved it for basketball and
football too. Essentially, if the player hit a HR (or scored a TD or had a certain
number of points), you’d be able to send that card in for a prize. Some years
it was for a limed edition set. Other years, you’d get a special card
of the winning player.
Since this is a winning card, it looks like Tino came
through and hit a homer on the date listed and this card was redeemed. Since it was always a favorite promotion of
mine, I really appreciate having a Tino from this set.
Adam, thanks again!
Glad this was one you needed, i will be on the lookout for more oddball tino's for you.
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