Saturday, March 7, 2009

1997 Topps Finest Series 2

Recently I picked up a box of 1997 Topps Finest Series 2. Rather than post the cards in order of how I pulled them from the pack, I'm going to list them by subset. We have Acquisitions, Power, Blue Chips, Competitors and Masters. I scanned every cards I pulled, except for the doubles. So here's my box break in all of its glory.

ACQUISITIONS
















Jay Bell - 178 Common






















Acquisitions - Jay Bell Refractor 178

I pulled very few refractors, apparently they were a bit harder to come by in 1997. The best part of the refractors is they make the card actually look clean and clear when you scan it.
















David Wells - 179 Common




























Jose Vizcaino - 191 Common






















Orlando Merced - 196 Common






















Bobby Bonilla - 199 Common






















Doug Drabek - 203 Common







Halo Hysteria!!















Jim Leyritz -209 Common - Uggh!






















Darryl Hamilton - 210 Common






















Jimmy Key - 211 Common






















Carlos Garcia - 217 Common






















Marquis Grissom - 219 Common






















Brian Hunter - 194 Common






















John Wetteland - 222 Common






















Kevin Elster - 225 Common







Halo Hysteria!!















Eddie Murray - 235 Common - Uggh again.






















Todd Zeile - 236 Common






















J.T. Snow - 237 Common






















Sterling Hitchcock - 239 Common






















Jeff King - 244 Common






















Benito Santiago - 247 Common






















Chili Davis - 250 Common






















Matt Williams - 253 Common






















Jeff Kent - 254 Common






















Jamie Navarro - 259 Common






















Eric Davis - 260 Common






















Greg Colbrunn - 269 Common






















Mel Rojas - 274 Common






















David Justice - 271 Common







REDS ALERT!!















Deion Sanders - 299 Uncommon
The image of Deion on this card is raised and the total effect is pretty sweet. Probably my favorite card from the break.






















Delino DeShields - 304 Uncommon Refractor







BLUE CHIPS















Dmitri Young - 177 Common






















Jose Guillen - 182 Common






















Brant Brown - 188 Common






















Alex Ochoa - 200 Common






















Brian Giles - 206 Common






















Alan Benes - 208 Common






















Brooks Kieschnick - 218 Common






















Wendell Magee Jr. - 229 Common






















Jose Rosado - 268 Common






















Scott Spiezio - 272 Common






















Bartolo "Skin and Bone" Colon - 275 Common
























Todd Helton - 286 Uncommon







COMPETITORS
















Gary Sheffield - 176 Common






















Walt Weiss - 180 Common






















Paul Molitor - 181 Common






















Mike Fetters - 184 Common







Halo Hysteria!!















Mark Langston - 185 Common







Halo Hysteria!!















Mark Langston - 185 Common Refractor






















Darrin Fletcher - 187 Common






















Andy Ashby - 192 Common






















Rusty Greer - 193 Common






















Chris Hoiles - 195 Common






















Brett Butler - 197 Common






















Derek Bell - 198 Common






















Wally Joyner - 201 Common






















Roberto Alomar - 205 Common






















Todd Worrell - 207 Common






















Tony Phillips - 215 Common






















Jeff Cirillo - 216 Common






















Dan Wilson - 220 Common






















Ozzie Guillen - 224 Common






















Mike Macfarlane - 227 Common






















Carlos Baerga - 230 Common






















Kevin Seitzer - 231 Common






















Henry Rodriguez - 232 Common






















Mark McLemore - 243 Common






















Robin Ventura - 248 Common






















Cal Ripken Jr. - 252 Common






















Ray Lankford - 256 Common






















Orel Hershiser - 261 Common






















Manny Ramirez - 265 Common






















Tim Naehring - 267 Common






















Dean Palmer - 270 Common






















Chipper Jones - 273 Common








POWER
















Al Leiter - 183 Common






















Geronimo Berroa - 189 Common






















Tino Martinez - 204 Common






















Vinny Castilla - 213 Common






















Greg Vaughn - 221 Common






















Bernard Gilkey - 226 Common






















Heathcliff Slocumb - 228 Common






















Mark Wohlers - 234 Common






















Albert Belle - 240 Common






















Robb Nen - 242 Common






















Tony Clark - 245 Common






















John Valentin - 251 Common






















Eric Karros - 255 Common






















Ed Sprague - 257 Common






















Shane Reynolds - 258 Common






















Rod Beck - 263 Common






















Ismael Valdes - 264 Common






















Ken Caminiti - 266 Common






















Ivan Rodriguez - 289 Uncommon






















Matt Williams - 308 Uncommon






















Andres Galarraga - 321 Uncommon







MASTERS
















Fred McGriff - 186 Common






















Jim Thome - 190 Common






















Mo Vaughn - 202 Common






















Juan Gonzalez - 212 Common






















Chuck Knoblauch - 214 Common






















Andres Galarraga - 223 Common






















Roger Clemens - 233 Common






















Ken Griffey Jr. - 238 Common...although there's nothing common about Jr.







Halo Hysteria!!















Tim Salmon - 246 Common






















Mark Grace - 262 Common








So there it is, 1997 Topps Finest Series 2 in all of its freshly scanned glory. Hope you enjoyed.

3 comments:

  1. It's been a while since I have seen that set. You got some nice cards. But too many Chicago NL team cards.
    And how could a Reds card not be your favorite in the set?

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  2. Just realized I forgot to include an Uncommon Ellis Burks, Uncommon Mo Vaughn and Rare Craig Biggio which were still sitting in my scanner from last night. Oopsy.

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  3. Nice collection of some great players of all areas of baseball.

    Hagan Thomas

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