2019 trade package #11: Parts of My Past

Some of you might recall that Matt of Parts of My Past sent me a pair of PWEs filled with some Ken Griffey Jr. cardboard in April while ridding himself of some doubles of a guy we both PC.  I showed those off a few weeks ago in a post chock full of 90s Griffey goodness.

Why am I reminding you of that?  So you don't think you're experiencing a bad case of déjà vu as I show off two more PWEs worth of Juniors from Matt today.

That's right, the Great PWE-Sender (with apologies to Freddie) is at it again!  Here's what was in store for me this time:

There was a perfect nine-spot of vertically-oriented cards--the magic number for scanners.  And this bunch has lots of designs I really enjoy.  1995 was a good year for Score--the '95-'98 run in general was solid--and I still enjoy that Hitters Inc. subset.  

1999's Bowman's Best and Skybox Molten metal had shiny examples of different parts of that trademark swing.  Two instances of Topps Gallery in its heyday can be seen here:  1999 and 2002.  We need more of this and less of Fire, Five Star, and your other dumb products, Topps!

Fleer brings a couple 2001 issues with its one-and-done Game Time base set plus a Grass Roots insert from 2001 Tradition.  The manufacturer would use that title again the following year, then once more in '06.

And bookending the second Gallery offering is a pair of UD base looks.  On the left is 2002 flagship, in this case the first of a 10-card Griffey subset, the back of which notes that Griffey became the youngest player to reach 450 homers in '01 (31 years and 261 days), 15 days better than the #2 guy.  Can anyone guess who that was?  It goes on to mention that he was also the youngest to get to 300 and 400 dingers.  Man, what could have been if he stayed healthy!  That's joined by a 2008 Sweet Spot base, one of a small number of issues showing him with the White Sox during his 41-game stint that year.

And now we move on to a trio of horizontal inserts.  I can still remember watching Dan Patrick and Keith Olbermann on SportsCenter, with the pair serving as an inspiration for the always excellent Sports Night, I believe.  I also recall busting a nice version of UD's Collector's Choice in 1997 and chasing the Big Show inserts seen above!

The other two are both inserts from Fleer's 2006 Ultra product, and that's not the only thing they share:  as with Grass Roots above, these titles were used by Fleer multiple times.  Diamond Producers existed from 1996-99, again in 2004, and finally in these cards' product.  Meanwhile, RBI Kings dated back to 1994, and the '06 version was its ninth and final appearance.  2005 was Junior's second of two quality seasons with the Reds (the other being his debut in 2000) so his appearance makes sense here.

Matt, thanks again for the great bunch of Griffeys!  We'll just have to see what I can hit you back with after going to tomorrow's show.  That may actually apply to a few more of you, who should also head back here soon as I continue a nice run of trade posts.