Why I Like It: It commemorates the beginning of Cal Ripken Jr's consecutive games streak. I love the piece as it showcases Ripken in the uniform he wore on the
very first game of his streak. I was a kid while Ripken broke "The
Streak" so it brings back great memories of what was and still is such a great
record. This was pretty popular during the heyday of Starting Lineup Figures. I waited until market crashed to pick this up relatively cheap.
The card shop I worked at in the late 90's sold a bunch of these figures. If I'm not mistaken, they were going for $25 to $50 each. I waited too and picked it up for a few bucks.
ReplyDeleteI definitely wouldn't be surprised if that's what they were going for back then! Very hot piece!
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