Joe
Jackson is once again making an appearance in an Upper Deck set. In 2001 Upper
Deck became the first major card company to add Jackson to their checklist when
he showed up in the 2001 SP Legendary Cuts release. They even managed to get a
game used bat (from his post MLB-ban days) and included not one but two bat
relic cards in the Debut Bat Cards insert. He had a single bat relic card and a
dual bat relic card with Hall of Famer Paul Waner.
Prior to
Upper Deck’s 2001 release Jackson made a couple of appearances in modern day
releases, specifically the Conlon sets during the 90s and a Pacific release
around the same time. He has also appeared in Donruss/Panini sets a couple of
times since 2008 but they tended to use photos from his later years after he
left baseball.
Upper
Deck has just announced that they will include a Joe Jackson bat relic in the
upcoming 2012 Goodwin Champions release which should be out in just about 2
weeks. Once again there will be a single relic card and a multi-swatch relic
card, I do not know if this means he will be paired with another player (like
he was in the 2001 SP set), if it will be two Jackson bat relics or if it will
be a bat relic and maybe a jersey relic.
I do
prefer the 2001 SP Legendary Cuts design but I would not cry about pulling this
card. I like that Upper Deck has taken a different route and is using art
depicting his time with the Cleveland Naps, where he made his biggest impact in
the league. I do not understand why they aged him though, I have included a
picture that was most likely used by the artist to create this image for
comparison and you can see he was quite younger (@ 25 years old) at the time
the photo was taken.
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