My
first card purchase of the year, a 1998 Flair Showcase Wave of the Future
Travis Lee
I
have seen a couple of the Wave of the Future cards showing up in blogs recently and I
decided to look in to them. I dig the wacky inserts of the 1990s and this one
is definitely on the wacky side. The 12 card set was made up of young players
and each card was made of two acetate cards with vegetable oil and sparkles between
them to give the impression of ocean water.
For
someone who has been a Diamondback fans since the expansion team was announced
in 1995 I have very few of their cards so going with Travis Lee was an obvious
choice. Travis Lee was one of the original Arizona Diamondbacks, he also has
the distinction of having the first hit as well as the first homerun in team
history. He was later traded to Philly for Curt Shilling, so you can say he was
part of the catalyst for the team winning the World Series in 2001.
