omg omega

i promised to show some more pacific cards from the box that play at the plate sent a while back, so here are a few cards from 1998 pacific omega that came my way.  i'll start with what may have been the best card of the box - mike piazza's 1998 pacific omega card

yes, it is technically a mets card, but i'll keep it in my collection because it is also a non-dodger dodger card.  pacific decided to forego the foil photo that was supposed to go on the right side of the card in order to honor all three teams for whom piazza suited up in 1998.  i appreciate that.

here are some regular cards from the set, and 'real' dodgers at that - bobby bonilla

wilton guerrero

todd hollandsworth

paul konerko

raul mondesi

ismael valdes

here are some non-dodgers for the heck of it:

brad fullmer

who is featured because we should remember the expos

barry bonds

rickey henderson

cal ripken jr.

mariano rivera

david ortiz

and david wells

with what may have been the second best card in the box.

pacific didn't play by the rules, and that's why they have so many cool cards in my opinion. maybe if topps made cards like the three-team piazza or used a photo from david wells' perfect game on his base card, i wouldn't be so attracted to pacific's stuff.

craig biggio vs. royce clayton in a double play showdown

i can't seem to stop finding cards of craig biggio and royce clayton which feature double play turns.  this post will exhaust the ones from my scanned folder, but i am sure there will be more.

1995 score biggio

i'm not sure biggio got the relay throw off on this one. twice on july 9, 1994 the astros attempted to force mark parent at second (they were successful once), but both times the batter was safe at first.  i will guess, based on the direction that the throw seems to be coming from, that this was the attempted force in the first inning on an anthony young bunt.  both were safe.

i have no idea about the dp shown on royce clayton's 1994 upper deck sp card

other than he definitely made the relay

1996 upper deck biggio

the astros are back at wrigley

1998 pacific omega

as are the cardinals

1998 fleer sports illustrated then and now biggio

and 1998 upper deck collector's choice biggio

pretty sure that's the same play from two different angles

1999 fleer ultra clayton

now he's with the rangers

biggio is back in philly on his 1999 upper deck card

where he's stepping on helmets

clayton wins this round thanks to his 1998 topps stadium club card

that is a double play card nicely done.