With Topps having come out with 3-D baseball cards, it’s time for the manufacturers to think of new ideas for baseball card inserts and sets. Well, to help them along, I’ve come up with a few ideas that they just might like.
Baseball cards with authentic newspaper clippings from the date when an historical baseball feat was accomplished. For example, instead of having a game used jersey within a card, you might have a clip from an actual New York Times paper article written when the Brooklyn Dodgers won the World Series over the Yankees in 1955. Â
Game used field-item cards. So, maybe they can take a piece of a rosin bag or the pitching rubber used in a World Series or All-Star game and insert that into a card. Any reason a bit of field dirt couldn’t be put into an insert window within a baseball card? Maybe even a sunflower seed shell or a piece of tobacco that was spit out by an All-Star baseball player.  Okay, maybe not.
How about DNA cards for current major league players? We see the DNA or “hair cut” cards for people like Abraham Lincoln, Napoleon, etc. in baseball card releases like Allen and Ginter. Any reason we couldn’t have these for current superstars like Derek Jeter, Albert Pujols, or Ichiro Suzuki?
Okay, here’s one that would be tough, but would be REALLY cool in my opinion. Instead of having a game-used piece of leather from a baseball glove inserted in a card, how about having the whole card back and border made of the leather used from a glove? Yeah, I know, why not just give away the whole glove, but we’re card collectors. We want to see that glove used as a baseball card.
You’ve seen those insert cards that are coated in 14K or 24K gold, right? Why not include other metals too? Silver, titanium, platinum, aluminum? Aluminum? Okay, scratch that one. I don’t need a tin foil baseball card.Â
A Golden Thong insert set for Jason Giambi, Johnny Damon and any other player who admits to actually wearing one.  Yeah, I don’t know why I thought of that one. Let’s leave this one out.  Â
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3 responses so far ↓
1 MattR // Jun 26, 2009 at 8:15 am
I like the newspaper clipping idea. I think I’ll pass on the thong thing (especially if it’s also scratch and sniff).
2 Dave // Jun 26, 2009 at 11:29 pm
Scott, these are awesome ideas. I would be thrilled to get any of those cards. And the thong card, however disgusting, would be a huge hit.
3 Scott // Jun 29, 2009 at 6:20 am
Thanks for the comments guys! Yeah, I don’t know about that thong idea, but then again if I got one of those game used cards in a hobby box, I probably wouldn’t throw it away. (Assuming it was washed before it was cut up and put into the baseball card!)
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