KEN GRIFFEY JR ROOKIE CARD HUNT IN 1989 BOWMAN! (Throwback Thursday)

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[@ghostface3655]

'89 is when i started also, i got a Cal Ripken Jr. and a Eddie Murray from a Topps pack at a gas station in Damascus Maryland. Thanks for the great content Jabs!

[@stevezeppieri]

The best part of this video was listening to you talk about your grandparents house and all those stories. Loved it

[@e1000bold]

That was funny 😂 the chewing gum! Hilarious 😅

[@texasoutdoors9906]

Thats my favorite set of all time. Really enjoyed the slower pace of the video showing all the cards instead of just shuffling through them to get to the inserts. Enjoyed the stories as well. Todays younger generation think the junkwax era must have been sooooo boring without all the inserts, autos, serial numbers, etc, but those that lived it know it was a blast! My best 1989 Bowman memory took place just a few years ago. I was at a trade show (not a card show) and saw a guy with some cards and unopened packs so I stopped to look and noticed a single 1989 Bowman pack. Being my favorite set ever I picked up the pack and could see a rat or mouse had chewed through the pack wrapper to get to the gum but I still wanted it if the price was right. I asked him how much and he laughed and said "ten cents". I handed him a quarter and walked away while opening it. Right in the middle of the stack was a pristine Griffey Jr. LOL

[@405cards]

I love throwback stuff, thanks for the revisit of the memories..

[@legendkillercjl]

The new expensive stuff is exciting but I miss these throwbacks too

[@billrowe3350]

‘89 was the year I was born Great year sir!!!

[@ghostface3655]

Thanks for the video Jabs!!

[@aaronfraser4774]

Jerome Walton mania sweeping the nation 😂 Love the junk wax era!

[@randihaney2099]

Loved this video and you talking about your Grandma and what you did as a kid. 😊

[@jimfalkler9361]

Hi Erik. Thank you for going back to 1989 tonight. I like the 89 Bowman cards. Thanks for the video.

[@1carneyms]

Your awesome man. As soon as you said it, there's the Jr.

[@zachwilliams5038]

Aye for real huh? He called it 😄

[@johnnyappleseed9323]

Really enjoyable video with your narration and memories of the 1980s and 1990s, and the other stories you added about your parents' cards, players' penmanship, and the like. Laid-back vibe. Great work.

[@spaceviking4966]

Love the old stuff

[@shay6350]

Never forget your roots. Great vid!

[@jamesirwin2048]

Nice to see some retro rips! Keep it up!!

[@ghostface3655]

Lol, stay healthy Jabs!! 😅 hope that gum isnt too chalky!

[@aecollectibles]

Always a fun rip. Thanks for taking up back!!

[@richardsmith1161]

Dave Winfield was nothing to sneeze at.

[@_FJB_]

He was good. Played for a while too.

[@BestBudzBreaks]

Dave Winfields real auto is beautiful too!

[@tayshashank384]

Sick pulls jabs keep it up your my favorite KZbinr

[@R8DRBeagle]

Great memories indeed. Wish those Whitey Fords were real.

[@MessOfThings]

Now I am going down the rabbit hole of AM radio broadcast signals. The short story is a change in the atmosphere at night allows the signals to reflect back and travel much farther, they actually have to reduce their signal strength but it's still travels hundreds of miles. Our local news radio station can be heard all the way to the top of the mountains 200 miles away at night.

[@jefft1647]

Awesome retro to collecting!!

[@jackteppo9633]

Now this was kick butt!! Funny😊

[@rayphan3832]

Enjoyed the narration and your storytelling skills Erick, great content.

[@JoJoICB316]

I definitely miss being able to buy packs at gas station convenient stores

[@BestBudzBreaks]

I bought a couple packs of series two from the checkout counter at a pharmacy, it was a couple $6 a pack, felt really nostalgic!

[@josephcrispell7975]

I never got any of bowman packs as well as a kid but by watching your channel and Jon channel I did buy a few boxes of these cards it was awesome Thanks for what you do for the hobby

[@markthompson7503]

I just bought a lot with a bunch of those 89 Bowman packs, and other Topps, Fleer, Upper Deck 87-92 packs. Pretty good find for me. Love that Griffey Jr Bowman, probably one of my favorites of his RC's.

[@quandaledingle7808]

I love these videos man you have gotten others including me into cards and it’s nice to see how passionate people are keep up the good work man

[@MKYeahBuddy]

I loved these as a kid but hated the larger size. I bought a whole box of these back then. I tried to open one pack a day… that lasted about 2 days and then I couldn’t help myself… I ripped into them!

[@hunterbuescher7452]

Love that ken Griffey jr rookie card and that ken Griffey sr and ken Griffey jr card

[@Card_Asylum]

Just bought a sealed set of this! 🔥😁

[@20quindex10]

I woulda ate the gum too 😂

[@BestBudzBreaks]

Great video! Loved the narration!

[@philschnaars]

Amazing thanks

[@zachwilliams5038]

Btw the Griffey RC had the half stick of gum. My OCD kicked when you ate the “wrong piece”

[@davidmcdonaldii5269]

Television was new in the 50's. That's why Bowman made those TV cards and inserts.

[@MclaughlinTV]

When inserts became a thing in the early to mid 90s is what I remember most. Those were the days.

[@remotepsp]

great video, an explanation for subpar signatures these days comparing to previous years, is way more on card autos, the suspension of cursive being taught in the schools, & more typing vs handwriting exposed to young people.

[@ChucklesGaming13YT]

My grandpa bought card packs just for the gum and he saw cards like babe Ruth rookie cards and then he would just throw the cards away😅😂😅

[@405cards]

Picture day , Manager,"go get in your position or grab a bat."

[@nicholassabella8338]

Fits good in a 3×4 sleeve

[@Potent_Potables]

9:14 Tom Brunansky looks like a pissed off Trevor Bauer in that pic!

[@toddkovach6967]

"If we pull the Griffey.." Welp there it is! Gum up!

[@radfordcardsandoutdoors05]

You should do a video of showing your dads cards. That would be awesome. Nice video!

[@scottyarms78]

Jerome Walton and Dwight Smith were the ones to go after back then! 😆

[@soxbigdog]

I remember when these first came out, the size of the cards and not fitting into standard pages and holders always bothered me lol

[@evanrose713]

Last night, I said I would stop buying cards for a month if I pulled a non base Elly, and as sure as sh*t two cards later, it was an Elly mojo. Then behind that was Druw jones bowman 1st mojo. Cannot wait until August 20th! 😂

[@lindseyclark4620]

Auction the gum off tonight

[@ghostface3655]

😂 that had to almost dissolve!

[@robhanson2653]

Lol +1

[@KartKing4ever]

I got 4 cents for the set.

[@vintagesportsshack]

I think i have a couple boxes of these left...

[@RFP15]

There are a few cards for a proposed 1956 Bowman set out there, Keith Olbermann owns some of them. 2003 Bowman Heritage was built off of those proposed designs.

[@D_Avila209]

I’ve been binge watching this shit! Great channel! Takes me back to

[@johnjohnson1709]

Not everyone hated the size of the cards, I thought Bowman had the best set that year because of the size.

[@BulletholeStudios]

Was hoping I'd see one of my dad's cards, no luck haha

[@matthewmiller5652]

I remember local gas stations in my area where I lived as a kid would sell baseball cards and they always sit there until they put the packs on sale for like 20 cents a pack then I would buy every pack they have.

[@therealmikepike]

take that griffey to get graded at the national! see what it gets graded!

[@aaronkinsky5386]

I. Just love the. Bowman. Topps is. Fun I. Love. Topps. Baseball

[@jeromemanley7885]

Thought this was The Past is Alive!

[@OrbitX2]

Back in the late 80s collecting baseball cards as a kid I would always get Topps or Donruss.. I never liked Fleer.. thought it was a cheap knockoff. Upper Deck was like premium.. the hologram logo they used was so cool.. if I remember right they cost more and maybe fewer cards per pack?? maybe. So best bang for the buck was Topps & Donruss.

[@JadenWhitlock]

A while back I bought 10 packs 1989 bowman and pulled Griffey in the first pack (I also ate the gum)

[@riverview9320]

Oh yeah - for sure they actually learned cursive back then!

[@TheToso13]

I’m fairly certain Griffey’s teammate, fellow HOFr Edgar Martinez RC is in that set as well…..

[@craigbrown7880]

Nice. Hopefully you didn’t chip a tooth haha

[@Thatguy-166]

💯👍

[@bingmitchell3068]

Computers and typing go up, writing and penmanship go down. None of those guys could type at the rate we do now

[@kellyschauer1175]

Not necessarily "fake autographs" considered facsimile autographs. I think the crummy autographs like a line or just initials we see today for many newer players might have something to do with cursive handwriting not being taught

[@altonT]

After your rip of Slabs of Heat, I bought 2 at $50 each. They are now $60. Didn't get anything big but did well. 2023 Jason Dominguez/499 grade 10. 2021 Alexander Mojica ( Pirates) 1st. auto /25 grade 10. Thanks.

[@zachwilliams5038]

Back then they had better penmanship, no question. But how many words per minute could they type?

[@Ratfink123]

nice centering on that Kid rookie card. The TV card is likely an homage to the 1955 bowman cards.

[@shaneh2755]

Griffey looks close to centered. Maybe a 9 if everything else is good.

[@tigerfan8269]

The Griffey is pretty centered

[@MessOfThings]

Is there any chance that the hyped-up failed prospects are the guys who didn't end up juicing?

[@stereomois]

if they had a long career, then maybe. I think Caminiti pre-96 stats show how steroids csn help you when you have some talent. They didn't do much for Neifi Perez.

[@robhanson2653]

LOL I literally just watched a local auction on k-bid for to hobby boxes that I was going to snag and missed it

[@mikewodnicki5855]

Your a teacher jabs (spanish i know)...haha! You know kids don't write these days! They are on computers in elementary school then texting on their phones. They don't sign checks to deposit. They don't even know what a dial tone is...tangent! 😅

[@Baconfat11]

It’s ok man.. lol junk wax Sal eats the gum in almost every single video.

[@billrowe3350]

I am picking up five packs of 1991 topps baseball cards this weekend that have not been opened. Should I open them or should I just leave them alone send them off to get graded and hold onto them?

[@LinkRocks]

I didn't like this set as a kid because of the tall design. I still bought them because I was a collector but they would not fit into my binders and that bothered me.

[@OhTHISFella]

Isn't there a Curt Schilling RC in there it did Bowman wait till '90?

[@robertsprings3591]

It's because they don't teach cursive writing in school anymore. That's why the new Stars of MLB can't sign the right way. It's the school system's fault, they took a lot more out of school than when I was there. Great video and pulls, nice Ken Griffey. Have a good day and Peace.

[@LinkRocks]

There's no need for cursive anymore, except to sign your name and that's doesn't require you to be legible so you can get away with not knowing cursive. I learned it in school and have rarely used it in the past 15-20 years. It's like riding a bike in that you never forget it, but it's no longer a requirement in everyday life. The world is ever changing and some things get left behind.

[@robertsprings3591]

@@LinkRocks when they ask you to sign something it's suppose to be in cursive writing not print out writing. Some of that writing you can't read. Just saying Topps and Bowman always had signatures on their cards back in the day.

[@troyrabon2952]

Isn't Bowman topps

[@THERetro_Savage]

I bet that gum is tasty

[@RoboEyeglass101]

I remember getting those cards when they were new at the local card shop in Springfield (Ohio Coin). I thought they were ugly then and they still are. Good video though.

[@getitright3124]

Funny how when spoken, it pops out. Coincidence? Who knows?