1995 Topps: What I have done so far

I had a nice birthday/Father's Day Week, and now it's kind of back to a normal week or two at work before all of the crazy of the week before July 4th hits. I got some nice cards this week, a blaster of '17 and '18 Donruss, 2 '18 Topps Series 2 hanger boxes (unfortunately, the Wal-Mart ones with 2 guaranteed Aaron Judge cards), and I got some nice cards, including about 2 dozen cards for my Favorite Player Collection, some cards for the shiny/parallel binder, an Ohtani '18 Leaf rookie (which came with the '18 Donruss box. I went to a Rays game 2 Sundays ago, and as I mentioned in a previous post, it was great. Finally, the last thing, and probably the thing I am most proud of that I accomplished in the last week, was that I finally finished updating/creating set pages, and I now have every missing Topps card of the Detroit Tigers and Tampa Bay (Devil) Rays from the 1951-2017 Topps sets listed with their set page. Keep in mind that I use a "yearbook" approach, and that in the 1988 set for example, I will list all of the Detroit Tigers who finished 1987 with the Tigers and didn't get a Tiger card in the '88 set, unlike other people, who put the 1988 Tigers team with the '88 Topps set. I mainly do this because that's how the Topps sets I grew up with ('88-'01 or so) patterned their sets. "Oh, but you didn't finish the 2018 set", you say. Well, I will add the missing Rays and Tigers from that set once the 2018 Topps Update set comes out, because there are usually 1 or 2 guys in the Update set who cross a name or two off of my list. 

With all of that being said, here is what you probably clicked on the link to see, the missing 1995 Topps cards that I've compiled so far. 

 Rick Sutcliffe by Richard

 Kent Hrbek by Richard

 Lonnie Smith by Richard

 Mike Hargrove Manager by Richard

 Jeff Reardon by Richard

 Steve Sax by Richard

 Teddy Higuera by Richard

 Tom Lasorda Manager by GCRL

 Davey Johnson Manager by Richard

 Don Baylor Manager by Richard

 Don Zimmer/Bill Plummer Coaches by Richard

 Phil Garner Manager by Richard

 Larry Bowa/Denis Menke Coaches by Richard

 Jim Leyland Manager by Richard

 Joe Torre Manager by Richard

 Dusty Baker Manager by Richard

 Chuck Hernandez/Rod Carew Coaches by Richard

 Gene Lamont Manager by Richard

 Sparky Anderson Manager by Richard

 Hal McRae Manager by Richard

 Tom Kelly Manager by Richard

 Buck Showalter Manager by Richard

 Rick Down/Willie Randolph Coaches by Richard

 Tony LaRussa Manager by Richard

 Lou Piniella Manager by Richard

 Cito Gaston Manager by Richard 

 Gene Tenace Coach by Richard

 Dave Stewart by Richard

 Dave Righetti by Richard

 Andre Dawson by Richard

 Frank Viola by Richard

 Eric Davis by Richard

 Jose Lima Future Star by Richard

 Dave Winfield by Richard

 Eddie Guardado by Richard

 Jesse Orosco by Richard

 Mike Matheny by Richard

 Billy Ripken by Richard

 Rick Helling Future Star by Richard

 Garrett Anderson Future Star by Richard

 Dwight Gooden by Richard

 Fernando Valenzuela by Richard

 Carl Everett by Richard

 Jerome Walton by Richard

 Tom Browning by Richard

 Rob Dibble by Richard

 Mitch Williams by Richard

 Kevin Young by Battlin' Bucs

 Lance Parrish by Richard

 Tony Womack by Richard

 Ryne Sandberg by Richard

 Dan Plesac by Richard

 Billy Bean by Richard

 Mark Davis by Richard

 Aaron Boone Draft Pick by Richard

 Javier Vazquez Draft Pick by Richard

 Wrigley Field by Richard

 Shea Stadium by Richard

 Fenway Park by Richard

 Comiskey Park by Richard

Yankee Stadium by Richard

1995 was a fun set for me growing up. I liked the design with the kind of scribbled shadowing, I liked the '90's-era font they used for the player names, and I liked the Spectra Light/Cyberstats parallels where they added stats featuring computer simulation of the rest of the 1994 season. It is a really underrated set in my opinion. I hope to get around to making some more 1995 Topps cards. I will start working on the 1998 Topps set again, now that I have the Tigers/Rays done. I'm also throwing around the idea of finishing some 1970's Topps checklists so I can add some of the '70's customs I've seen online. It seems like the '70's and late '60's are some of the most common customs I've seen posted in various different places. First, will be the 1952 Topps checklist, though. 

Thanks for checking out my latest post.

-Jeremy