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Monday, February 6, 2023

Year: 1993

Set: Pacific Spanish (Rate)

Card: #187 Dennis Martinez


“ Muy bueno. ” -Drudpwn99
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“ Second Pacific card in a few days. Pacific made a lot of strides in design from its original issue. An under-appreciated brand to be sure. There are some good podcasts out there with Mike Cramer, the company’s founder, who gives insight into the way Pacific was run. ” -Dave Sosidka
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“ Isn't this like 2 cards from this set in a few days? ” -rmpaq5
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“ Solid old school pitcher whose card should be in my Martinez Family Tree Collection but isn't. Gotta fix that! ” -Sportzcommish

“ Didn't we just have one of these? Underrated pitcher. ” -pjdionne12
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“ El Presidente! He is in the Baltimore Orioles Hall of Fame and the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame. Was the first Nicaraguan to play in the majors. ” -Tscastle
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“ Man Pacific was NOT IT. ” -parsley24
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“ Didn't one of these just pop up? ” -muskie027
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SeanT

Posts: 29
Joined: Nov 2022
Monday, February 6, 2023 7:06 AM

El presidente! El perfecto! I miss the expos 


   

crushnmove

Posts: 196
Joined: Feb 2020
Monday, February 6, 2023 7:45 AM

¡El Presidente!  I love the positions in Spanish. 


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C2Cigars

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Joined: Oct 2014
Monday, February 6, 2023 8:28 AM

Two cards from the same set in three days.


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gatorsportscardsart

Posts: 2
Joined: Jan 2023
Monday, February 6, 2023 11:03 AM

Watched him aplenty during his Orioles Earl Weaver days 76-86.  Great pitcher 


   

RonEaston

Posts: 1073
Joined: Nov 2019
Monday, February 6, 2023 11:14 AM

Card is...ok...I'm pretty sure any grade 10 kid today can make that in twenty minutes on their phone now...but it is an interesting one with the Spanish addition.

Player...well...Expo fan = Dennis Martinez fan...plus his story is so inspirational too. Seems like he is still doing well which is great.


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vrooomed

Posts: 14961
Joined: Dec 2012
Monday, February 6, 2023 11:26 AM

Try doing that with 30-year-old technology. :)

Pacific would certainly get much better in the later 90s. But at this point in time, they were attempting something that was different and trying to reach another audience. And all in all, a pretty solid design.

As for Denny Martinez, he was a very good pitcher with a very long career.

RonEaston wrote:

Card is...ok...I'm pretty sure any grade 10 kid today can make that in twenty minutes on their phone now...but it is an interesting one with the Spanish addition.

Player...well...Expo fan = Dennis Martinez fan...plus his story is so inspirational too. Seems like he is still doing well which is great.


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Onemorepoint

Posts: 1446
Joined: Apr 2014
Monday, February 6, 2023 2:06 PM

Looking at my comment on the last one of these I'm thinking the same thing.

They looked good at the time, but haven't aged well.


   

RonEaston

Posts: 1073
Joined: Nov 2019
Monday, February 6, 2023 8:04 PM

I hear ya, I was more just commenting that its pretty simple and the angled boxes, etc look a little dated by now. However for the time and what they were doing, no knocking on my part! Hence my rousing "OK" a solid one thumb up ;)

vrooomed wrote:

Try doing that with 30-year-old technology. :)

Pacific would certainly get much better in the later 90s. But at this point in time, they were attempting something that was different and trying to reach another audience. And all in all, a pretty solid design.

As for Denny Martinez, he was a very good pitcher with a very long career.

RonEaston wrote:

Card is...ok...I'm pretty sure any grade 10 kid today can make that in twenty minutes on their phone now...but it is an interesting one with the Spanish addition.

Player...well...Expo fan = Dennis Martinez fan...plus his story is so inspirational too. Seems like he is still doing well which is great.


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jacksoncoupage

Posts: 194
Joined: Nov 2017
Tuesday, February 7, 2023 12:00 PM

I'd love to know why Pacific made variations for this card (and the other latino stars). Image cropping and text/name shadow didn't do a whole lot for any of the cards.


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