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Jack Straw
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Does anyone have one of these cards? I have never seen one but that doesn't mean they don't exist.
I am guessing they are the same photo as the regular pack issued card but instead of a date they have
the instant winner logo in the circles with instructions to mail in the card on back.
These are often if not always thought to be the instant winner cards but they are the redeemed cards if your player hit a HR on the date on the card and then you had to mail the card in to get an upgrade of the certain player.
On a side note the only way to get the upgrade of Travis Lee,Jose Cruz Jr., Tim Salmon and Chipper Jones was by
mailing in the Instant Winner card which got you the whole set because the mentioned players failed to hit HR's on their
specific date making them SP's and worth more. I remembering reading on the Beckett write up of these upgrade sets
that a ton of these upgrade "WIN" sets hit the hobby in 2001 which in turn made these cards worthless.
I am guessing they are the same photo as the regular pack issued card but instead of a date they have
the instant winner logo in the circles with instructions to mail in the card on back.
These are often if not always thought to be the instant winner cards but they are the redeemed cards if your player hit a HR on the date on the card and then you had to mail the card in to get an upgrade of the certain player.
On a side note the only way to get the upgrade of Travis Lee,Jose Cruz Jr., Tim Salmon and Chipper Jones was by
mailing in the Instant Winner card which got you the whole set because the mentioned players failed to hit HR's on their
specific date making them SP's and worth more. I remembering reading on the Beckett write up of these upgrade sets
that a ton of these upgrade "WIN" sets hit the hobby in 2001 which in turn made these cards worthless.